Metro Council accepts $1.15M in funding for BRPD to house federal agents

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Amid public uncertainty about the Department of Homeland Security’s role in Baton Rouge and concerns that ICE agents could be housed at Baton Rouge Police Department headquarters, the Metro Council voted Wednesday to accept $1.15 million in federal funding for BRPD to house agents from multiple federal agencies for a collaborative gang-related crime task force.

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