By Pat Culverhouse

Local and area law enforcement officers are getting updates on changes and refreshers in Louisiana criminal laws during sessions of True Blue Legal Update, conducted at Camp Minden.

Classes, which began Tuesday, are designed only for P.O.S.T. (Peace Officer Standards and Training) certified officers who have completed a basic academy course. Full-time officers, reserve officers and school resource officers are attending.

Included in the sessions are deputies representing the Webster Parish Sheriff’s Office and Minden Police Department officers.

Conducting the sessions are Second Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Jeff Cox, who criss-crosses the state conducting similar classes, and Second Judicial District A.D.A. Tammy Jump.

Also presenting information is attorney Jean Talley Drew who along with her late husband, Second Circuit Court of Appeal Judge (Ret.) R. Harmon Drew Jr., co-authored the True Blue Drew Book. That book is a primary teaching tool for law enforcement seminars across the state.