Plans to privatize Louisiana hospitals' police shelved

Biomedical Research Foundation is reconsidering its plan to privatize the University Health police force at its hospitals in Shreveport and Monroe


The Biomedical Research Foundation is shelving plans to privatize the University Health police force at its hospitals in Shreveport and Monroe, according to an article on The Advertiser.

Current police officers are state civil service employees.

When BRF secured the contract to operate the two hospitals in 2013 most of the hospitals’ state employees were transitioned to BRF employees. The police force was an exception.

“We have expressed our grave concerns to (University Health) about the proposed plan,” Sally Croom, executive director of communications for LSU Health Shreveport, said in the article. “Foremost we are concerned for the safety of our students, medical residents, faculty and staff as they come and go from the hospitals and clinics in Shreveport and Monroe. Patient safety is also paramount.”

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August 11, 2015


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