LAFAYETTE, La. ( KLFY ) – One Louisiana State Representative is getting involved after learning that Lafayette Police officer Hali Bradford is paying for her own medical treatment after being injured in the line of duty. The elected official hopes a bill he plans to propose can help officers not just in Acadiana, but across the state.
“The officer came to the state capitol and was honored for being injured in the line of duty. Everybody stood up and clapped and cheered, and everybody came and hugged her. I talked to afterwards and to find out that your bills aren’t covered for an insurance that you have as a police officer just doesn’t make any sense. So somebody has got to answer some type of question for me,” State Representative for District 44 Tehmi Chassion said.
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He says he first heard of Officer Bradford’s situation through Michael Brown, a member of law enforcement and President of the Noble National Organization for Black Law Enforcement Executives, or NOBLE. Brown wanted to know how this could happen.