Cassidy discusses policing Kisatchie with area sheriffs

  • Sen. Bill Cassidy speaks to Grant Parish Sheriff Steven McCain and Rapides Parish Sheriff Mark Wood at a meeting in Bentley in Alexandra April 16 to discuss law enforcement costs on Kisatchie National Forest.
    Sen. Bill Cassidy speaks to Grant Parish Sheriff Steven McCain and Rapides Parish Sheriff Mark Wood at a meeting in Bentley in Alexandra April 16 to discuss law enforcement costs on Kisatchie National Forest.

    Grant Parish Sheriff Steven McCain convened a meeting with U.S. Sen.Bill Cassidy and regional law enforcement leaders last week to address the growing local cost of policing Kisatchie National Forest without support from the federal Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program.

    Participating from Central Louisiana were Rapides Parish Sheriff Mark Wood, Natchitoches Parish Sheriff Stuart Wright, Winn Par…