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Bill Proposes Major Change to Shreveport Police Staffing
State lawmakers are being asked to approve a bill that would ok a major change for staffing the Shreveport Patrol Division.
The bill, sponsored by State Representative Alan Seabaugh authorizes the Shreveport police chief to establish a two-platoon system for employees of the city s police department.
Right now, any city with a population over 50,000 people is required to divide the members of its police force into 3 platoons. This essentially means 3-8 hour shifts each day. The change would allow SPD to have 2 platoons, or 2-12 hour shifts per day.
As explained to me by Seabaugh, the goal is to have more officers on patrol. For instance, if you have 300 officers and you divide into 3 platoons, you would have 100 officers on duty each hour. But under the 2 platoon system, you divide that same 300 by just 2 shifts and you would have 150 officers on duty every hour.