The State We're In, Story of the Week, part 24
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: The State We're In 2011, Story of the Week
Length: 05:00
THE STATE WE’RE IN: STORY OF THE WEEK
DATE: 28 October 2011
HOST: Jonathan Groubert
TAGS: Roland Doucette, New Orleans, community policing, crime reduction, D’Iberville, Lafitte
DESCRIPTION: Roland Doucette patrolled some of the toughest neighbourhoods in one of the most crime-ridden cities in America: New Orleans. Yet he found a way to virtually eliminate crime in some of them.
TSWI STORY OF THE WEEK 28 OCTOBER 2011
IN: I’m Jonathan Groubert...
RUNS: 5:00 [4:56 to last word]
OUT: ... at tizzwee-dot-org.
SUGGESTED OUTRO/EXTRO:
You can hear more of Roland Doucette on The State We’re In at [TIME] right here on [STATION].
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Piece Description
THE STATE WE’RE IN: STORY OF THE WEEK
DATE: 28 October 2011
HOST: Jonathan Groubert
TAGS: Roland Doucette, New Orleans, community policing, crime reduction, D’Iberville, Lafitte
DESCRIPTION: Roland Doucette patrolled some of the toughest neighbourhoods in one of the most crime-ridden cities in America: New Orleans. Yet he found a way to virtually eliminate crime in some of them.
TSWI STORY OF THE WEEK 28 OCTOBER 2011
IN: I’m Jonathan Groubert...
RUNS: 5:00 [4:56 to last word]
OUT: ... at tizzwee-dot-org.
SUGGESTED OUTRO/EXTRO:
You can hear more of Roland Doucette on The State We’re In at [TIME] right here on [STATION].





