Louisiana Legislature Approves Tepid Police 'Reforms' That Won't Do Much To Give The State Better Police

Louisiana Legislature Approves Tepid Police 'Reforms' That Won't Do Much To Give The State Better Police

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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210116/17185046070/louisiana-legislature-approves-tepid-police-reforms-that-wont-do-much-to-give-state-better-police.shtml

Police reform efforts are being mounted all over the nation, but very few appear to be capable of creating any lasting, positive changes. Reforming law enforcement is difficult to do. Legislators, for the most part, still "back the blue," if for no other reason than cops are also government employees. Powerful police unions are firmly entrenched, providing the biggest obstacle to reform -- fully capable of gutting reform bills by leaning on legislators and threatening less law enforcement activity.

The Louisiana legislature has finally agreed to some recommendations from a state task force. The best recommendations, however, were excised from the final proposal, leaving state residents to deal with law enforcement agencies which won't really have to change much of anything to comply with the minimal changes.