Terry Landry (2022)
Louisiana Legends
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Interview
Place Covered: Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2022-02-25
Duration: 00:27:05
Subjects: Landry, Terry | Louisiana. Office of State Police | State legislators | Law Enforcement
Contributors:
- Denison, John Host
- White, Avery Producer
- Crews, Keith Photographer
- Landry, Terry Interviewee
Description
This episode of the series “Louisiana Legends” from February 25, 2022, features John Denison’s interview with Terry Landry. Landry, a native of New Iberia and a Vietnam War veteran, served as the first African American superintendent of the Louisiana State Police and as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2012-2020. He discusses: his childhood; the values instilled in him by his parents; his work on reducing the state’s high incarceration rate; his religious faith; becoming the first African American superintendent of the Louisiana State Police; founding the Louisiana State Police Foundation with his friend Bill Dore; the importance of the art of compromise; his late wife; his advice for the next generation of law enforcement officers; and his next chapter.