No Ponchatoula police reported to work Friday morning, chief says

PONCHATOULA, La. (WGNO) — None of the Ponchatoula police officers who were expected to report to work Friday morning have shown up, the police chief says.

Chief Bry Layrisson posted on Facebook that the officers who were supposed to start at 6 a.m. Friday failed to report.

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He said he thinks this is an episode of “blue flu,” meaning he believes the officers are “disappointed in City Hall because they are underpaid.”

“They make far less than other city employees and they are fed up with the mayor ignoring the city consultant’s compensation plan,” he wrote.

He said reserve officers, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office and Hammond Police Department are helping to keep the city safe in the meantime.

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