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Broussard Interim Police Chief Search Committee Formed Nine people will be involved in the search for Broussard's next police chief. Mayor Ray Bourque will head the committee the find an interim police chief who will serve through the end of the current term. Joining Bourque on the committee are councilmen Kenny Higginbotham, Jess Regan, and Jeff Delahoussaye; Lafayette Parish Sheriff Mark Garber; St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Lt. Ross Stevens; retired federal marshal Ed Comeaux; retired Lafayette City Marshal's Office chief deputy Phil Conrad; and retired Louisiana State Police Sgt. John Trah...

Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office supports grant to bolster mental health services initiative KATC photo and last updated 2021-05-14 12:41:40-04 The Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office is supporting a grant to bolster mental health services initiatives. LPSO says the grant would help further its collaboration with Beacon Community Connections which is a community integrated health network. According to a release Beacon Community Connections is applying for the Administration for Community Living's No Wrong Door Community Infrastructure Grant: Scaling Network Lead Entities. The goal o...

View Comments In an effort to help to create a more cohesive relationship between law enforcement and community members, Lafayette police, the marshal's office and the sheriff's office took a walk around the McComb-Veazey neighborhood.  During Monday night's walk, Police Chief Thomas Glover Sr., Marshal Reggie Thomas, Sheriff Mark Garber and some of their staff knocked on neighbors' doors and invited them to the nearby community house for burgers.  "One of the things we wanted to do was get out to the community to actually talk to the community," Thomas said. "A lot of times people tal...

After a Black officer died by suicide, leaving anguished videos, another officer recognizes his pain Hannah Knowles and Lateshia Beachum, The Washington Post March 7, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 8 1of8St. Louis County Police Officer Shanette Hall says she recognized much of the pain in the parting messages of Clyde Kerr III, a sheriff's deputy in Louisiana who died by suicide.Photo for The Washington Post by Joe MartinezShow MoreShow Less 2of8Lafayette Sheriff's Deputy Clyde Kerr III was working as a school resource officer when he died Feb. 1. Kerr was an Army veteran who joined t...

A reckoning over racism in policing and in the country the last year has heightened the burden for many of those wearing a badge while Black.