Vidalia, La., police officers soon will have a new tool to catch motorists exceeding the speed limit. Ten dashboard-mounted police radar systems will soon be ordered and installed in city patrol cars thanks to a donation by Vidalia City Judge …
Baker, La., Police Chief Mike Knaps says investigators are questioning suspects in fires started over the weekend in two older buildings on the campus of Bakerfield Elementary School. The Advocate reports firefighters arrived on the campus shortly after 8 p.m. …
A 55-yaer-old Eunice, La., man was awarded $124,715 in damages and related costs by a state judge who found that the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office and Eunice Police Department used excessive force when they arrested him in April 2009. …