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• Obama: Congress must 'fully fund' embassy security

  May 16, 2013 12:28 PM

  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to "fully fund" his administration's budget request for embassy security. The request comes as Obama seeks to get ahead of the controversy over his administration's response to the attack last September in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans. Obama said he... more »

• Changes to LSU rec center after man was groped in shower Play Video

  May 1, 2013 9:34 PM

  BATON ROUGE - There are changes at the LSU Student Recreational Center after someone was sexually assaulted in the men's shower. On April 16, a male student told police a he was groped by another man while taking a shower. Last week, police arrested Hung M. Dang, 46,... more »

• Obama: Boston review designed to prevent attacks

  April 30, 2013 10:48 AM

  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says a national security review following the Boston Marathon bombings will look at whether there is more the government can do to stop people within the United States who might become radicalized and plan terror attacks. One of the dangers the U.S. faces now, Obama... more »

• Cops promise major presence for Nashville marathon

  April 23, 2013 7:50 PM

  NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE- Authorities in Nashville say they have no known threat for the St. Jude Country Music Marathon on Saturday, but runners will see a strong presence of security from start to finish. The event draws about 30,000 runners. Federal, state and local authorities say they've planned for every contingency.... more »

• Surveillance camera use controversy Play Video

  April 22, 2013 9:11 PM

  BATON ROUGE - When you take a stroll in downtown Baton Rouge, chances are someone is watching. "I don't like it," Jerry Corntwaite said. If you take a close look, you'll see surveillance cameras are all over the place. "That doesn't bother me," Avia Dimittia said. "If... more »

• Memories of safe Olympics assure London runners

  April 18, 2013 9:14 AM

  LONDON- Any anxiety marathon runners have about competing in London after the Boston bombings is being allayed by the successful security measures at last year's Olympics. The elite runners have arrived in London for Sunday's race and heard assurances from the British government that security is being stepped up after... more »

• Security beefed up worldwide after Boston blasts

  April 15, 2013 3:58 PM

  LOS ANGELES - Police in Los Angeles, New York City, London and other cities worldwide are stepping up security following explosions at the Boston Marathon. Los Angeles County Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore says the department has opened an emergency operations center, increased patrols for transit and other critical areas including... more »

• No duck dynasty here

  April 11, 2013 7:31 PM

  HONOLULU- A man heading to a court hearing in Honolulu had his pet duck and a bottle of beer in his bag when he went through security at the Honolulu Circuit Court. Michael Hubbard reluctantly told security about the duck in his bag when x-ray screener noticed something moving inside.... more »

• Iberville beefing up school security

  April 9, 2013 8:08 AM

  PLAQUEMINE - The Iberville Parish School Board has entered into an agreement with the sheriff's office to better secure the district's 10 school campuses through the addition of four new school resource officers, a truancy officer and nine school crossing guards. Chief Financial Officer Jolain Landry said during the board's... more »

• Debate on immigration to get under way

  April 8, 2013 7:37 AM

  WASHINGTON - Senators writing a comprehensive immigration bill hope to finish their work this week. Their plan is sure to open a raucous public debate over measures to secure the border, allow tens of thousands of foreign workers into the country and grant eventual citizenship to the estimated 11... more »

• More deputies patrol Ascension Parish schools

  April 2, 2013 5:39 PM

  DUTCHTOWN - More Ascension Parish deputies will patrol schools in the district soon. The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office has extra deputies shadowing current school resource officers as they patrol school buildings, part of a program that will boost the number of deputies watching over students to 16. "Now... more »

• OLOL taking on more responsibility, security changes Play Video

  April 2, 2013 5:19 PM

  BATON ROUGE - As care at Earl K. Long Memorial Hospital winds down, services and safety changes at Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center are ramping up. Earl K. Long closes on April 15th, and OLOL will begin operating several medical clinics around Baton Rouge and take over... more »

• Extra officers at school when students return Tuesday

  April 1, 2013 9:50 PM

  GONZALES- As students return to school in Ascension Parish from spring break Tuesday, more security will be on campus. Four additional deputies join the 16 currently on patrol at area schools. Members of the group will rotate among elementary, middle, and high schools so they can become familiar... more »

