Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2401.2

  • Peace officer: means any employee of the state, a municipality, a sheriff, or other public agency, whose permanent duties actually include the making of arrests, the performing of searches and seizures, or the execution of criminal warrants, and is responsible for the prevention or detection of crime or for the enforcement of the penal, traffic, or highway laws of this state, but not including any elected or appointed head of a law enforcement department. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2402

            The council shall develop a policy designed to increase the recruitment of minority candidates for law enforcement positions which may be implemented by governmental entities that employ a peace officer. All governmental entities that employ a peace officer shall either develop and implement a policy designed to increase the recruitment of minority candidates for peace officer positions or adopt and implement the P.O.S.T. recruitment of minority candidate policy referenced in this Section.

            Acts 2021, No. 418, §2.