Metro council vote on BRPD residency requirements deferred

BATON ROUGE –The East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council's vote regarding BRPD residency requirements was automatically deferred after the council meeting ran past 8 p.m.An overflow crowd choked the ninth floor of city hall Wednesday as the Metro Council discussed again whether police officers should be required to live closer to the city they serve. The Metro Council will meet again in two weeks.A proposal to require officers to live inside city limits failed to win enough votes to even