re: State of emergency, LEO shortage -Jeff Landry

This is political theatre to start his agenda of getting tough on crime in Louisiana in advance of the Super Bowl in New Orleans next January.

If it works, he will be catapulted to the forefront of conservative, law and order centered Governors.

Yes, this state is short on cops. But this declaration of emergency is just words.

Let’s see if he works to change things. I think he will improve some things, but the problem here has and will always be cultural. I have stood on more front porches than I can count of fatherless homes with three generations of welfare recipients.

This is the kind of conservative government growth I can support.

The state of TX funded pay raises for Sheriff’s last year. Every deputy in TX will make at least 45K per year and jailers 40K. Wonder if LA will do something similar.

The legislature needs to roll back the juvenile reforms passed in 2019. Roll the age a person can be tried as an adult back to 17. Ask any cop and they will tell you many of these violent crimes being committed are by juveniles. There isn’t any available bed space to lock them up. Also it costs $300 a day to lock up a juvenile as compared to $30 a day for an adult. Cities can’t afford to lock these violent kids up unless they commit rape or murder.

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Empowering them is a solid step, but there needs to be others, like making sure the right sheriff is in place.

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Sheriffs have entirely too much power in LA.

Can y'all gimme a quick rundown of the consent decree?

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While I agree that crime is a major issue facing this state, what is the governor supposed to do about it? I find that to be more of a localized problem to solve no matter who is in office

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You might be right about this, but Landry made it part of his platform. So he kind of made it his problem. Which I respect - if he can actually do something about it.

I also agree with others who question whether increased funding / less red tape for sheriff’s offices is going to have a meaningful impact on crime. Hopefully this is just the first of many steps to get real results and not just an “easy win” he can point to later.

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But I doubt Landry looks at it considering he’s primarily financed by the LEO special interest groups

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You guys are a joke. JBE got the Sheriffs endorsement. Twice. Because his brother was a sheriff at the time. Whose Tangipahoa office was later raided by the FBI

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Governor Edwards is the only Democrat being endorsed by the Sheriff's Association.

Edwards was also endorsed by the International Union of Police Associations, which represents more than 2,000 law enforcement officers across Louisiana.

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You guys are a joke. JBE got the Sheriffs endorsement. Twice. Because his brother was a sheriff at the time. Whose Tangipahoa office was later raided by the FBI

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Okay? Do you have anything other than whataboutisms to defend him doing the same shite the guy you hate did?

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to defend him

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link in my post where I defended Landry?



I just pointed out the hypocritical Landry bashing that occurred based on nothing. Since the same LEOs endorsed the worst possible guv for law enforcement, only because of his brother. I called out the whataboutism, and you then hilariously accused me of doing it. Just to take a shot another at Landry

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No but let's say you're the most powerful governor in the country. You empower those outskirts, surround the (blue)cities with law and order, then starve them of funding through as many other means as you can. If they don't play ball, you just take the game elsewhere. Maybe literally. Corps wanna play in Louisiana? Saints want a new stadium? Cool. It's gonna be outside the city, and sentencing for property violations and violent crime is going through the roof, and those SD's are gonna be empowered to enforce it. The "right" needs to take the initiative and use power when they have it.

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This sounds miserable.