Cases Dismissed After Former Louisiana Narcotics Officer Reveals Corrupt Policing
A former narcotics officer within the Baton Rouge Police Department exposed the shady corrupt police practices that have since made hundreds of drug cases to be thrown out.
Jeremiah Ardoin have resulted in an investigation into the Baton Rouge Police Department causing officers being transferred, one officer arrested. Along with 640 dismissed drug charges WBRZ reports. Ardoin’s revelation comes after he was arrested and charged with a misdemeanor for buying stolen merchandise on the street. However, he claims the arrest was a setup in response to him wanting out of the department’s corruption.
“At least three to four nights a week they would have us riding through the neighborhoods,” Ardoin said. “If you saw a random Black person walking around the street and hasn’t done anything, they would tell us just to jump out the vehicle, grab them and pat them down without probable cause. I voiced my opinions several times, and I didn’t agree with that.”
Ardoin’s complaints against the department began last August where he voiced his concerns about the narcotics division. He revealed practices where drugs were illegally stolen or planted on suspects, when officers conducted “snapping” procedures where cops would “jump out” on random people which were mostly Black and subject them to unlawful search and seizures. He also told investigators that he watched his colleague, Jason Acree, steal drugs from the evidence room. This led to Acree being arrested for malfeasance in office, drug charges, and obstruction of justice, Atlanta Black Star reports.
Ardoin put in a request for a transfer. However, shortly after word of his complaints spread, Ardoin was approached by a woman who wanted to sell him two cameras and a television. Then in December 2020, Ardoin was arrested for possession of stolen items.
“It was two Ring floodlight cameras and a TV,” Ardoin said. “It was about $500. It was a brand new package in the box, still had plastic wrap around the items, Styrofoam in the boxes. It wasn’t something I would have known was stolen.” He said department detectives told him that the items he purchased were stolen.
At that point, Ardoin believed that his arrest was part of a larger coverup and retaliation from the department. “They realized I had spoken to administration and it could possibly cause them from being moved out of the division,” Ardoin said.
His attorney Ron Haley said, “Think about what this has cost. This cost folks jobs, housing, the bond money put up to post in some of these cases, attorneys fees to defend these cases and these are things folks can’t get back.”
The Baton Rouge Police Department released a statement on Monday confirming that an investigation has been launched.
We can “assure the community that we have and will continue to take the appropriate actions, as these investigations progress,” the statement read. “As we strive to strengthen trust in our community, the Baton Rouge Police Department is committed to transparency, accountability, and integrity. I look forward to providing our community with a full report once these investigations are concluded.”
Mayor Sharon Weston Broome confirmed that “if the investigation determines the allegations are true, then those responsible for wrongdoing must be held accountable.”
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