District Attorneys credits NO DICE for helping drive down crime [Video]

Making communities safer, WDSU has been showing the community all year how the district attorney’s office in Orleans parish has been using new and unique tools to try to do this. Now WDSU is taking a deeper look inside a new initiative called NO DICE spearheaded by the DA’s office in efforts to help curb violence in specific communities. It’s been a little more than six months since the NO DICE program was launched by the DA’s office. It’s a community initiative where DA leader’s community partners, and city and governmental agencies collaborate to minimize crime. Daniel Shanks who’s the director of strategic initiatives and the leader of NODICE said it starts with focusing on those communities statistically most likely to be impacted by violence. “Trying to address the root causes of crime, trying to address the environmental factors that might be leading to crime. It’s really a community engagement …