SHREVEPORT, La. — The Caddo Parish Commission administration announced last week that it may need to identify, if costs continue to rise, additional revenue sources to meet its statutory obligation to fund criminal justice system expenses.
Previous solutions include asking voters to approve new property taxes, broadening the authorized use of existing tax money, moving financial resources between funds and dipping into reserves.
A couple years ago, voters authorized redirecting certain tax revenues from their original purpose to cover criminal justice costs but they also rejected a separate measure requesting new property taxes…