special report
Sworn & Protected: An examination of Louisiana's failure to rein in abusive police
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In about 1 in 7 cases, the newspaper found police in Louisiana had disciplinary actions overturned through a special protection they would not have been offered in any other state.
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More than 200 law enforcement officers in Louisiana were fired or convicted over serious offenses in the last decade. The vast majority flew below the radar of state oversight officials.
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The newspaper identified officers in 39 parishes who were convicted of serious crimes but have not had their licenses revoked.
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Georgia gives state oversight officials the authority to investigate police on their own and hand down permanent bans for a wide range of offenses.