According to reports, Lafayette Police Officers are being told by superiors via a memo that they need to enforce parish panhandling laws or face discipline from the department. The memo comes after anti-panhandling signs were put up around the city earlier in the year.
See the report from @KATCTV3 on Twitter here.
According to the report by our media partners at KATC-TV3, the Lafayette Police Chief sent the message out to all uniformed officers who would receive, "progressive discipline" if not following the direction.
The memo from Chief Thomas Glover Sr. was sent to "All Department Personnel" and the subject line was only "panhandling". The full memo along with Parish ordinance on panhandling is included in KATC's report here.