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A local criminologist says New Orleans should mount a nationwide search for a new police chief.
Ashraf Esmail of Dillard University says Mayor Latoya Cantrell shouldn't be in too big a hurry to replace Shaun Ferguson, who announced his retirement on Tuesday.
Esmail says the ongoing wave of violent crime has residents feeling unsafe, so the city should cast a wide net in its search for a new police chief.
He says the nationwide search could include the possibility of hiring from within.
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