• Extra security after Texas prosecutor, wife shot

  April 1, 2013 1:12 PM

  KAUFMAN, Texas - Deputies have been escorting some county employees into the courthouse today in Kaufman County, Texas. The extra security is in place two days after the county's district attorney and his wife were found shot to death in their home. The shooting came two months after an assistant... more »

• Security upgrades coming to Pointe Coupee schools

  March 28, 2013 8:55 AM

  NEW ROADS - The Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff's Office has submitted a school crisis response plan to the school board outlining new security recommendations to better protect the district's five campuses. Sheriff Bud Torres also handed the board a proposal on Wednesday to spend about $120,000 a year to hire... more »

• Livingston schools get more security

  March 21, 2013 9:12 PM

  LIVINGSTON - Thursday night a unanimous decision by the Livingston Parish School Board to add more security to 44 schools around the parish. Four deputies, will be added to help secure the schools, one deputy is already working. A tentative plan will be for the deputies to rotate... more »

• Livingston talks cost of beefing up school security Play Video

  March 19, 2013 8:54 PM

  LIVINGSTON - In the current social and educational climate, keeping children safe at school is more difficult and expensive than it once was. Especially after the number of mass shootings -happening around the country-- is on the rise. That's why the Livingston Parish School Board and the Livingston Parish Sheriff... more »

• Plate readers could help fight neighborhood crime Play Video

  March 18, 2013 4:55 PM

  BATON ROUGE- License plate recognition technology, once reserved for police, is now being utilized by neighborhoods to fight crime. The cameras catch a picture of the license plate and car and then compile it into a database that law enforcement can access. "It actually reads the license plates... more »

• White briefs lawmakers on school security

  February 28, 2013 10:59 AM

  BATON ROUGE - State education superintendent John White briefed state lawmakers this morning on security conditions and changes at Louisiana's schools. White said after the Sandy Hook elementary shooting in Connecticut, 52 percent of Louisiana's school districts made changes to their school security plans. He also said 98... more »

• Livingston looks for funding to increase school security

  February 21, 2013 11:23 PM

  LIVINGSTON- School system leaders have to decide how to pay for a huge increase in school resource officers. Some have suggested adding officers at all schools in the district. Leaders said the increase is not directly related to the tragedy in Connecticut, where two-dozen kids were murdered in... more »

• Parents questioning school security in West Baton Rouge Play Video

  February 21, 2013 6:24 PM

  PORT ALLEN - School security in West Baton Rouge remains an issue of concern for parents and the parish school board. At a meeting last night, a board member suggested the schools start using metal detectors and initiate lock down procedures to keep trespassers away and prevent students from... more »

• EBR Schools monitoring social media Play Video

  February 20, 2013 5:48 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Social media has changed the way many people interact on a daily basis. Sites like Facebook and Twitter is a great tool for communication, but it can also act as a gateway for cyberbullying and threats. This week, police arrested 18-year-old Kyle Blackburn after they said... more »

• Biden says a shotgun will scare off intruders

  February 19, 2013 3:43 PM

  WASHINGTON - Vice President Joe Biden says Americans don't need semi-automatic weapons to protect their homes because a couple of blasts from a shotgun will scare off intruders. The vice president encouraged those worried about defending themselves to buy a shotgun. He was speaking Tuesday in an online video as... more »

• White House: 'Grave concern' on delayed nominees

  February 17, 2013 12:43 PM

  WASHINGTON - The new White House chief of staff says there's "a grave concern" about delays in assembling President Barack Obama's second-term national security team. Senate Republicans have stalled the nominations of Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary and John Brennan to be CIA director. GOP lawmakers want more answers... more »

• Man to plead guilty in identity theft case

  February 17, 2013 10:32 AM

  MONROE - A change of plea hearing is scheduled Tuesday for a man charged in Louisiana with trying use a fraudulent Social Security number to obtain a drivers license and identification documents. William Lyman Agnew is scheduled to charge his plea to guilty in U.S. District Court in Monroe. He... more »

