Gov. Jeff Landry has formally asked the federal government to support a yearlong activation of up to 1,000 members of the Louisiana National Guard, pointing to the Trump administration’s “successful model” of deploying the military in Washington, D.C., and Memphis, Tennessee.
Landry’s office announced Monday evening he had sent a letter to U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth with his request. (Read the letter below)
“Louisiana currently faces a convergence of elevated violent crime rates in Shreveport, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans coupled with critical personnel shortages within local law enforcement,” the governor wrote. “These manpower shortages limit their ability to effectively address this public safety threat and consequently, incidents of homicide, carjacking, and gang-related violence, significantly exceed the national average.”
The governor’s letter asks for federal assistance through the end of fiscal year 2026, which is Sept. 30 of next year.
Sounds like a failed state.
And real efficient way to lower crime. ~$1mil a day for soldiers to stand around, maybe pick up trash.
I know your joking but this isn’t too different from what I want to replace cops with, city/town/neighborhood militia who’s whole schtick is to stand around all day and do random shit maybe go get a report or make an arrest if something actually happens. Also this is basically just a big employment scheme on my part to what amounts to the Civilian Conservation Corps but they also do police work.