Jeanerette Police Department seeking qualified applicants amid officer shortage
Jeanerette Police Department seeking qualified applicants amid officer shortage
and last updated 2021-03-10 23:19:27-05
The Jeanerette Police Department is looking to hire amid a shortage of police officers.
Right now there are three police officers on staff and no shortage of applicants; they re just not the right ones.
During Monday nightâs Board of Aldermen meeting in Jeanerette, Mayor Carol Bourgeois said recent applicants for the police department had some sort of baggage. He now says the statement was a poor choice of words.
âThey can be qualified on paper, but when you do your background checks there are various other things youâd like to know about that person, said Bourgeois.