• Forums to focus on Baton Rouge school safety

  February 14, 2013 10:32 AM

  BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Parish school system scheduled four community forums next week to talk to parents about school safety and get feedback on how to make schools safer. The forums are scheduled for Monday through Wednesday at four schools. Baton Rouge Magnet High is hosting Monday,... more »

• Students accused of making threats against

  February 7, 2013 11:02 AM

  INDEPENDENCE - Security was beefed up at Independence High School after two students were arrested and accused of making threats against the school. Tangipahoa Parish Schools Superintendent Mark Kolwe said Principal Hugh Wallace said the students' grandmother called the sheriff's office Tuesday after finding written threats in the boys' room... more »

• 2 Tioga High students face terrorism charges

  February 6, 2013 6:52 AM

  TIOGA - Authorities say two Tioga High School students are facing terrorism charges in the case of emails sent to the school on Jan. 31 that resulted in a lockdown and extra security. Rapides Parish sheriff's deputies tell The Town Talk the 17-year-olds face 10 counts of terrorism. Both were... more »

• Senate passes bill to improve embassy security

  February 5, 2013 6:59 AM

  WASHINGTON - The Senate has approved legislation that would allow the State Department to transfer up to $1.1 billion to improve security at U.S. embassies in the wake of the deadly assault last year at the U.S. Consulate in Libya that killed four Americans. The measure now heads to the... more »

• Napolitano trumpets border security on 2-day tour

  February 5, 2013 3:12 AM

  SAN DIEGO - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is in San Diego to trumpet what she calls dramatic improvements in border security. Napolitano told reporters after touring the border Monday that the difference from 20 years ago is like comparing a rocket ship to a horse and buggy.... more »

• New Orleans' challenge: policing 2 huge parties

  January 30, 2013 10:57 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - It's an unprecedented security challenge for New Orleans: The increasingly raucous buildup to Mardi Gras gets suspended for a week as 150,000 visitors pack the city for the Super Bowl. The two events bring all the usual worries, from petty crime and public drunkenness to random gunfire... more »

• West Feliciana schools receive additional security

  January 30, 2013 7:44 AM

  ST. FRANCISVILLE - The West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office has assigned an additional deputy to school security duties, giving each of the parish's four schools a full-time officer on campus. During a briefing on security issues on Tuesday, Chief Sheriff's Deputy Randy Metz told school board members the fourth officer... more »

• Clinton: Department working to boost embassy security

  January 23, 2013 10:11 AM

  WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says her department is moving swiftly and aggressively to strengthen security at U.S. missions worldwide, after the deadly September raid on the U.S. consulate in Libya. In what is probably her last appearance on Capitol Hill as the nation's top diplomat, Clinton... more »

• Iberville adds to its school security force

  January 21, 2013 11:38 PM

  PLAQUEMINE- School resource officers will be increased at schools in Iberville Parish. The Sheriff's Department is adding to its force in the wake of the school shooting in Connecticut. Experienced deputies are being moved from the patrol division to schools. Additional deputies will be hired to fill the... more »

• Companies donate security technology to Newtown

  January 18, 2013 4:29 PM

  NEWTOWN, Conn. - A Connecticut company says it has nearly finished installing state-of-the-art security equipment at a school to which students moved after the deadly Newtown elementary school shooting. Thomas Marino Jr.'s father owns Advanced Security Technologies in Stratford. He says he reached out to manufacturers after the Dec. 14... more »

• Lawmakers reviewing school security practices

  January 17, 2013 3:25 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Education leaders are reviewing Louisiana school security procedures after the mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school. Superintendent of Education John White suggested lawmakers should tweak a state law from 2001 that requires all elementary and secondary public schools to have a written crisis management and response... more »

• Lawmakers to look at La. school security today

  January 17, 2013 10:36 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A state committee convened this morning to see how Louisiana schools could be better protected in the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting in Connecticut. Members of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security gathered at 10 a.m. to look over security procedures already in... more »

• WBR school board to discuss security tonight

  January 14, 2013 10:53 AM

  PORT ALLEN - School administrators in West Baton Rouge will meet with law enforcement tonight to discuss school security in the parish. Tonight's committee meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at the school board office in Port Allen. The committee will primarily decide if the topic warrants further... more »

• Obama taps homeland security aide to head CIA

  January 7, 2013 5:47 PM

  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has tapped White House homeland security adviser John Brennan as his nominee to lead the Central Intelligence Agency. Obama on Monday appeared with Brennan in the East Room of the White House to name him as his pick to succeed former CIA chief David Petraeus,... more »

• School security to be scrutinized in West B.R.

