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SHREVEPORT, La. A police union makes good on its vow to target elected leaders who help the city go to 12-hour patrol shifts. Louisiana state Rep. Alan Seabaugh is in their crosshairs.
Shreveport Police Officers Association (SPOA) President Michael Carter has sent letters to voters in Seabaugh s District 5, criticizing him. That s after the south Shreveport Republican says he submitted a bill at the request of Police Chief Ben Raymond that would give him the ability to order 12-hour shifts. The bill is expected to pass the state legislature.
Raymond wants that option as he tries to guide the department through a severe officer shortage.
SHREVEPORT, La. A show of force from the Shreveport Police Officers Association (SPOA) hopes to sway city council members against a plan by Chief Ben Raymond for 12-hour shifts for his understaffed department.
SPOA President Lt. Michael Carter says 170 members voted unanimously against the plan and signed a petition, which Carter shared with KTBS 3 News. They expressed the fact that this would absolutely destroy them, Carter said of the membership s vote.
The union opposition comes as the city council prepares to vote on a resolution in support of the shift change. Councilman Grayson Boucher sponsors the city s resolution. He says he wants Shreveport leadership to send a message of support for the move to state lawmakers.
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La. House panel takes up proposal that could mean 12-hour shifts for SPD patrol officers
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SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) A proposal that could lead to 12-hour shifts for Shreveport police officers was reported favorably on a 10-0 vote Thursday, May 6 by a Louisiana House committee.
Shreveport Police Chief Ben Raymond has said that his department is short 100 officers. In an effort to combat the officer drain, HB 121 would let Raymond split his department’s patrol division into two platoons, giving him the option of moving patrol shifts to 12-hour workdays. The idea is to help fill holes in shifts created by the officer shortage and potentially cut down on increasing overtime costs, according to police sources.