Whitehorn featured speaker

Published 12:00 pm Monday, January 14, 2013

Verdunville — Mid Area Concerned Citizens will salute Dr. Martin Luther King at 2 p.m. today at the Verdunville Alternative School. Guest speaker will be Western District U.S. Marshal Henry Whitehorn Sr.

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Whitehorn was the Chief of Police in Shreveport, a position he held from 2007 – 2010. He joined the Louisiana State Police in 1978, rising through the ranks to serve as Deputy Secretary for Public Safety Services and Louisiana State Police Superintendent.

 Whitehorn was a Patrolman with the St. Louis, Missouri, Police Department from 1977 to 1978.

He also served as a sergeant with the U.S. Air Force from 1973 to 1977. In addition to professional training, Mr. Whitehorn earned a master’s degree in criminal justice from Grambling State University in 1989, and a bachelor’s degree from Louisiana State University – Shreveport in 1986. Also in attendance will be U.S. Congressman Charles Boustany.