  December 22, 2012 10:57 AM

  PORT ALLEN - The West Baton Rouge Parish School Board will take up in-depth discussion of school security in January. The Advocate reports the goal is to improve security measures at public schools in the parish. School security has become a hot-button issue nationwide after shootings at an... more »

• Real ID deadline pushed back

  December 21, 2012 11:40 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana travelers can rest easier. The Department of Homeland Security announced Friday that states will be given an extension to meet the new standards of the Real ID Act. Without this extension a state driver's license would not have been accepted as a proper form of... more »

• West Baton Rouge schools to get even tougher on security

  December 20, 2012 11:22 PM

  PORT ALLEN- School leaders in West Baton Rouge are the latest to talk about upping the ante when it comes to school security. Superintendent David Corona told WBRZ News 2, he's set-up a committee to look into what needs to be done to keep schools safe in the event... more »

• BREC making changes to curb park violence Play Video

  December 20, 2012 4:19 PM

  BATON ROUGE - There were shots of a different kind after a Baton Rouge basketball game Wednesday night. BREC Communications Officer Cheryl Michelet says a park ranger was at Kernan Park when a fight broke out. The unarmed ranger attempted to break up the fight. Residents in the... more »

• Security improvements made to 19th JDC evidence room Play Video

  December 17, 2012 2:59 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Security changes have been made to the evidence room of the 19th Judicial District Courthouse, after 48 pounds of cocaine went missing. Two courthouse employees, William Colvin and Debra Bell, were arrested. Investigators said they stole the cocaine and distributed it on the streets of Baton Rouge,... more »

• Schools increase security after Conn. shooting

  December 17, 2012 2:01 PM

  UNDATED - Most of the nation fell back into the familiar routine of dropping off children at school, as teachers and parents wrestled with how best to quell children's fears after the killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. School districts across the U.S. increased patrols and security... more »

• Courthouse changes announced after cocaine thefts

  December 17, 2012 11:58 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Authorities announced several changes today that will be coming to the district court in Baton Rouge, after a major security breach put 48 pounds of cocaine back on the street. Today federal and state investigators said they added a two-key system to the evidence vaults after... more »

• UN Security Council condemns NKorea rocket launch

  December 12, 2012 1:32 PM

  UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council is condemning North Korea's successful rocket launch. The U.N.'s most powerful body said in a brief statement after closed consultations Wednesday that the launch violated a 2009 Security Council resolution banning "any launch using ballistic missile technology." The council said that after the... more »

• Woman pleads guilty in SS theft case

  December 3, 2012 4:50 PM

  SLIDELL - A woman accused of helping stuff the body of her roommate's dead father into an ice chest and stealing almost $34,000 of his Social Security checks has pleaded guilty. The Times-Picayune reports Heidi Todd, 45, pleaded guilty to unlawful disposal of human remains, mutilating or disinterring human remains... more »

• Hospital: Visitors probably curious, not a threat

  October 16, 2012 2:34 PM

  BIRMINGHAM, England - An official at the British hospital treating a Pakistani teen activist says the people who showed up asking about the girl were probably just "over-curious," not a threat to her safety. Dr. Dave Rosser, medical director of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, says several people turned... more »

• House committee: security requests denied in Libya

  October 2, 2012 10:29 AM

  WASHINGTON - Leaders of a House committee say U.S. diplomats in Libya made repeated requests for increased security in Benghazi but the pleas were denied in Washington. The Oversight and Government Reform Committee officials said Tuesday they received the information from individuals with direct knowledge of the situation. The Sept.... more »

