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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 .
The only deep south, former Confederate State to have a true state police agency is Louisiana. The Louisiana State Police also first started out as a highway patrol agency but in 1936 it was established as a state police, at the desire and influence of the late Governor Huey Long, who used the troopers as a powerful body guard force.
The Superintendent of the Louisiana State Police also serves as ex officio Deputy Secretary of Public Safety Services, with more than 2600 personnel. Beginning January 8, 2024, Robert P. Hodges will replace outgoing Colonel Lamar Davis [13] as the 27th Louisiana State Police superintendent and deputy secretary of Public Safety Services. [14] [15]
Antebellum Louisiana was a leading slave state, where by 1860, 47% of the population was enslaved. Louisiana seceded from the Union on January 26, 1861, joining the Confederate States of America. New Orleans, the largest city in the entire South at the time, and strategically important port city, was taken by Union troops on April 25, 1862.
Killing of Ronald Greene. On May 10, 2019, Ronald Hardin Greene, an unarmed 49-year-old Black man, was killed after being arrested by Louisiana State Police following a high-speed chase outside Monroe, Louisiana. During the arrest, he was stunned, punched, pepper sprayed and placed in a chokehold. [1]
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in Louisiana.. 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.
A total of 28 people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Louisiana since 1976. Of the 28 people executed, 20 were executed via electrocution and 8 via lethal injection. The most recent Louisiana inmate to be put to death, Gerald Bordelon, waived his appeals and asked the state to carry out his sentence.
East Carroll Parish Police Jury office complex in Lake Providence, Louisiana. In Louisiana, the level of government between the city and state is the parish, comparable to the counties used by other US states. [3] The police jury handles the executive and legislative functions of the parish government. The parishes are divided into wards or ...