[StBernard] crime

[Westley Annis]

Laurie,
 
Understand that different people take different precautions.  Sometimes the
precautions we take precipitate the encounters we experience.  As far as the
safety issue.  While the looting issue is an issue and the communications
are not what they used to be, there is a need to be aware of your
surroundings and have a conscious awareness of what you are doing, but there
has not been the occurrance of violence that may make one afraid to go out.
There have been disputes between contractors but nothing that is more
pronounced than usual.  I have not heard of any aggressive confrontations by
looters to date.  I still believe it is a relatively safe situation, but one
should always take care to be careful.
 
Good luck and God Bless,
Craig
 
-----Original Message-----

    
    Maybe Craig or Westley or someone with the police department can
answer me. 
    I'm trying to find out how safe it is in the parish. My brother is a

    contractor working down there and he said he and most of the other 
    contractors he knows have started to carry guns for protection. He
said 
    working in deserted neighborhoods is dangerous, walking up on people
looting
    
    in houses and thugs confronting the mexicans that are gutting,
jumping them 
    and stealing their money because the thugs know they carry cash on
them and
    
    are not likely to report anything. This has happened to some of his
workers.
    
    He said don't go alone and carry a gun if you do go. Is this right??
My 
    concern is for my daughter that misses home and likes to go visit.
She wants
    
    to go look at her old house and the homes of her friends and just be
in the 
    parish. She goes with her boyfriend, they are 17 and 18 years old. I
don't 
    want her to go. Is it safe for her to be there? My brother's house
has been
    
    looted 3 times and mine twice so far. We both have 2 story houses
but I 
    think they are looting 1 story houses also. When I go, I never see
any 
    security or police. My mother in law has had her red cross starter
kid 
    stolen from her FEMA trailer. Can anyone tell me about the safely of
the 
    parish for my daughter and myself? She and I have been there several
times 
    and I got a strange and erie feeling. It was just my immagination,
just so 
    silent, but maybe I should listen to my inner voice. Is it safe?
    
    Laurie