LAFAYETTE, La. (NEWS 15) — The governor recently signed a new law named in honor of a fallen Lafayette police officer.
HB260 by Rep. Debbie Villio, R-District 79 (Kenner), was signed as Act 169 but has been renamed the ‘Segus Jolivette Act.’ It introduces significant changes to criminal charges in Louisiana.
The law states that resisting a police officer with force or violence can lead to a second-degree murder charge if it results in a death. This measure comes nearly a year after Officer Segus Jolivette died from friendly fire during a standoff in Jeanerette…