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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 8
BY REPRESENTATIVE ECHOLS
HOMELAND SECURITY: Requests weekly briefings by electronic mail to the legislature
on security threats
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To urge and request the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency
3 Preparedness and the Louisiana State Police to provide a weekly joint report by
4 electronic mail on security threats, criminal activity, drug use and overdose rates,
5 including fentanyl deaths, illegal immigration statistics, including releases by the
6 United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and other specific threats that
7 endanger the health and safety of citizens of Louisiana to the Legislature of
8 Louisiana.
9 WHEREAS, Louisiana consistently ranks above the national average in both property
10and violent crime; and
11 WHEREAS, fentanyl drug use is surging in Louisiana and drug-involved overdose
12deaths increased by two hundred nineteen percent from 2016 to 2021; and
13 WHEREAS, Louisiana's crime rate is growing at a faster pace than the nation as a
14whole; and
15 WHEREAS, the southwestern border of the United States is facing a surge of
16unapprehended illegal immigrants, many of whom may enter into Louisiana; and
17 WHEREAS, in order to craft policy that protects all citizens of the state of Louisiana,
18legislators need to be informed of the status on the security threats, criminal activity, drug
19use and overdose rates, illegal immigration, and other threats impacting the state; and
20 WHEREAS, the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency
21Preparedness and the Louisiana State Police are uniquely situated to discerning potential
22threats and conveying relevant information to legislators in a way that does not endanger
23pending investigations; and
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1 WHEREAS, this information on security threats, criminal activity, drug use and
2overdose rates, including fentanyl deaths, illegal immigration statistics, including releases
3by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and other specific threats that
4endanger the health and safety of citizens of Louisiana are critical to providing the
5Legislature of Louisiana with accurate information to craft policy that protects the citizens
6of Louisiana.
7 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
8urge and request the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
9and the Louisiana State Police to provide a weekly joint report by electronic mail to the
10Legislature of Louisiana on security threats, criminal activity, drug use and overdose rates,
11including fentanyl deaths, illegal immigration statistics, including releases by the United
12States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and other specific threats that endanger the
13health and safety of citizens of Louisiana.
14 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
15director of the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness and
16the superintendent of the Louisiana State Police.
17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the director of the Governor's Office of
18Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness and the superintendent of the Louisiana
19State Police shall submit each report in the form of an email to the David R. Poynter
20Legislative Research Library each week the report is due and shall include the name of the
21submitting agency. The email shall clearly indicate the applicable reporting period and list
22the name and contact information of the person submitting the email.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 8 Engrossed 2023 Regular Session Echols
Requests the Gov. Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness and the La.
State Police to provide weekly joint reports by electronic mail on security threats, criminal
activity, drug use and overdose rates, illegal immigration statistics, and other specific threats
that endanger the health and safety of citizens of La.
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