BRPD Chief applicant lied on application

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The City of Baton Rouge is on the hunt for a new Chief of Police after Chief Murphy Paul announced his retirement. Deputy Chief Myron Daniels submitted his application for the position along with 19 others, but at least one of his answers on the application may be inaccurate according to records obtained by Unfiltered with Kiran.

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The application was turned over to the Chief Selection Committee. Deputy Chief Daniels submitted additional information to the Mayor’s Advisory Committee in his application for Chief of Police. The additional information asked if Deputy Chief Daniels had been party to any civil or criminal action.

On Oct. 20th, he answered “no” to the question. However, records uncovered by UWK show that Deputy Chief may have inaccurately answered this question. There are several lawsuits where he is named as a plaintiff or a defendant, some as recently as August and September 2023 in connection to the Brave Cave.

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If Daniels intentionally answered the question wrong knowing that answer was not true, there could be legal implications under La. R.S. 14:132 (Injuring Public Records), La. R.S. 14:133 (Filing or maintaining false public records), La. R.S. 14:134 (Malfeasance in office), and/or La. R.S. 14:123 (Perjury).

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