BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – Baton Rouge Police Chief TJ Morse is urging members of the public to consider a career in law enforcement.
Chief Morse’s plea comes as the Baton Rouge Police Department experiences its worst staffing shortage in department history. BRPD has just 542 officers currently, a drop from 670 officers on the force in 2015.
According to the chief, pay is one of the major problems holding the Baton Rouge Police Department back. He said that at this time, most other agencies in the Baton Rouge area can afford to pay more…