The Law Enforcement Officers and Firemen’s Survivors Fund will give $250-thousand to each of the families of the slain Baton Rouge police officers. Emelie Gunn has more…
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A memorial is scheduled to take place today in Baton Rouge to honor the three officers who were killed last Sunday. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand says one of his deputies is lucky to be alive after fatally shooting a burglary suspect. Halen Doughty has more…
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Each of the families of the three fallen Baton Rouge police officers will receive $250-thousand from the Law Enforcement Officers and Firemen’s Survivors Fund. Attorney General Jeff Landry is the chairman of the fund’s review board. He says each child of the officers will receive $25-thousand and the chance to attend college.
Landry says nothing can replace their lost loved ones, but this will hopefully help to bring them some financial relief. He says they should receive lump sum checks in just a few weeks, once they get all the documents from the courts and police.
Landry says he called a special meeting of the board to get these benefits to the families as soon as possible.
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A memorial service honoring the three fallen Baton Rouge police officers will be held at 2pm today at Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge. Casey Rayborn Hicks with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office says she knows there are people who want to show support that maybe didn’t feel comfortable attending the services, and this is a way for them to do that.
Vice President Joe Biden, US Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Governor John Bel Edwards will speak at the memorial. Hicks says this shows that their local, state, and federal counterparts are coming together in this community’s time of need.
Hicks says the funerals for the three fallen officers were well attended and they anticipate a similar response for today’s memorial.
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Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand said the dialogue has to change about shootings involving police. Normand made the statement, after one of his deputies shot 17-year-old Devon Martes on Tuesday night where Martes’s gun misfired when he tried to shoot the deputy after a brief chase. Normand says his deputy, David Dalton, is lucky to be alive.
Normand says the deputy faced off with Martes after the suspect was caught stealing tire rims. He showed pictures from Martes’ Facebook of him holding a gun and drugs and listed off highlights from the suspect’s rap sheet.
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Normand says that he keeps hearing that we need to develop trust between police and the public, but he says trust is a two way street. He says it’s bilateral, not unilateral.
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Many Saints fans are expected to make their way to White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, where the Black and Gold are holding training camp. The region was hit with devastating flooding about a month ago, but Kristy Godby with the Greenbrier County Convention and Visitors Bureau, says the area has recovered.
Godby says the Greenbrier Hotel and all the hotels in nearby Lewisburg are open and ready to welcome fans. She says there’s lots of good food in the area and plenty to do after the practices.
This is the third year the Saints have held their camp at the Greenbrier, and Godby says they expect this year to be bigger and better than the previous years. She says attendees should prepare to have a lot of fun.
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LSU Football Coach Les Miles hits on a variety of topics during his annual speech before the Baton Rouge Rotary Club. State Police Col. Mike Edmonson, East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Sid Gautreaux, and Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie were in attendance and Coach Les Miles talked openly about the tragic shooting of three law enforcement officers and had this to say about the shooter.
Miles also hit on some light hearted topics, including reliving some of his childhood memories. The Mad Hatter talked about the day he was beat up by his elementary school bully, Bobby Piper, who kept stealing his lunch money.
Miles commented on the status of kicker Colby Delahoussaye, who was in a tragic car accident in Wisconsin where two people died. He says the senior from New Iberia will have to go through rehabilitation, but his injuries won’t threaten his football career.
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