First District Precinct News Today

A Baton Rouge police officer has been put on paid administrative leave while he is the subject of an ongoing investigation by a grand jury, a police department spokesperson said

An unmarked warehouse down the road from a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, police station has become the subject of lawsuits alleging that some police detainees have been subjected to clandestine and sometimes violent interrogations. The allegations are serious enough that the FBI is investigating, authorities say.

The FBI has opened a federal investigation into the Baton Rouge Police Department and allegations that officers “may have abused their authority,” the agency announced Friday.