NEW ORLEANS – Today, Orleans Parish District Attorney (OPDA) Jason Williams and OPDA Chief of Screening Andre Gaudin Jr. attended the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) Management Analytics for eXcellence (MAX) meeting to address NOPD Superintendent Michelle Woodfork and her Command staff about Risk Terrain Modeling (RTM) and how the strategy can act as a force multiplier for our local public safety agencies. The weekly NOPD MAX meetings are held to dive deep into the systemic issues of crime, management, community policing, and risk management to develop solutions aimed at the root of the issue.

District Attorney Jason Williams said, “We can’t use the same tools to fight crime because crime has evolved to evade traditional methods. That means we need to evolve at a faster pace. We are exploring every way to do more with less and we’re here because if collectively move in lockstep, we can really punch above our weight. This concept of Risk Terrain Modeling empowers the men and women in this room, in partnership with us and our colleagues in Code enforcement and other city departments to make the most informed decisions about where safety resources and assets to be deployed. It allows us to work with communities in the same ways we always have but now with more focus and precision, so we get the most benefit for the energy expended. Community leaders, churches, cultural pillars and others will have some agency in illuminating hotbeds for crime and locations ripe for criminal activity and see results. And that will ultimately build more trust with the community as we show up for them in a significant way.”