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Lafayette seeks new police chief amid staffing challenges
There is optimism the job opening at chief is an opportunity to improve LPD while pay raises help the agency fill vacancies.
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There is optimism the job opening at chief is an opportunity to improve LPD while pay raises help the agency fill vacancies.
Trouard is the seventh person to run the Lafayette Police Department since 2020.
Facing a potential vote of no confidence by the Lafayette Police union, Chief Judith Estorge has stepped down from her post and will return to the department as captain.
Lafayette’s new police chief has moved to gag further reporting about Guillory’s security detail, claiming it jeopardizes the PD’s strategies and tactics and endangers lives.
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