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Senate endorses resolution urging law enforcement to consider restorative approaches
Summary
Senate Resolution 123, urged by Senator DuPlessis and amended with nine technical edits, asks Louisiana law enforcement agencies to consider restorative justice approaches that center victims and promote accountability; the committee reported the resolution favorably.
Senator DuPlessis presented Senate Resolution 123 as an urgent request for Louisiana law enforcement agencies to consider restorative approaches to public safety that emphasize victim‑centered accountability and healing. DuPlessis said the approach is supported by research and practitioners who work with victims and offenders: restorative processes, she said, can promote trust, reduce recidivism and better center victims’ trauma.
DuPlessis offered a set of nine technical amendments (set 22‑89) she described as cleanup; the committee adopted the amendments without objection. The committee recorded green cards in support from several individuals and reported Senate Resolution 123 as amended favorably by voice consent.
DuPlessis framed the resolution as a call to move restorative approaches beyond words into practice; she related personal family experience with victimhood as part of her remarks. No formal directives or mandates to law enforcement agencies were recorded in the committee; the measure is a legislative resolution urging consideration of restorative approaches.
