Louisiana GOP Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency due to a police officer shortage.

Landry’s executive order issued Thursday lifts limits on how many new employees Louisiana sheriffs can hire and on payroll increases for their departments.

Landry, who previously had a career in law enforcement, said that police departments in the state are experiencing record-low employments “resulting in increased crime and less public safety.” As of July, sheriff’s offices statewide were down 1,800 deputies, Landry said.

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    9 months ago

    You can’t just come onto Lemmy and state the objective truth, it’s against social policy.

    Have an upvote.

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      9 months ago

      I spoke against Nazis, and was downvoted to oblivion.

      It’s just the way things go.

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        9 months ago

        I was banned from lemmy.world completely for asking about taking action against a fellow mod posting and Advocating for literal nazi policies.

        So that’s cool.