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THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM IS PLANNING TO ADD ADDITIONAL SECURITY AT NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES AFTER A SHOOTING AT FRIDAY NIGHT’S GAME. SUPERINTENDENT DONALD AGUILLARD TOLD THE ADVOCATE THEY WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS AT NORTHSIDE GAMES AS WELL AS ADDING LIGHTING TO THE PARKING LOTS IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL. THEY ALSO PLAN ON CHANGING THE SECURITY CAMERAS SO THAT THEY ARE HIGH DEFINITION. AGUILLARD SAYS POLICE OFFICERS WILL ALSO GO TO OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS TO CHECK AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE SAFE FOR THE PUBLIC AT FOOTBALL GAMES.
THE SULPHUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE ADDING THE MOTTO “IN GOD WE TRUST” TO THEIR VEHICLES. BUSINESS LEADERS IN SULPHUR DONATED THE MONEY FOR THE MOTTO TO BE PUT ON POLICE CRUISERS. POLICE CHIEF LEWIS COATS CALLED IT A POSITIVE IN A NEGATIVE WORLD AND TOLD KPLC TV THAT HIS OFFICERS ARE SATISFIED AND HAPPY WITH IT. ONE RESIDENT, JAKE LEBRUN, IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT AND TOLD THE CITY COUNCIL HE PLANS ON RAISING FUNDS TO PUT OTHER RELIGIOUS PHRASES ON THE VEHICLES AS A FORM OF PROTEST.
A TEXAS STATE TROOPER SAYS HE WAS THREATENED WITH A HANDGUN OVER THE WEEKEND WHILE HE WAS PUMPING GAS INTO HIS UNMARKED CAR AT THE PILOT TRAVEL CENTER IN BREAUX BRIDGE. BREAUX BRIDGE POLICE CHIEF ROLLIE CANTU TOLD THE DAILY ADVERTISER THAT APPARENTLY THE ODD DUTY TROOPER WAS ASKED BY THE SUSPECT IF HE WAS A POLICE OFFICER AND THEN SHOWED HIM HIS HANDGUN. CANTU SAYS THE TROOPER THEN PRODUCED HIS WEAPON, AND THE SUSPECT SPED OUT OF THE PARKING LOT. THE BREAUX BRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND LOUISIANA STATE POLICE BEGAN AN INVESTIGATION YESTERDAY MORNING.
Several hundred law enforcement officers and their supporters gathered on the Louisiana Capitol steps to pray and remember those killed in the line of duty.
Gov. Bobby Jindal called for Monday’s statewide day of prayer for law enforcement in response to the nine on-duty deaths of police officers in Louisiana this year. The Advocate reports that the Republican governor, who is running for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016, told those who attended the rally: “We cannot thank our officers and their families enough.” Jackie LaValley, whose 29-year-old son Thomas, a Shreveport police officer, was shot and killed last month while on duty, said: “This needs to happen more.”
STATE SUPERINTENDENT JOHN WHITE WAS IN LAFAYETTE YESTERDAY TO SPEAK TO EDUCATORS. HE SAYS THE RESULTS FROM THE FIRST ROUND OF PARCC TESTS WILL BE RELEASED THIS FALL, AND HE SAYS IT WILL NOT BE USED TO DENIGRATE SCHOOLS OR HUMILIATE TEACHERS. HE SAYS ALL TRANSITION POLICIES WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT MEANING SCHOOL GRADES WILL STAY THE SAME OR GO UP, NOT DOWN, AND THOSE TRANSITION POLICIES WILL APPLY TO THIS YEAR’S TESTS AS WELL. WHITE SAYS HE BELIEVES THERE IS TOO MUCH TESTING IN ALL GRADE LEVELS AND IT’S UP TO STATE OFFICIALS, PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS AND DISTRICTS TO REDUCE THE TEST TIME.
JURY SELECTION IS TAKING PLACE IN THE SECOND DEGREE MURDER TRIAL OF 34-YEAR-OLD TIMOTHY DANGERFIELD OF LAKE CHARLES. DANGERFIELD IS ACCUSED OF KILLING 21-YEAR-OLD SHA’CRISTA JONES ON GENERAL PATTON STREET IN LAKE CHARLES FOUR YEARS AGO. DANGERFIELD ALLEGEDLY FIRED SHOTS AT FAMILY MEMBERS AND WAS HIMSELF SHOT BY POLICE WHEN HE REFUSED TO PUT DOWN HIS WEAPON. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE DROPPED FIVE COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AND AGGRAVATED BATTERY IN ORDER TO STREAMLINE THE CASE.
A CONSTABLE COULD FACE CHARGES FOR FIRING A GUN WITHIN OPELOUSAS CITY LIMITS. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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The Federal Election Commission has rejected a complaint alleging that former U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu improperly used taxpayer money for campaign charter flights. The Advocate reports the agency said federal election law does not regulate the use or misuse of government funds for campaign travel. Instead, the commission says that’s governed by federal appropriations law and falls under congressional oversight. Republicans heavily criticized Landrieu’s travel in her failed effort to win re-election last year against Republican Bill Cassidy.
