The Baton Rouge Area Foundation has set up a memorial fund to help the families of the fallen Baton Rouge officers. Halen Doughty has more…
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According to an analysis by WalletHub, three cities in Louisiana rank as the most stressed out in the nation. Michelle Southern reports.
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Police officers around the state and across the country are reeling from the Sunday’s tragic ambush in Baton Rouge, and law enforcement now has to decide where to go from here. Pineville Police Deputy Chief and President of the Louisiana Fraternal Order of Police, Darrell Basco, says officers from all over the nation are doing everything they can to help, by sending money or officers to assist in Baton Rouge.
Basco says they are also seeing tremendous community support as well. He says people have taken to social media in particular to show love for law enforcement officers.
Basco says there is a fear that fewer people will want to become police officers after the recent violence. But he is confident there will always be people who feel called to help their community.
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The autopsy findings of the three officers killed in the police ambush by Gavin Long have been released. East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner Dr. Beau Clark says each officer’s death was ruled a homicide due to multiple gunshot wounds. He says Long’s autopsy will be today.
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Clark says once the findings are all put in a report, which takes anywhere from 60 to 90 days, it will be turned over to the law enforcement investigating unit. He says this an incredibly sad case for him to work…
The officers have been identified as East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Deputy Brad Garafola and Baton Rouge Police Officers Montrell Jackson and Matthew Gerald. Clark says it’s especially difficult for his office to perform autopsies on dead police officers, because they work so closely with them on many cases.
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After two weeks of tragedy in the south, the community is coming together to Back the Badge. The Baton Rouge Area Foundation has set up a web page for people to donate to a fund for the fallen Baton Rouge officers. BRAF Communications Director Mukul Verma says they have already raised over $33-thousand and more donations are still coming in.
Verma says East Baton Rouge Sheriff Sid Gautreaux is on the committee that decides how the money will be used to assist these families.
Verma says the East Baton Rouge First Responders Fund was established in 1988, and it has given over $150-thousand to families of officers who were killed or wounded in the line of duty. He says donations can be made at BRAF.org, and every contribution helps.
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There is some controversy that the speech Melania Trump made at the Republican National Convention last night sounded very similar to Michelle Obama’s 2008 speech at the Democratic National Convention. Former Jefferson Parish President and a Louisiana delegate at the convention in Cleveland, John Young, says if it’s true, the campaign needs to admit it and move on.
Young says at the end of the day the Trump campaign needs to deal with the issue and move on but they might need to make some changes to the staff.
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According to an analysis by WalletHub, three cities in Louisiana rank as the most stressed out in the nation. Shreveport is No. 6, New Orleans No. 8 and Baton Rouge came in at 13th. Michelle Moore is a Doctor of Psychology at LSU Health New Orleans. She says the report shows Louisianians have high anxiety about things like money, health, ability to cope and safety…:
The study determined Detroit is the most stressed city, while Fremont, CA, is the least stressed. Moore says the report also found taht Baton Rouge has the fewest number of psychologists at 4 per 100,000 residents, compared to the highest which is 80…:
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Shreveport was No. 3 on the list for the most work related stress, and No. 2 for fewest mental health providers. Moore says that, especially in the case of New Orleans, even though we’re known for having nonchalant attitudes, crime is probably one of the biggest factors in the ranking…:
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