Sworn & Protected: An examination of Louisiana's failure to rein in abusive police
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In about 1 in 7 cases, the newspaper found police in Louisiana had disciplinary actions overturned through a special protection they would not have been offered in any other state.
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More than 200 law enforcement officers in Louisiana were fired or convicted over serious offenses in the last decade. The vast majority flew below the radar of state oversight officials.
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The newspaper identified officers in 39 parishes who were convicted of serious crimes but have not had their licenses revoked.
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Georgia gives state oversight officials the authority to investigate police on their own and hand down permanent bans for a wide range of offenses.
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Officer Marvin Martin was hired by Rayne police after he resigned in Lafayette. He was indicted last year on excessive force charges.
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Five officers were convicted in the Danziger Bridge shootings and cover-up in 2016. Another six were convicted years earlier, but haven't been decertified.
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Officer Travis Depew has kept his job in law enforcement despite a criminal conviction. He was previously accused of using department equipment to stalk an ex.
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State oversight officials say Louisiana law doesn't allow them to decertify Officer Travis "Clay" Depew.
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Former Marksville Officer Norris Greenhouse, Jr., was one of 15 officers permanently decertified Thursday by Louisiana's police oversight board.
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Louisiana's police licensing board banned former St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office Deputy Brandon Licciardi, who pled guilty to second-degree rape, along with drug and human trafficking charges, in 2016.