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Committee debates downtown shootings, deploys surveillance trailers and launches multi‑agency operation
Summary
Shreveport public safety leaders and council members discussed a recent downtown shooting, deployment and movement of three surveillance trailers, and plans for a multi‑agency enforcement operation aimed at repeat violent offenders.
Shreveport’s Public Safety Committee on Thursday focused on recent downtown shootings and stepped-up surveillance and enforcement tactics, including moving a surveillance trailer into downtown on weekend nights and launching a multi‑agency operation to target a small group of violent offenders.
Deputy Chief White told the committee police are running a sustained cruising operation for the summer and that surveillance trailers already purchased can be redeployed: "We could move one of those trailers downtown on the weekends," he said. Council members discussed combining fixed pole cameras with the trailers for broader coverage.
Councilwoman Taylor, a frequent critic of downtown violence, described a…
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