BATON ROUGE - Governor Jeff Landry submitted a request to the U.S. Department of War on Monday night for 1,000 Louisiana National Guardsmen to deploy across the state and address "ongoing public safety concerns regarding high crime rates throughout the State."

In his letter to U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Landry mentioned Shreveport, New Orleans and Baton Rouge as cities with " elevated violent crime rates ... coupled with critical personnel shortages within local law enforcement."

Landry said that Guardsmen would "deploy throughout the state to urban centers, supplement law enforcement presence in high-crime areas, provide logistical and communication support, and secure critical infrastructure."

The governor ended his request by saying that the us

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