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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.
Clementine Barnabet (c. 1894 – after 1923) was an American suspected serial killer.She initially confessed to perpetrating at least two mass murders in February and November 1911, and while in custody, Barnabet claimed involvement in a total of 35 killings in the Acadiana region of Louisiana and southeastern Texas, taking responsibility for nineteen of them.
Ronald Joseph Dominique (born January 9, 1964), known as The Bayou Strangler, is an American serial killer and rapist who murdered at least 23 men and boys in the state of Louisiana between 1997 and 2006.
Days after human body parts were found in a park on Long Island, authorities on Tuesday announced the discovery of more remains and at least one arrest in the case.
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.
New Iberia (French: La Nouvelle-Ibérie; [a] Spanish: Nueva Iberia [b]) is the largest city in and parish seat of Iberia Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. [3] The city of New Iberia is located approximately 21 miles (34 kilometers) southeast of Lafayette, and forms part of the Lafayette metropolitan statistical area in the region of Acadiana.
Reviews of The New Iberia Blues were mixed. Some readers and critics praised the novel's rich emotion and nuanced characters. Kirkus Reviews wrote that the story had a "powerful emotional charge" and remarked that while many of the character types and plot devices are familiar from Burke's earlier works, the storytelling still feels fresh and impactful. [1]
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