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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.
SHREVEPORT, La. As the homicide toll soared to 32 already this year, city leaders came together for a call to the community to help in a renewed effort to stop gun violence. It s called Safer Shreveport.
Mayor Adrian Perkins joined the chiefs of the police and fire departments, other elected leaders, as well as leaders in the business and religious communities in urging everyone in Shreveport to help in the effort.
Perkins told a crowd gathered outside Government Plaza about getting a call recently from a tee ball coach. The coach said he had to call off practice because of gunfire near their ballfield in the north part of the city.