• JSU security guard shot to death

  September 22, 2012 4:30 PM

  JACKSON - A Jackson State University security guard was found dead in a city street on Saturday morning. WLBT-TV reports that 27-year-old Joseph Welch was shot five times, according to officials. Jackson police say Welch failed to show up for work at 10 p.m. Friday night. "We got a shots... more »

• Obama briefed on 9/11 anniversary preparations

  September 10, 2012 4:34 PM

  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has been briefed by his top national security aides on the government's preparedness ahead of the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The White House said Monday the president and his advisers discussed specific measures the administration was taking to prevent 9/11-related attacks. They... more »

• Draft order seeks to improve US digital defenses

  September 10, 2012 3:37 PM

  WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is preparing an executive order with new rules to protect U.S. computer systems, after Congress failed earlier this summer to pass a cybersecurity bill. The Associated Press obtained a draft of the order. The provisions include voluntary standards for companies, a special council run by... more »

• Police promote safety at Southern Play Video

  August 20, 2012 9:42 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The Southern University Police Department celebrated safety on campus with an event for students the first night classes were back in session. "We are going all out to make sure that they understand that we are here for them. That we are just a phone call... more »

• Kaspersky: We've found new virus linked to Stuxnet

  August 9, 2012 3:37 PM

  LONDON - Computer security firm Kaspersky says it has discovered a new batch of malicious software linked to the infrastructure-wrecking Stuxnet virus. In a statement Thursday the Moscow-based company said it had found a virus dubbed "Gauss" which it said was aimed at stealing financial information from its mainly Middle... more »

• Senate fails to approve cybersecurity legislation

  August 2, 2012 11:13 AM

  WASHINGTON- The Senate has failed to pass legislation to protect the U.S. electrical grid, water supplies and other critical industries from cyberattack and electronic espionage. The bill fell short Thursday of the votes needed to move it forward before Congress takes a monthlong break. The measure would have established a... more »

• Report: Psychiatrist tried to discuss Holmes

  August 2, 2012 10:43 AM

  DENVER - A psychiatrist who had the Colorado theater shooting suspect as a client reportedly wanted to talk to a campus security committee about him weeks before the attack. Denver television station KMGH reports that University of Colorado psychiatrist Lynne Fenton wanted to discuss James Holmes with members of a... more »

• Security on everyone's mind on the eve of Olympics

  July 26, 2012 2:33 PM

  LONDON - Security jitters are being felt in London on the eve of the official opening of the summer Olympics. The biggest shopping mall in Europe, the Westfield mall next to Olympic Park, was briefly evacuated today after a fire alarm went off. Hundreds of people flooded into the... more »

• Jetson officials answer questions about security, youth services

  July 19, 2012 12:52 PM

  BAKER - News 2 was allowed inside the Jetson Center for Youth today for a tour of the complex. There have been many complaints about the site after a recent escape from the facility. A former state lawmaker says many of the juvenile justice reform measures approved a decade... more »

• Britain blames G4S for Olympic jobs fiasco

  July 16, 2012 11:07 AM

  LONDON - Britain's interior minister says the security firm G4S repeatedly assured the government it would exceed its targets for recruiting Olympic staff and only admitted last week that it could not meet the terms of its contract. Home Secretary Theresa May said Monday that G4S had "repeatedly assured us... more »

• US Airways flight diverted, "security issue"

  May 22, 2012 11:26 AM

  NEW YORK - US Airways has confirmed that flight 787 from Paris to Charlotte has been diverted to Bangor, Maine. The reason, according to US Airways, there is security issue. A passenger apparently exhibited "suspicious behavior" according to the airline. However, no further details exactly about what is... more »

• Threatening Tweets surround Lil Boosie trial

  May 7, 2012 9:33 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Tweeted threats are forcing tighter security in the high-profile murder-for-hire trial of rapper Lil Boosie. A fan of Torrence Hatch threatened to kill the district attorney and shoot-up the courthouse. Monday night, Dedrick Green was in jail facing terrorizing and threatening a public official charges. And... more »

• New information released in Mari Ann Fowler's disappearance

  April 26, 2012 12:35 PM

  WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH - New details are emerging surrounding one of the area's most infamous abductions. To date, it remains unsolved and stumped even the most seasoned investigators. Mari Ann Fowler was last seen on December 24, 2002 in Port Allen after leaving a fast food restaurant. Search teams... more »

