Baton Rouge Police Department Deputy Chief Troy Lawrence, Sr. Baton Rouge Police Department(BATON ROUGE, La.) Recent lawsuits filed against the Baton Rouge Police Department have put a spotlight on a long string of misconduct and abuse claims against the department s officers, including at a police warehouse referred to as the "Brave Cave."
The FBI New Orleans Field Office, alongside the Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney s Office for the Middle District of Louisiana, announced last week they were opening a federal investigation into the Baton Rouge Police Department (BRPD) amid allegations that members of the police force may have abused their authority.
The announcement came days after a series of lawsuits had been filed against BRPD officers for alleged civil rights violations, including at the hands of BRPD s Troy Lawrence Jr., a 26-year-old officer and the son of Deputy Chief Troy Lawrence Sr. who, despite his short tenure with the force, is alleged in law
Pending criminal charges against several Baton Rouge police officers amid internal and federal investigations into the city s police department could impact hundreds of ongoing criminal cases, the District Attorney said.
The scandal-plagued Baton Rouge Police Department has arrested three of its own officers, including a deputy chief, and charged them with trying to cover up excessive force during a strip search inside a department bathroom, the police chief announced Friday. “Lets be crystal clear, there is no room for misconduct or unethical behavior in our department,” Chief Murphy Paul said at a news conference Friday. The findings announced Friday stemmed from one of several administrative and criminal inquiries surrounding the street crimes unit.