Report on Police Officers Required to Take Patrol Cars Home (1977)
WBRZ-TV Channel 2 Baton Rouge Collection
Details
Collection:LSA
Genre: News
Place Covered: Capital Region, Louisiana, 1970s
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Department of State
Date Issued: 1977-05-30 thru 1977-06-12
Duration: 00:01:08
Subjects: WBRZ-TV (Television station : Baton Rouge, La.) | Baton Rouge Police Department | CRIME PREVENTION | Police vehicles | Police
Contributors:
- Kidder, Howard Interviewee
- Curren, Elizabeth Reporter
Description
A WBRZ-TV Channel 2 Eyewitness news story from Elizabeth Curren on Baton Rouge Police Chief Howard Kidder requiring patrolmen living within the city limits to take their vehicles home after work. Includes an interview with Chief Kidder explaining that the patrol cars’ presence in the officers’ neighborhoods will help deter crime. Airdate: June 1977