Chief confirms Ponchatoula Police Department on strike Friday

PONCHATOULA - At 6:30 a.m. Friday, Ponchatoula police chief Bry Layrisson found the doors locked and the lights off at his police station. No one showed up for work. "I was the only employee in the building," said Chief Layrisson. "4 patrolmen, a communications officer, then after 8 am you'd have office personnel, detectives, agents, school resource officers, none of those personnel reported for duty." The chief is investigating what happened at shift change, but when asked if