An attempt to unlink a long-running anti-drug effort for students from a legally questionable funding source failed Thursday in the Louisiana House Judiciary Committee.
Louisiana House Judiciary Committee advances bill to clarify Lafayette City Marshal salary
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Sen. Gerald Bouderaux (D-Lafayette), Lafayette City Marshal Reginald Thomas and Joe Shumate, Jr. president of Louisiana City Marshals & City Constables Association, speak before the Louisiana House Judiciary Committee on May 13, 2021 about SB 120 regarding the salary of the Lafayette City Marshal.
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BATON ROUGE, La. â A bill by Sen. Gerald Boudreaux (D-Lafayette) that would allow the Lafayette City Marshal to keep court fees moved through the Louisiana House Judiciary Committee Thursday.
Only Lafayette and Shreveport are exempt from the current state law regarding fees collected by the marshal s office.
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of a civilian, of a citizen is the absolute last resort and it needs to be done with the most respect for their life as possible. we need a system that honors those lives. and when police do the wrong thing, that they face some justice for that. you met with the governor and then you testified before the louisiana house judiciary committee. tell us about your testimony there. well, what we talked about today wasn t about police reform. that was our mission before we got here this was planned before the decision on alton sterling was announced. and so it wasn t about police reform. it was about saying how does louisiana go from being overly punitive on crimes to be smart from crimes.