US Senator John Kennedy told FBI director candidates that crime can be reduced in New Orleans if NOPD adopts a “stop, question, and frisk” policy. Some call the policy a form of profiling, but Kennedy disagrees.

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NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison says officers do question suspects if they have reasonable suspicion.

The Centers for Disease Control find a decline in opioid prescriptions in Louisiana after lawmakers passed a legislative package aimed at curbing the opioid epidemic. But former FBI Director Louis Freeh is concerned this could push more people towards counterfeit drugs imported into the US.

Cut 11 (11) “massive importation”

A suspect has died after an attempted home invasion in Shreveport. Authorities responded around 4:30 this morning to find a suspect wearing a ski mask and armed with semi-automatic weapons and dozens of rounds. The suspect suffered a gunshot wound to the upper body and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The media has picked LSU to finish third in the SEC West, and fourth overall. Michelle Southern reports…:

Cut 2 (31) “I’m Michelle Southern”