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Council hears push to broaden trespass enforcement as property-standards ordinance is introduced
Summary
Council members and residents debated changes to property-standards rules and criminal trespass language; an ordinance that would expand police authority in trespass cases (Ordinance 18) was introduced for future consideration.
Council members and residents in Shreveport discussed proposed changes to property-standards enforcement and criminal-trespass rules during a city council meeting where an ordinance aimed at expanding police authority was introduced.
The discussion centered on how the city defines and enforces trespass in vacant or occupied properties. Commissioner John Paul Young said printed copies of the relevant language make clear that “no person shall remain upon property without authorization,” and he argued that the police should be able to investigate and establish probable cause for trespass arrests.…
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