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2023 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 8
BY REPRESENTATIVE ECHOLS
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency
Preparedness and the Louisiana State Police to provide a monthly joint report by
electronic mail on security threats, criminal activity, drug use and overdose rates,
including fentanyl deaths, illegal immigration statistics, including releases by the
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and other specific threats that
endanger the health and safety of citizens of Louisiana to the Legislature of
Louisiana.
WHEREAS, Louisiana consistently ranks above the national average in both property
and violent crime; and
WHEREAS, fentanyl drug use is surging in Louisiana and drug-involved overdose
deaths increased by two hundred nineteen percent from 2016 to 2021; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana's crime rate is growing at a faster pace than the nation as a
whole; and
WHEREAS, the southwestern border of the United States is facing a surge of
unapprehended illegal immigrants, many of whom may enter into Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, in order to craft policy that protects all citizens of the state of Louisiana,
legislators need to be informed of the status on the security threats, criminal activity, drug
use and overdose rates, illegal immigration, and other threats impacting the state; and
WHEREAS, the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency
Preparedness and the Louisiana State Police are uniquely situated to discerning potential
threats and conveying relevant information to legislators in a way that does not endanger
pending investigations; and
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WHEREAS, this information on security threats, criminal activity, drug use and
overdose rates, including fentanyl deaths, illegal immigration statistics, including releases
by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and other specific threats that
endanger the health and safety of citizens of Louisiana are critical to providing the
Legislature of Louisiana with accurate information to craft policy that protects the citizens
of Louisiana.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
and the Louisiana State Police to provide a monthly joint report by electronic mail to the
Legislature of Louisiana on security threats, criminal activity, drug use and overdose rates,
including fentanyl deaths, illegal immigration statistics, including releases by the United
States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and other specific threats that endanger the
health and safety of citizens of Louisiana.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
director of the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness and
the superintendent of the Louisiana State Police.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the director of the Governor's Office of
Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness and the superintendent of the Louisiana
State Police shall submit each report in the form of an email to the David R. Poynter
Legislative Research Library each month the report is due and shall include the name of the
submitting agency. The email shall clearly indicate the applicable reporting period and list
the name and contact information of the person submitting the email.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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