Mayor Mitch and Chief Wiggum are getting serious about violence.

For real, this time!

I'll believe it when I see it, frankly.

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/01/mayor_mitch_landrieu_superinte.html

This week, 17 people were shot over an 18-hour period and at least two police officers were fired on.

In short, it's getting worse, not better, and these guys are calling a news conference.

Again.

I honestly had high hopes for Mitch Landrieu, but at this point, if he continues to keep Serpas on as police chief, I'm going to have to look at a different candidate for mayor.  I like a lot of what Landrieu is doing, but all of that is meaningless if his police department can't get the murder rate back down to human levels.