Crime - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

Crime is one of the biggest problems facing Baton Rouge at the
moment. In 2017, the city had one of the highest murder rates on a
per capita basis in the country. It s a problem that s holding the
community back, and affecting economic development. But efforts are
under way to address the crime and the systemic problems that are
causing it, especially in the most impoverished areas of our
community. Rinaldi Jacobs is Executive Director of the Baton Rouge
North Economic Development district, which was created in late 2016
to spur investment in the vast area of the parish known as North
Baotn Rouge and roughly defined as everything above Florida
boulevard. Rindald was one of the creators of the district and
served on a volunteer basis before becoming Executive Director in
the fall of 2017. Kelly Leduff is owner of Open Eyes, a company
that provides safety training, safety systems and other safety
servces to clients in and around Baton Rouge. The firm started out
providing self defense training to businesses and individuals. It
has since grown to provide a much broader array of services.
Recently, it parented with a company called Blue Point Technology
to install emergency alert systems in public buildings Kelly
launched Open Eyes in 2009 with his father, former Baton Rouge
Police Chief Jeff Leduff, who brings more than 30 years of law
enforcement experience to the venture. Out to Lunch is recorded
live over lunch at Manurs On The Boulevard.

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