• Whitney Houston 911 call released

  April 11, 2012 5:59 PM

  BEVERLY HILLS - Authorities have released the 911 call hotel security made to paramedics after Whitney Houston's lifeless body was found in a Los Angeles hotel room two months ago. But the minute-long call from a security worker at the Beverly Hilton Hotel reveals few details about the Grammy-winning... more »

• Bouncer bill introduced

  March 29, 2012 10:25 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana State Senator Gary Smith has introduced a bill that requires bouncers and security officers hired to work at bars to undergo special training to prevent the use of excessive force. The training would fall under the guidelines of the Responsible Vendor Program. Smith wrote in his... more »

• Box cutter found, flight cancelled

  March 5, 2012 2:58 PM

  DALLAS - A Southwest Airlines flight from Houston to Dallas was canceled today after a passenger spotted a box cutter in the plane's overhead bin. The captain alerted airport security. All 97 passengers were taken off the plane and re-screened. The plane was searched but no other... more »

• NSU offers homeland security degree

  March 5, 2012 2:14 PM

  NATCHITOCHES, La.- Northwestern State University is offering the state's first master's degree in homeland security starting this summer. It's an expansion of an adult education course currently offered that has a "concentration" in homeland security. Joe Morris, head of the Department of Criminal Justice, History and Social Sciences, says the... more »

• Parents pleased EBR board looking into security in schools Play Video

  March 1, 2012 10:43 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Parents across the district tonight are rejoicing that the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board is creating a task force to review school safety. The board made the call at its committee meeting Wednesday night. That's two days after a loaded gun was found on a... more »

• Electronic Social Security payments

  March 1, 2012 10:21 AM

  WASHINGTON D.C. - The U.S. Department of Treasury today kicked off a one year countdown to all-electronic Social Security payments. Treasurer of the United States Rosie Rios started the official countdown clock today. On March 1, 2013 all federal benefit recipients must receive their Social Security, and other... more »

• Gun found, Ohio shooting spark conversation about safety in BR schools

  February 28, 2012 10:16 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Parents in East Baton Rouge Parish are asking questions about security in schools a day after a gun was found in a local middle school, and three teens were killed at a high school in Ohio. Currently, East Baton Rouge has metal detection wands in every school.... more »

• Home security installations up after Ascension home invasion

  February 23, 2012 2:34 PM

  GONZALES- An Ascension Parish home security system operator says business spiked when word about a deadly attack spread over the weekend. Irwin Marchand and stepson Doug Dooley were killed over the weekend. Marchand's wife, Shirley, survived. She is still in critical condition under police protection. Investigators say a safe... more »

• Krewe of Artemis rolling under heavy security

  February 10, 2012 6:24 PM

  BATON ROUGE- The Baton Rouge Police Department says the first parade of the Mardi Gras season in the city will be heavily attended by its own officers. The protection is part of the department's plan for parades in the city-parish. While police aren't detailing what kind of enforcement will... more »

• Mall of Louisiana to beef up security measures

  February 6, 2012 6:54 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A sheriff's spokeswoman says the Mall of Louisiana will hire off-duty deputies for night patrols. The move comes after a shooting in the area of the mall known as the The Boulevard that injured two teenagers last month. Casey Rayborn Hicks tells The Advocate that previously,... more »

• Authorities prep for holiday shopping rush

  November 15, 2011 5:58 PM

  BATON ROUGE- With Black Friday just around the corner, law enforcement agencies are planning to increase security at shopping centers. Baton Rouge Police plan to use mounted police, bicycle patrols and police cars to monitor parking lots at Cortana Mall. At the Mall of Louisiana, East Baton Rouge Sheriff's... more »

• Neighborhood gets okay to install security cameras

  November 9, 2011 10:19 PM

  BATON ROUGE- A crime prevention district in the Gardere area got the thumbs up from the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council Wednesday to spend $20,000 on security cameras for its streets. The money comes from the district's tax collections. The neighborhood already pays for patrols to keep... more »

