Mayor's office says new police chief will be announced this week

BATON ROUGE – The mayor's office said it is on track to meet the mayor's own deadline of hiring a police chief by the end of the year.With just a handful of days left in 2017, a spokesperson for Mayor Sharon Weston Broome said the mayor still intends to make a decision and announce the city's next police chief in the coming days. New Year's Eve is Sunday.Five finalists are being considered - Myron Daniels, Darryl Honore, Robert McGarner, Murphy Paul and Ronald Stevens. Initially, 12 p