New Orleans Crime Prevention Roundtable:
BEST PRACTICES for NEW ORLEANS’
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
September 16, 2006
New Orleans Hilton Hotel
 

Summit Goals:

1. To present information compiled by stakeholders and local experts about the current state of public safety, crime control and crime prevention in New Orleans.
2. To hear testimony on evidence-based best practices for improving public safety, crime control and crime prevention from experts and practitioners in the respective fields.
3. To begin a process including stakeholders, community members and experts to develop action plans to reform and professionalize all aspects of our public safety system. This process will culminate in mid-January with a meeting to present these detailed plans for a safer New Orleans.
 
SUMMIT AGENDA
 

Welcome Master of Ceremony – The Honorable James Carter,
Councilmember – District C
 

8:00-8:25

Registration & Breakfast

8:30-9:15

 Opening Remarks (5 minutes each)
 

The Honorable C. Ray Nagin, Mayor City of New Orleans
The Honorable Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, Governor
Victor Ukpolo, Chancellor, Southern University at New Orleans
The Honorable Oliver Thomas, President New Orleans City Council
The Honorable David Vitter, U.S. Senator
The Honorable Mary Landrieu, U.S. Senator
Al Lenhardt, President and CEO of the National Crime Prevention Council
Michael Jacobson, Executive Director of the VERA Institute of Justice
   

Status of Violent Crime in New Orleans
   

9:15-10:30

 Open Plenary Session (10 minutes each)
Moderator—The Honorable Arnie Fielkow, Councilmember At Large
 
  • Jim Letten, U.S. Attorney
  • Richard Ieyoub, Former Attorney General
    Report: “Administrative Coordination of New Orleans’ Criminal Justice System”
  • Warren Riley, Superintendent of Police
    Report: “Status of Violent Crime in New Orleans”
  • The Honorable Eddie Jordan, District Attorney
    Report: “Status of Prosecutions in New Orleans”
  • The Honorable Ray Bigelow, Chief Criminal Court Judge
    Report: “Status of Criminal District Court in New Orleans”
  • The Honorable Marlin Gusman, Criminal Sheriff
    Report: “Status of Incarceration Facilities”
   

New Orleans Residents Speak
Introduction by The Honorable Cynthia Willard-Lewis,
Councilmember - District E
   

10:35-11:25

 Resident Roundtable

Moderator:

 Atty. Wesley T. Bishop
Dean, SUNO School of Graduate Studies
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice

Participants:

community leader, youth, formerly incarcerated person parent, Minister & victim

   
Scholarly Presentations
Introduction by The Honorable Cynthia Hedge-Morrell,
Councilmember - District D
   
11:30-11:40 “Economics and Crime”
Dr. Victor Ukpolo, SUNO Chancellor and Professor of Economics

11:40-11:50

 “Race, Class and Crime”
Dr. John Penny, SUNO Professor of Criminal Justice

11:50-12:05

”Poverty and its Implications”
Dr. Peter Dangerfield, Executive Director, Total Community Action

12:05-12:30

 “Role of Family/Community in Crime Prevention”
Panel discussion lead by Dr. Beverly Farve, Dean SUNO School of Social Work
   
 

Lunch

12:30-1:30

 LUNCHEON AND KEYNOTE ADDRESS
 

Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Robert Stellingsworth, Executive Director, New Orleans Police & Justice Foundation
 

The Honorable Lee Brown,
Former National Drug Czar and Mayor, Houston, Texas
   

Best Practices in Public Safety
Introduction by The Honorable Shelly Midura,
Councilmember - District A
   

1:30-2:30

 Presentation by the Vera Institute of Justice
 

Working Groups for a Safer New Orleans
Introduction by The Honorable Stacy Head,
Councilmember - District B
   

2:35-2:55

Instruction, Introduction of Facilitators, and Moving to Working Groups

3:00-4:25
Working Group 1 Business Community/Business Council
Working Group 2 Police
Working Group 3 DA/Courts/Public Defenders
Working Group 4 Juvenile Justice
Working Group 5 Corrections
Working Group 6 Family and Education
   
Closing and Acknowledgements
   

4:30-5:00

 “Next Steps” and Acknowledgements
(Quarterly Meetings—Announce December 9 meeting time and location)