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BATON ROUGE - The Baton Rouge Union of Police issued a statement Tuesday reacting to the department chiefs moment of passion

Members of the Baton Rouge Metro Council on Thursday directed strong words of their own at the Citys chief of police, who lambasted them in an emotional speech at Wednesday nights meeting.

Murphy was invited to address the community’s concerns, three weeks after officers shot and killed a teen, they thought had pulled a gun on them.

Two Baton Rouge police officers, both of whom are connected with the now-closed Street Crimes Unit, were placed on administrative leave Tuesday.

Wheaton Police Chief Bill Murphy will retire in September, capping a 33-year career in law enforcement. He joined the department in 1990 as a patrol officer and never worked anywhere else.

The Baton Rouge Police Department will soon be under the leadership of a new Chief of Police.

The Baton Rouge Police Department will soon be under the leadership of a new Chief of Police.

Ten months after being arrested on allegations he drove a female suspect to an apartment and sexually assaulted her, a former Baton Rouge police officer is now the focus of

A woman from Jackson County, Oklahoma has died from injuries she suffered from a crash with a harvesting combine on Monday, May 22, 2023, in which the jaws of life were used by responders at the scene.

Hamilton County District Attorney General Coty Wamp made the comments to the group called Friends of Hixson on Wednesday.