Trooper demoted for partying with LSU students

with Jennifer Wadsworth | Assistant metro editor

Good morning! Here's a look at today's top headlines in Baton Rouge.

Trooper demoted

A Louisiana State Police trooper’s behavior around a group of LSU students — students he was assigned to protect — has earned the officer a demotion after an internal probe found he drank alcohol and committed various other policy violations on a trip to Mississippi with the school band. James Finn has the scoop. 

Relocating 600+ inmates 

Louisiana will transfer 602 people in prison at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola to other correctional facilities over the next three months in order to cope with a chronic staffing shortage. Here's what we know about the mass relocation. 

Ronald Greene probe

A bipartisan legislative committee tasked with investigating the 2019 death of Black motorist Ronald Greene while in State Police custody is set to meet for the first time to discuss its objectives. Here's Blake Paterson with the details about Tuesday's committee session on the matter. 

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