Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has signed into law legislation that makes it a hate crime to attack a police officer or emergency responder. The state joined Louisiana as the only other state with a "Blue Lives Matter" law.
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A Louisiana State Police Trooper assigned to the Gaming Enforcement Division died Tuesday afternoon of a heart attack while at work in Lake Charles.
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Louisiana will become the first state to equip every trooper with a body camera, the state's governor and police superintendent said Wednesday.
Read More →The coroner's office said a man who was involved in a shootout with New Orleans police and Louisiana State Police troopers Sunday died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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A Louisiana State Police trooper was wounded and a suspect was killed in two Sunday evening shootouts in the 7th Ward neighborhood of New Orleans.
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An on-duty Winnsboro (LA) Police Department officer was killed in a one-vehicle car crash while responding to a call on Louisiana State Highway 4.
Read More →Louisiana is set to approve a bill that would expand the state's hate-crimes statute to add the targeting of police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical services personnel.
Read More →Louisiana would be among the first states to make it a hate crime to target police officers and firefighters, if legislation that is being pushed at the State Capitol this session is successful.
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A Louisiana trooper died Monday after he was shot by an apparently stranded motorist who stood over the officer and told him afterward, "You're lucky — you're going to die soon," state police said.
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Louisiana State Police reported Officer Juandre Gilliam of the Jeanerette Police Department died during an apparent high speed chase. He had only been on the force for two years and just graduated from the police academy last month.
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