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According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 348 law enforcement agencies employing 18,050 sworn police officers, about 405 for each 100,000 residents. This is the largest ratio of policemen to residents of any state and compares to a national average of 251 to 100,000.
While Baltimore was the first city to use 311 as a police non-emergency number, in January 1999, Chicago initiated the first comprehensive 3-1-1 system, by providing information and tracking city services from intake to resolution, in addition to taking non-emergency police calls. When the new service was launched, information regarding all ...
In April 2023, Baton Rouge paid $55,000 to settle a place brutality lawsuit involving BRPD officer Troy Lawrence, Jr., the son of Deputy Chief Troy Lawrence, Sr. [9] Lawrence Jr. was also involved in two other lawsuits that Baton Rouge settled for $86,000 and $35,000, respectively, with the latter case involving a child who had his underwear ...
The scandal-plagued Baton Rouge Police Department has arrested three of its own officers, including a deputy chief, and charged them with trying to cover up excessive force during a strip search ...
Louisiana (Baton Rouge area and east-central Louisiana) August 17, 1998: created by split of 504; mnemonic: CAJun; 226: Ontario (London, Windsor, Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge, and most of southwestern Ontario) October 21, 2006: overlaid on 519; 2016: overlaid by 548; 2023: overlaid by 382; mnemonic: CANada; 227
At the 2019 census estimates, the racial and ethnic makeup of East Baton Rouge Parish was 46.8% non-Hispanic white, 46.1% Black and African American, 0.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 3.2% Asian alone, 1.8% some other race, and 1.9% two or more races; Hispanic and Latin Americans of any race made up 4.2% of the total population. [14]
Ducre was charged with disturbing the peace and obscenity, according to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office. Jail or Agency: East Baton Rouge Prison; State: Louisiana; Date arrested or booked: 5/5/2016; Date of death: 5/15/2016; Age at death: 44; Sources: East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office
The Louisiana State Police (French: Police d’Etat de Louisiane) is the state police agency of Louisiana, which has jurisdiction anywhere in the state, headquartered in Baton Rouge. [3] It falls under the authority of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. It is officially known in that organization as the Office of State Police.