Sharon Weston Broome ran on a campaign to get rid of Carl Dabadie as chief of police of the Baton Rouge Police Department because he would not fire the officers involved in the Alton Sterling shooting. Dabadie's performance as chief had no bearing on her decision. Didn't matter how low the crime rate was, Dabadie had to go because he refused to fire an officer that had shot a black man.

I had a lengthy thread on here in the months following the Sterling shooting showing the hypocrisy of the BLM movement, local community "leaders", & city officials demanding change. The thread is here: LINK.

In that thread, after 103 black people were killed in Baton Rouge after the Sterling killing, I posted this:

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I have two very simple questions for the Baton Rouge Community leaders and activists:

1. What will police reform do to reduce the above list?

2. Why is Sterling's death, which is an anomaly when compared to the list of names above, more important than any of the deaths listed?

In the aftermath of the Sterling shooting, Broome ran off Dabadie and put in a chief that gave her and her supporters the reform they sought.

There is now plenty of data available to see how effective Paul has been as police chief and if his methods are working. In fact, both Dabadie & Paul have 4 years to compare

So here are the stats:

Let’s do a straight comparison between Dabadie and Paul. Both have 4 years of data that allow for a better comparison. The data can be seen here, here, and here

Homicides by year while chief of BRPD

Carl Dabadie:

2013: 49
2014: 53
2015: 60
2016: 47

Total: 209

Yearly Average: 52

Murphy Paul

2018: 78
2019: 69
2020: 101
2021: 120

Total: 368

Yearly Average: 92

In the direct comparison above, there have been 159 more people killed in those 4 full years Paul has been chief compared to the 4 full years that Dabadie was chief. That is an increase of 76.08%

So, all the reforms, programs, & changes have resulted in a 76% INCREASE in killings. Is this called effective policing?

The best year for Paul was in 2019 when there were 69 killings in the city. That's 9 more homicides than Dadadie's worst year in 2015. Paul's best year is still a 15% increase in the number of killings in Dabadie's worst year as chief.

Lets take a look further back and compare the multi year tenure's of every BRPD police chief since 2001, (which is the first year listed on BRPD's crime state page.. LINK

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Pat Englade

2001: 46
2002: 59
2003: 41
2004: 47

Total: 193

Yearly Average: 48

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Jeff LeDuff

2005: 49
2006: 56
2007: 72
2008: 67
2009: 75
2010: 69

Total: 388

Yearly Average: 65

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Dewayne White

2011: 64
2012: 67

Total: 131

Yearly Average: 66

So by the yearly homicide average, here is how all the full-time police chiefs in Baton Rouge of the last 21 year rank:

1. Pat Englade..........48
2. Carl Dabadie.........52
3. Jeff LeDuff.............65
4. DeWayne White....66
5. Murphy Paul..........92

According to the data, more people are killed on average each year under Murphy Paul's leadership than any other chief in at least the last 21 years. The most effect chief according to the data was Pat Englade.

Are these new crime strategies working when the city is trending in the wrong direction? Is it time for a different approach?

The numbers are the numbers

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