Behind The Lens episode 182: ‘police aren’t being utilized correctly’

On this week’s episode, in a letter to a consulting firm hired by the company seeking to build a large grain elevator in St. John the Baptist Parish, The Army Corps of Engineers expressed concerns about the cumulative effects on public health while also rejecting the cultural resources survey previously conducted on the company’s behalf.

A recent study found that only about five percent of 911 calls the New Orleans Police Department responded to last year were related to an alleged violent crime — and only around a quarter of calls police responded to were crime related at all.

And Sheriff Susan Hutson has been asked to appear in front of a federal judge who oversees the long-running consent decree the jail has been operating under.

Our guests this week are Lens reporters Joshua Rosenberg, Nick Chrastil and editor Marta Jewson.

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Carolyne Heldman

Carolyne Heldman Rovira has been in media for 35 years, and is currently the podcast host and producer for Behind The Lens. Heldman served as executive director at Aspen Public Radio, an NPR affiliate, where she launched four weekly news, public affairs, and cultural affairs programs. She has been a guest lecturer at Tulane University, is a frequent guest and moderator for the Aspen Institute, Rocky Mountain Institute, and the American Enterprise Institute.