ST. MARTIN PARISH, La. (KLFY)- The St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office has become the first law enforcement agency in Acadiana to certified in the ‘Cops and Cribs’ program, a program aimed at saving infant lives through safe sleep education.
Deputies with the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office participated in one hour of training with Gulf Coast Forensic Solutions and the Acadiana Safe Sleep Taskforce. The training focused on teaching officers how to recognize unsafe sleep environments. According to the Louisiana Department of Health, Louisiana has one of the highest rates of sleep-related infant deaths in the United States.
The St. Martin Parish Sheriff, Becket Breaux, said this training is important for the community and neighboring areas…