At the Aug. 14 Louisiana State Police Commission meeting, the director’s report covered fiscal-year closeout figures, budget planning, promotional testing and commissioner training deadlines.

The director reported fiscal-year 2025 expenditures at 90.5% of the commission’s appropriation, with unspent categories including per diems, agency travel and professional services. Commissioners were told previous years had higher closeout spending near 98 percent.

The director said staff are preparing the FY26–27 budget request (deadline in October) and plan to include a technology upgrade in that submission. On testing, the commission announced an optional promotional exam on Oct. 17 with an application deadline of Wednesday, Sept. 24; a new test administrator (identified as Dr. Wise in the transcript) will be involved and a refreshed mandatory exam is planned for May 2026.

The director also noted two commissioner-required annual trainings due in calendar year 2025 (described in the transcript as "annual ethics training" and another item redacted in the transcript). The next commission meeting was scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 11, at 10 a.m.

No dollar amounts for the technology upgrade were provided in the public discussion, and the transcript does not specify the second training's exact title where the audio was redacted.