The special House committee looking into the 2019 fatal arrest of motorist Ronald Greene tried to figure out today why the phones of three high-ranking State Police officers were wiped clean of information in 2020. State Police staffer Triet Le sanitized the phones of Kevin Reeves, Doug Cain, and Mike Noel and told state Representative Denise Marcelle says he did it because that’s what he was asked to do.
Marcelle: “So all three, Noel included. just said we wanted to turn in our phones.”
Le: “Yes ma’am.”
Marcelle: “None of them were preparing to retire and just turning it in, is that accurate?”
Le: “That’s correct.”
Lt. Colonel Doug Cain says he could not say why his phone was sanitized because there is a new internal investigation into why the phones were wiped. Houma Representative Tanner Magee says State Police says they want to be transparent, but this is not a sign of transparency.
Magee: “I’m hearing that you want to be the sunshine but what I’m seeing is your closing the shades.”
Cain: “No sir.”
Magee: “So tell the truth.”
Cain: “I absolutely will but I have to do it according to the policies and directives.”
Representative Marcelle told Cain it’s a travesty he can not say why his phone was wiped clean.
Cain: “Representative Marcelle, if you look at the 15 months since Colonel Davis and I and our team, we’ve worked diligently to change policies and procedures.”
Marcelle: “Like giving you a letter on March 4th not to tell us what is going on, we can use that as exhibit A.”
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