Tag: Louisiana agencies

Special Units

Louisiana K-9 Finds Discarded Gun Used to Shoot at Officers

K-9 Max and his handler Officer Zach Colgan found the weapon in heavy growth June 17 (2025) a day after the suspect reportedly shot at officers.

June 20, 2025

Investigations

Louisiana Lieutenant Killed by “Friendly Fire” While Executing Search Warrant

Lieutenant Allen “Noochie” Credeur, 48, was searching for a suspect wanted over a stabbing incident Monday afternoon around 1:30 p.m. when he was hit and mortally wounded by friendly fire, the department says.

May 6, 2025

Technology

Verizon Crisis Team Provided Drone Overwatch for New Orleans Police During Mardi Gras

“We’re honored to be asked to support New Orleans first responders during a large-scale event like Mardi Gras,” said Chris Sanders, a senior manager who leads the Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team’s UAS program.

April 9, 2025

Patrol

Louisiana Sheriff’s Sergeant Killed Deploying Spike Strips

Sgt. Grant Candies, 37, was attempting to deploy spike strips on Interstate 10 to end the pursuit when he was killed. “The perpetrator, fleeing from a pursuit, struck him, taking the life of a husband and father," the sheriff's office said.

March 24, 2025

Special Units

Louisiana Sheriff’s K-9 Dies of Medical Emergency After SWAT Operation

Macho, an 8-year-old Belgian Malinois trained specifically for SWAT operations, located the suspect hiding inside a box spring. The K-9 restrained the individual until deputies apprehended him.

January 17, 2025

Command

DOJ Report Says Louisiana State Police Have Pattern of Misconduct

Col. Robert Hodges, the state police superintendent, told troopers in an internal email obtained by AP that the “isolated incidents” highlighted in the report “are not a fair assessment of today’s Louisiana State Police..."

January 17, 2025

Patrol

Man Tasered Louisiana Deputy, Tried to Steal Patrol Vehicle

Deputies and officers arrived on the scene and took the man into custody. He and the tasered deputy were both treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

January 13, 2025

Patrol

Attorney Representing New Orleans Officers Calls Clients Heroes for Shooting Bourbon Street Terrorist

Eric Hessler, who works as an attorney for the Police Association of New Orleans, commended the actions of law enforcement during the incident.

January 3, 2025

Investigations

2 Officers Stable After Being Shot in New Orleans Truck Attack

More than 1,000 law enforcement officers have been "pouring over countless amounts of data, of videos, of surveillances, interviews, tracking down every possible lead," Gov. Jeff Landry said.

January 2, 2025

Command

New Orleans Police Want to End 11 Years of Consent Decree Oversight

The city agreed to what it called "the nation’s most expansive” federal oversight plan in 2013 after a U.S. Justice Department investigation found evidence of racial bias, misconduct and a culture of impunity.

December 18, 2024

Special Units

Louisiana Motor Officer Injured in Hit-and-Run

The Lafayette police officer was on a patrol motorcycle Wednesday when they were hit. The LSP investigation showed that the officer was blocking the entrance ramp with emergency lights activated to block off the route for a funeral procession.

August 1, 2024

Patrol

1 Louisiana Officer Killed, 3 Wounded in Hostage Incident

Officials say the incident began around 9 a.m. Thursday when the City Marshal’s Office learned that Nyjal Hurst, 31, was inside of a home and attempted to serve an arrest warrant for attempted murder.

July 26, 2024