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Caddo Parish adopts Resolution 19 to support domestic-violence registry after police chief warns incidents are rising
Summary
The Caddo Parish Commission unanimously adopted Resolution 19, advancing a domestic-violence registry and directed staff to coordinate resources after Police Chief Smith detailed year-over-year increases in domestic incidents and urged simplified victim services and school-based supports.
The Caddo Parish Commission on March 16 adopted Resolution 19 after a multi-commissioner discussion prompted by a presentation from Police Chief Smith about rising domestic-violence calls.
Chief Smith told the commission that officers responded to 2,627 incidents coded as domestic violence in 2024 and 2,885 in 2025 — an increase he described as “about 9%.” He also said that, in 2025, roughly “22 and a half percent of our homicides were domestic-violence related” inside the city limits and that so far in 2026 officers had responded to 514 domestic incidents. "If things are somewhat predictable, you can brainstorm, come up with…
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