Public Safety

A mid-afternoon wreck in deep southeast Shreveport has claimed the life of a motorcycle rider. Shreveport police say the wreck occurred around 3:30 this afternoon on East Flournoy-Lucas Road at the entrance to the Twelve Oaks subdivision.

Northwest Louisiana law enforcement agencies are teaming up for a seatbelt enforcement program called "Summer Heat."

The Bossier City Police and Fire Departments have launched a new mobile app.

Louisiana has recorded its first human cases of West Nile virus this year. Fortunately, they were not here in the northwestern part. All three were recently confirmed in Livingston Parish and all three were asymptomatic,

Union Pacific Railroad is launching a multi-media public safety campaign aimed at encouraging drivers in Shreveport, Lafayette and Baton Rouge to safely use railroad crossings.

Caddo Parish now has its very own Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. It opened for business today in the Caddo 9-1-1 Communications Center after Sheriff Steve Prator swore-in its three-person staff.

Fourteen years ago tomorrow -- July 1st, 2000 -- Steve Prator became Caddo Parish Sheriff. Now, on the 14th anniversary of his doing so, Prator's office is taking on new duties tomorrow.

The Department of Environmental Quality has issued an administrative order requiring the Harrelson landfill to cease receiving and disposing of new material. That material is believed to be causing fire and smoke issues at the landfill at I-220 and Russell Road.

A mid-morning fire has damaged a house in the 2600 block of Douglas Drive in Bossier City. Firefighters got the call about 10:30 and arrived to find smoke and flames coming from the front of the house.

This is Lightning Safety Awareness Week, and the American Red Cross has some important information about lightning and what you can do to stay safe.