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Baton Rouge police crack down on 'looming' gang violence, leaving some relieved, others worried

Por: The Advocate Crime October 11, 2022

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Amid what he described as the threat of “looming” gang violence, Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul announced last month that some neighborhoods would see a dramatic increase in officer patrols as part of a violence-reduction strategy he described as “micro-targeting.”Additional officers, police dogs, and tactical and aviation units would head into roughly a dozen “micro areas” of the city pinpointed as likely hotspots for imminent... + full article



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