The New Orleans Police Department and St. Helena Parish Sheriff’s Office are the largest of four Louisiana law enforcement agencies getting federal money to rehire community policing officers or to hire military veterans for new positions.

holder.jpg(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)Attorney General Eric Holder addresses the media at Philadelphia City Hall on Monday, June 25, 2012. Holder announced more than $111 million in funding for more than 800 law enforcement positions across the country, including 44 in cities in Pennsylvania, through the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing

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