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Takeaways:

Arrests: Violent felonies account for 55% of felony arrests, which shows continued police focus on the violent crime surge in New Orleans.

Screening: The DA’s Office is addressing the backlog of unscreened felony cases = 603 felony cases were accepted or refused during a time when police made 541 felony arrests.

Dispositions: There continues to be a high disparity between the number of violent felony arrests (297) and the number of violent felony convictions (33).