Hoover’s new police chief, Clay Morris, developed his affinity for law enforcement honestly.
His father, Jim Morris, worked his entire career in law enforcement, including time as secretary of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. His dad founded the criminal justice program at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, as well as the police academy that Morris attended. His mother worked as the administrative assistant in the crime lab in Monroe.
“If I was sick from school, I would spend my days sitting at the crime lab with her,” he said…