The fatal shooting of state Trooper Steven Vincent brings the total to five the number of officers killed this year while on duty. Professor at the LSU School of Public Health, Dr Peter Scharf, says law enforcement leaders will have to take a long look at this…
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Funeral services for Vincent is on Saturday and Governor Bobby Jindal says he’ll be there.

The US Army will send one-thousand infantrymen from Fort Polk’s 3rd Brigade Combat team to Afghanistan for a nine-month long delployment. Fort Polk spokesperson Kimberly Reischling says the unit will serve as advisors to the Afghan National Defense Security forces…
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Deployment ceremonies will take place next week.

Planned Parenthood has filed a federal lawsuit to prevent Governor Bobby Jindal from halting Medicaid payments to the organization’s facilities in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Jindal announced plans to defund Planned Parenthood after secretly taped vidoes accuse the organiziation of selling fetal body parts. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services warned Jindal that such an action violated federal law.

If you would like to work as a wildlife enforcement cadet for the state department of wildlife and fisheries, now is your chance. LDWF is taking applications until September ninth. Spokesperson Adam Einck says they are seeking to train up to 24 cadets on the state’s boating and fishing laws…
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Einck says applicants can applly online at the Louisiana Civil Service website.