Louisiana secession Orleans. Two days before the city surrendered in April 1862, Moore and the legislature abandoned Baton Rouge as the state capital, relocating to Opelousas in May 1, 1862. Governor Moore began to organize military resistance at the state level, ordered the burning of cotton, cessation of trade with the Union forces, and heavily recruited troops for the state militia. However, despite a brief check at Baton Rouge, Union forces continued to advance into Louisiana and up the Mississippi, and the capital was moved again to Shreveport. New Orleans, Louisiana, the largest city in the entire South, was strategically important as
Louisiana State Board of Private Security Examiners Louisiana State Board of Private Security Examiners The Louisiana State Board of Private Security Examiners is a state government agency that oversees private security companies operating in Louisiana. In Louisiana, security companies are required to be licensed by the board. The board regulates a wide range of requirements for security companies, ranging from training and uniform standards to insurance and bonding benchmarks. The board's jurisdiction comes from state law: L.R.S. 37:3270 through 3299, Private Contract Security Companies and Rules. The legal jurisdiction, requirements, and rules of the board and its applicants is derived from Title 46: PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS,