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State of emergency, LEO shortage -Jeff Landry
Posted on 2/18/24 at 7:13 am
Posted on 2/18/24 at 7:13 am
abc news
Here's hoping there's a real sea change/cleanup effort, and not just a hurricane of chickenshit tickets and fines to pay for their hiring/pay/pension plan.
Done correctly, Jeff Landry could be coonass Bukele.
Here for it.
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Here's hoping there's a real sea change/cleanup effort, and not just a hurricane of chickenshit tickets and fines to pay for their hiring/pay/pension plan.
Done correctly, Jeff Landry could be coonass Bukele.
Here for it.
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BATON ROUGE, La. -- Louisiana GOP Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency due to a police officer shortage.
Landry's executive order issued Thursday lifts limits on how many new employees Louisiana sheriffs can hire and on payroll increases for their departments.
Landry, who previously had a career in law enforcement, said that police departments in the state are experiencing record-low employments “resulting in increased crime and less public safety.” As of July, sheriff's offices statewide were down 1,800 deputies, Landry said.
“We applaud Governor Landry for highlighting the importance of the law enforcement profession and our state’s desperate need to fill valuable front line deputy positions,” Michael Ranatza, executive director of Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association, said in a written statement Friday.
Landry's order removes restrictions that state law places on hiring and payroll for a period of time following a gubernatorial election. Landry was elected last year and took office in January.
Agencies around the U.S. have experienced police shortages in recent years that many in law enforcement blame on a morale hit stemming from the coronavirus pandemic and criticism of police that boiled over with the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Small towns, including in Maine, Texas and Ohio, have disbanded their police departments, turning over law enforcement work to county sheriffs, a neighboring town or state police.
Officer resignations were up 47% in 2022, compared with 2019,the year before the pandemic and Floyd’s murder, according to a survey of nearly 200 police agencies by the Police Executive Research Forum, a Washington, DC.-based think tank. Retirements are up 19%.
Landry’s order is in effect until March 15. Lawmakers return to the state Capitol Monday for a special legislative session to address crime.
The "executive order, and the upcoming crime special session, will ensure our law enforcement officers are supported and we can begin to bring law and order back to our state,” Landry said.
Proposed bills that have been filed ahead of the session include legislation to expand methods to carry out death row executions, restrict parole eligibility, add harsher penalties for some crimes and publicize some juvenile court records.
Landry, a former local police officer and sheriff’s deputy, has vowed to crack down on crime in Louisiana, which in recent years has had one of the highest homicide rates in the country. The issue was part of his gubernatorial platform, with him often pointing at New Orleans, which has been in the national spotlight for violent crime and will be the site of the 2025 Super Bowl.
Earlier this month, Landry presented his first proposed state budget that included tens of millions in additional dollars for public safety. At least $32 million would fund various State Police initiatives, including expanding State Police presence
This post was edited on 2/18/24 at 7:17 am
Posted on 2/18/24 at 7:19 am to TheFlyingTiger
Looks specific to deputies and the sheriff’s association. Not sure how/if that helps smaller municipalities and local PD’s.
Posted on 2/18/24 at 7:19 am to TheFlyingTiger
Well no shite.
Low wages.
Nobody seems to care about them
When they follow procedure they get vilified
And last, they get thrown under the bus by mayors even if they are following their procedures
Low wages.
Nobody seems to care about them
When they follow procedure they get vilified
And last, they get thrown under the bus by mayors even if they are following their procedures
This post was edited on 2/18/24 at 7:24 am
Posted on 2/18/24 at 7:30 am to TheFlyingTiger
The first thing he did in office was to put his wife on the payroll. Maybe he can get LEO’s on too
Posted on 2/18/24 at 7:35 am to TheFlyingTiger
Nothing to do with crime. This is to allow more traffic tickets and generate revenue through fines. Violent crime prevention does not generate money. See it for what it is.
Posted on 2/18/24 at 7:36 am to TheFlyingTiger
Will this be utilized to actually address crime or raise more revenue?
Posted on 2/18/24 at 7:37 am to TheFlyingTiger
Wrong
We need more social workers.
Am I doing this correctly?
We need more social workers.
Am I doing this correctly?
Posted on 2/18/24 at 7:59 am to TheFlyingTiger
I saw a report where that Stale Kracker guy was making $85,000.00 a year as a State Trooper.
That's not bad money in Louisiana
of course you put your life on the line every day for it
That's not bad money in Louisiana
of course you put your life on the line every day for it
Posted on 2/18/24 at 8:07 am to TheFlyingTiger
RPSO just arrested an illegal on I49 carrying carrying only 70k worth of herroin. $3200 bail.
Posted on 2/18/24 at 8:16 am to TheFlyingTiger
Nothing will change drastically in NOLA until the consent decree dies.
Posted on 2/18/24 at 8:56 am to TheFlyingTiger
Good people are targeted and ostracized from industries and institutions with deep systemic corruption such as law enforcement, eventually causing them to seek other employment. What you're left with is a bunch of corrupt good ole baw thug pigs who all have each others backs. That's what law enforcement is today. That's why they can't hire and keep people.
Posted on 2/18/24 at 9:54 am to TheFlyingTiger
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.
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.
Posted on 2/18/24 at 10:15 am to TheFlyingTiger
This is the kind of conservative government growth I can support. ![](https://images.tigerdroppings.com/Images/Icons/Iconusaflagsmiley.gif)
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Posted on 2/18/24 at 10:25 am to TheFlyingTiger
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.
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.
This post was edited on 2/18/24 at 10:35 am
Posted on 2/18/24 at 4:38 pm to TheFlyingTiger
...and yet I saw at least 5 tax collecting speed traps just between Shreveport and Monroe on a weekday last week
Posted on 2/18/24 at 4:41 pm to TheFlyingTiger
I love all the pro-JBE crowd so mad about every Landry action.
Jeff Landry won the governors race by a huge margin. The bedwetting here is either by progressives or the same people that voted FOR Landry and are just hypocrites.
Jeff Landry won the governors race by a huge margin. The bedwetting here is either by progressives or the same people that voted FOR Landry and are just hypocrites.
Posted on 2/18/24 at 6:11 pm to TheFlyingTiger
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Landry's order removes restrictions that state law places on hiring and payroll for a period of time following a gubernatorial election.
Why does a Governor election impact sheriff deputy hiring??
That rule needs to be removed permanently
Posted on 2/18/24 at 7:50 pm to TheFlyingTiger
BRPD being short several HUNDRED officers is the worst kept secret ever
Posted on 2/18/24 at 7:56 pm to TheFlyingTiger
Well this might not be a popular opinion but it sure seems to me like there's plenty of them. I can't make a 15 minute drive without seeing multiple police cars anymore it seems.
Maybe they are just patrolling the wrong areas?
Look I'd be all game for more police if it was guaranteed that they weren't just going to be used to write working people speeding and inspection sticker tickets.
Maybe they are just patrolling the wrong areas?
Look I'd be all game for more police if it was guaranteed that they weren't just going to be used to write working people speeding and inspection sticker tickets.
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