Baton Rouge mayor confirms police chief is retiring

July 24, 2017

Police Shootings Protests Louisiana — Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie speaks at the lectern, in front of, East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Sid Gautreaux, left, and Louisiana State Police Col. Mike Edmonson during a news conference Tuesday, July 12, 2016, in Baton Rouge, La. Police arrested three suspects and were seeking a possible fourth suspect accused of stealing several handguns as part of what authorities Tuesday described as "substantial, credible threat" to harm police officers in the Baton Rouge area. (Travis Spradling/The Advocate via AP)

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Mayor Sharon Weston Broome has confirmed that Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie is stepping down. “It is my understanding chief Dabadie has rendered [sic] a letter of retirement,” Broome said at the outset of a press conference this morning. “I will certainly come forward with additional information surrounding the next steps … it’s been on

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