DOJ closes investigation into illegal holds in Evangeline Parish

DOJ closes investigation into illegal holds in Evangeline Parish

Federal civil rights officials have closed their investigation of the Ville Platte Police Department, having found that the agency has corrected the problems first found almost 10 years ago.The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice conducted an investigation into practices of VPPD and the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office in 2016. In June 2018, the parties announced they had reached an agreement with each agency to end alleged…