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LLEAD Findings: This report analyzes Louisiana State Police (LSP) use-of-force incidents from 2022–2024 and identifies significant, statewide racial disparities. It presents both the original analysis of all reported use-of-force incidents and a supplemental analysis excluding vehicle pursuit only instances of force, as well as all vehicle pursuit initiated instances of force. Black residents were subject of 60.5% of all use-of-force incidents despite representing just 31% of Louisiana’s population, experiencing force nearly twice as often as expected…

LLEAD Findings: This report analyzes all New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) facial recognition technology requests from Q4 2022 through Q1 2025 to assess how FRT is being used and whom it impacts. We found that nearly all FRT requests targeted Black suspects, match rates were low, and several matches produced incorrect leads.