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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Lafayette mayor quarantines after direct exposure to KLFY anchor he says should have been in quarantine himself
The mayor-president is in quarantine after a direct exposure to KLFY anchor Dalfred Jones, who tested positive for the coronavirus Friday, the day he emceed the swearing in of Lafayette City Marshal Reggie Thomas at the Heymann Center.
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Lafayette’s new police chief brings tidings of change
Glover spent three decades with the Dallas Police Department, serving as deputy chief since 2012. He’s a native of northeast Louisiana, and an outspoken advocate for police accountability.
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The Pope chapter behind them, Lafayette marshals await runoff election
Pope’s crimes and vanity hung a cloud over a small agency used to operating mostly out of public view. Pope now in prison out of parish and a new marshal is soon to be elected, the office is primed for a new chapter.
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Ballot Basics: So what exactly does the Lafayette city marshal do?
Around half the readers we heard from say they don’t really know what the marshal does. Marshals don’t have much of a public face, but they have a big public function. Here are the basics.
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Poll: Do you know what the Lafayette city marshal does?
How much do you know about the job? And what would more would you like to know about it or the race?
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It ain’t over: Lafayette races turn to runoffs for district court and city marshal
It’s a truism in politics of all levels that what matters is who turns out the vote. Without a big ticket race to energize Republicans and Democrats in December, it’s going to come down to how well the candidates can get out the vote.
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Readers asked Reggie Thomas about his bid for City Marshal. Here’s what he said.
This election season, we’re hosting reader Q&A’s with local candidates on the November ballot in a digital town hall format. Each session connects readers with candidates for conversation about the issues that matter most to them.
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Guillory will launch nationwide search for new police chief
Mayor-President Josh Guillory says he will start a nationwide search for a new police chief in the next 30 days and confirmed for the first time plans to eliminate Deputy Chief Reggie Thomas’s position.
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With Lafayette’s police chief out, uncertainty now surrounds his deputy chief
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