• Jeanerette company gets $192M Coast Guard contract

  November 7, 2011 4:54 PM

  JEANERETTE - Metal Shark Aluminum Boats of Jeanerette has a $192 million contract to replace the Coast Guard's fleet of small port security boats. The company will build up to 500 of the boats, which are about 28 feet long, for the Coast Guard, president and co-owner Chris Allard said... more »

• New body scanners online at BR airport

  October 14, 2011 5:50 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Airport officials unveiled new body scanners with enhanced privacy software today at Baton Rouge Metro Airport. The Transportation and Safety Administration invited media out for a demonstration of the new scanners, which they say have an increased ability to automatically detect threats on passengers. The... more »

• Police hoping public will help clear year-old levee murder

  September 20, 2011 10:09 PM

  BATON ROUGE- A year after an innocent teen was gunned-down on the Baton Rouge levee downtown, police are still looking for clues. 17-year-old Darius Augustus was shot about this time a year ago. He and younger family members were on the levee waiting for a ride home, after visiting... more »

• Activity Increases at State Intelligence Center

  September 9, 2011 5:48 PM

  BATON ROUGE- There will be more staffing and support at the state's intelligence center during the 9-11 annivesary period. It's been ten years since terrorists attacked sites in New York and Washington, D.C. Louisiana law enforcement officials say there are no credible threats, but the Fusion Center will monitor... more »

• Nicholls State beefs up campus security

  August 27, 2011 11:57 AM

  THIBODAUX, La.- Nicholls State University is adding 350 surveillance cameras to the 150 already in public areas on the campus. University police director Craig Jaccuzzo says they'll be installed in the student union, dining halls, recreation facilities and common areas of residence halls. He says they won't monitor... more »

• Security boosted at EBR bus transfer point

  August 9, 2011 10:17 PM

  BATON ROUGE- The East Baton Rouge Parish School System is beefing up security at its school bus transfer point this year. The site is near the intersection of Choctaw and North Sherwood Forest. It's where children switch from the buses that pick them up in their neighborhoods, to the... more »

• Secret Service apprehends White House fence jumper

  August 3, 2011 2:52 AM

  WASHINGTON- A homeless man is in custody after climbing over the White House fence Tuesday night. The man was immediately captured by uniformed Secret Service agents. Agency spokesman Ed Donovan says the man had a backpack that's being examined for possible explosive material. Donovan says 41-year-old James Crudup was transferred... more »

• Security for DA's office increased during threat investigation

  June 15, 2011 10:20 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Security is increasing for people involved in the high-profile Lil' Boosie case. It's because of threats made against the District Attorney's Office in Baton Rouge. Investigators have not found credible concerns, but they are not taking chances. The rapper, Lil' Boosie, or Torrence Hatch, is in... more »

• Butte LaRose protected by boat patrols

  May 17, 2011 5:46 PM

  BUTTE LAROSE- Boats are being used by St. Martin Parish Sheriff's deputies for safety and security in the Butte LaRose Canal. Many camps back up to the waterway, giving thieves or vandals the opportunity to do some damage while people have evacuated from the area. The St. Martin... more »

• National Guard helping with security in evacuation areas

  May 16, 2011 2:44 PM

  BUTTE LAROSE - National Guard members are helping to provide security in St. Martin Parish while people work to secure their belongings. Guard members and sheriff's deputies are working together to prevent looting or vandalism in areas where voluntary evacuations have been ordered, and to keep them off levees... more »

• Attempt to take children has daycares on alert

  February 23, 2011 6:49 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Baton Rouge Police need your help looking for a man who went into a church preschool and tried to take a child. Police describe him as 5'9 to 5'11, around 180 lbs, with brown hair. He was seen leaving the scene in a new model red... more »

• Charges dropped against three former guards

  February 23, 2011 12:14 PM

  HOUMA - Charges have been dropped against three former security officers at the Terrebonne Juvenile Detention Center who had been accused of sexual misconduct with female inmates. Charges were dropped Tuesday against 37-year-old Chadwick Griffin, 28-year-old John Gathen and 39-year-old Darrin Carter. After a jury trial, 50-year-old Floyd Howard... more »