CRIME & SAFETY
FBI warns about rise in fraud targeting elderly people
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The FBI is warning about an increase in fraud targeting elderly people. Officials revealed the warning along with the release of the agency’s 2023 IC3 Elder Fraud Annual Report. Call center fraud, such as tech and consumer support scams and government impersonation fraud, were...
Public defenders should be part of the conversation about public safety
There are many people who have proposed solutions to crime in Louisiana, but there’s an important voice being left out of the conversation around public safety: Public defenders. The solutions to crime almost always seem to stem from the idea of locking up as many people as possible — and disproportionately, those people are Black […] The post Public defenders should be part of the conversation about public safety appeared first on Louisiana Illuminator.
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