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| Baton Rouge Police Department | |
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 Patch of the BRPD | |
 BRPD Badge | |
| Abbreviation | BRPD |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1865 |
| Employees | 887 |
| Annual budget | $95.8 million (2022)[1] |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA |
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| Map of Baton Rouge Police Department's jurisdiction | |
| Size | 79.1 sq mi (205 km2). |
| Population | 227,071 (2021)[2] |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 9000 Airline Hwy. Baton Rouge, LA 70815 |
| Police Officers | 645 |
| Unsworn members | 267 |
| Agency executive |
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| Facilities | |
| Districts | 5 |
| Airbases | 1 |
| Website | |
| https://www.brla.gov/2706/Police-Department | |
The Baton Rouge Police Department (BRPD) (French: Département de Police de Bâton Rouge) is the primary law enforcement agency in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Chief of Police, as of March 8, 2018, was Murphy Paul.
The BRPD was formally established in 1865, just after the end of the Civil War, with the appointment of the first Chief of Police.
The BRPD has a history of police brutality against Blacks and strained relations with the black community in Baton Rouge.[3][4] Most recently, in 2016, two BRPD officers shot and killed Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man, while trying to detain him. The police killing lead to protests and demonstrations in Baton Rouge and elsewhere, leading to the arrests of hundreds of individuals.[5][6][7] Due to the violence and arrests that erupted at these protests, local organizing groups and the Louisiana branch of the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the Baton Route Police Department for violating the First Amendment rights of protesting individuals.[8] Less than two weeks after the killing of Alton Sterling, three BRPD officers were shot and killed by Gavin Eugene Long in a shootout.
- ^ "Annual Operating Budget 2022". City of Baton Rouge, Parish of East Baton Rouge.
- ^ "Population Estimate City of Baton Rouge 2021". census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau.
- ^ "Officials offer $4.5M settlement over Alton Sterling's death". ABC News. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ DeBerry, Jarvis. "Before killing Alton Sterling, Baton Rouge police had a history of brutality complaints". NOLA.com. Archived from the original on 2021-04-26. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ Daley, Ken. "43 of 102 arrested protesters from outside Baton Rouge, police say". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- ^ Hayden, Michael Edison; Caplan, David (July 10, 2016). "Protests Continue in Baton Rouge and St. Paul Following Night of Arrests". ABC News. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
- ^ Kunzelman, Michael; Santana, Rebecca (July 11, 2016). "Baton Rouge Protests Spark Arrests". U.S. News and World Report. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
- ^ ACLU of Louisiana (July 13, 2016). "Local groups and ACLU of Louisiana Sue Baton Rouge Police for First Amendment Violations at Alton Sterling Protest". Archived from the original on July 18, 2016.