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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" padding_bottom="14"][vc_column][vc_column_text] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 01/08/2022 PRESS CONTACT: CULLEN BROOKS PHONE NUMBER: (337) 281-8660 POLICE ASSOCIATION OF LAFAYETTE LOCAL #905 COMMITTED TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY DURING TRANSITION IN LEADERSHIP Public safety begins with partnerships and trust. The Police Association of Lafayette Local #905...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" padding_bottom="14"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Two men are jailed in the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center following a traffic stop by Lafayette Police in which 15.5 pounds of MDMA (ecstasy) tablets were seized. Derrick Jerome Harris, 35, of Meridian, Mississippi is...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" padding_bottom="14"][vc_column][vc_column_text] LAFAYETTE, LA – A district judge ordered the Lafayette Police Department and Acting Chief of Police Scott Morgan to cease, desist, and stay disciplinary action against Lafayette Police Corporal David Stanley today according to court records. In...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" padding_bottom="14"][vc_column][vc_column_text]   To the Lafayette Community:   We, The Police Association of Lafayette, have been fortunate to have the continual support and appreciation of our community. To that end we have made it a point of emphasis to be as neutral...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" padding_bottom="14"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Today marks 60 years since two police officers showed up at Captain John "Rocky" Langlinais' house and let his family know he would not be coming home to them. On July 22, 1960, shortly before 10:00/PM Captain...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" padding_bottom="14"][vc_column][vc_column_text]   The day following the shooting arrives and the officer awakes from what seemed like an endless evening prepared to get back to work, only to remember that he has been placed on leave indefinitely. The initial...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" padding_bottom="14"][vc_column][vc_column_text]   It has been a long and difficult night. The officer did what he had to do to live. The things he will hear and be told on this evening will stick with him for the rest...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" padding_bottom="14"][vc_column][vc_column_text]   State Police Troop I: On July 15, 2020, the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations was requested by the Lafayette Police Department to investigate an officer-involved shooting involving their department. Louisiana State Police is the lead investigating...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" padding_bottom="14"][vc_column][vc_column_text]   On July 15, 2020 an officer-involved shooting took place in Lafayette, Louisiana involving a member of the Lafayette Police Department. Following the incident, the Police Association of Lafayette requested that you ‘keep all in your thoughts...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" padding_bottom="14"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Today marked the fourth anniversary of the horrific ambush of police officers on Airline Highway in Baton Rouge. Motrell Jackson, Matthew Gerald and Brad Garafola each made the ultimate sacrifice to their communities on July 17,...