Governor Bobby Jindal hosted a prayer rally for law enforcement on the steps of the state capitol today. Jindal declared September 14th a statewide day of prayer for officers. State Police Col. Mike Edmonson says our prayers shouldn’t end here and we should all continue to respect cops who have died in the line of duty by the way we live our lives:
CUT 14 (08) “forget them”
So far in 2015, Louisiana has lost nine police officers, making us the number two state in the country for law enforcement deaths.

State Treasurer John Kennedy feels the horrible crime problem in New Orleans could be helped by implementing a stop and frisk program for cops. He says this would let officers frisk anyone without probable cause which he admits is controversial, but we should be empowering our police officers and not undermining them…:
CUT 8 (10) “constitutional rights”

The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office is trying to make sense of a murder-suicide in Central that left four people dead, including three brothers. Eric Gill reports…:
CUT 1 (30) “I’m Eric Gill”

The Caddo Parish Sheriff’s office says they’ve charged a man with second degree murder for a homicide that happened 35 years ago. They say 62-year-old Jimmy Lee Tigues of Shreveport was booked in the death of 29-year-old Robert Earl French who was found dead on the side of the road on August 1st 1980. Detectives got new information on the unsolved murder recently and obtained a warrant for Tigues’ arrest.