Baker Police Department

05/28/2026

UPDATE: Kennedy is home safe, per her family. Thank you everyone for the concern and shares.

Help us find a missing/runaway teen. Kennedy Morrison was reported missing by her mother and was last seen 24 hours ago. She is 15 years of age and it’s unknown what she was last wearing. It’s believed that she has fled home with an adult male she may have met online. We believe she is still in the Baker/Baton Rouge area. If you know her whereabouts, please contact the Baker Police Department at 225-775-6000 and ask to speak with someone in Criminal Investigations.

05/23/2026

Please be safe this weekend as you honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

05/12/2026

It’s Reading Day at the Baker Police Department’s Achievers Academy.
Let’s Go Scholars!!

05/12/2026

Good morning. As we all pause to Honor our Heroes during National Police Week. It’s also time to Honor two of Baker Police Department’s Most Outstanding. Please help me congratulate Mrs Jamie Watsin as Our Employee of The Year 2025, and Sergeant Darius Eames as Our Outstanding Officer of The Year 2025.
These two really give the citizens of Baker, Louisiana everything they can and just keep on giving.
With A Smile I Might Add.
If you want to see what Serving, Protecting, Honoring, and of course Loving on the Citizens looks like, here they are.

05/10/2026

Happy Mothers Day to all!

05/01/2026

Update on Baker Schools being locked down:

A shooting occurred on Oakbend at Hope Street in Baker, La. An individual drove in to a family members home on that street. On the way in, this person called 911 and spoke with 911 operators with the EBR Sheriffs Office saying someone was going to get shot.

Once at Oakbend, this subject produced a bolt action rifle and fired shots. No one was hurt. Responding Officers with the Baker Police Department took this individual into custody without incident.

This suspect was then evaluated by EMS and transported for treatment, possibly under the influence of unknown substances and having a mental health episode.

An arrest warrant is being drafted where they will ultimately be booked for 14:126.1.1 False Communication with Emergency Response and
14:94 Illegal Use of Dangerous Weapons.

At no time where students or staff at any schools in danger from this incident and were placed on lock down as a precaution due to proximity to the scene.

04/22/2026

Congratulations to the men and women of BRPD. This is well deserved.

The nearly 40-percent department-wide raise brings pay for starting Baton Rouge Police officers from $40,000 to $58,000 a year, the biggest pay raise in BRPD history.

04/09/2026

Attention Citizens and runners, there will be a 5k Fun Run on Saturday, April 18th in Baker to bring awareness to those with Autism. Show up at 7:30AM for registration at the park located at 3439 Groom Road. Run starts at 8:00AM.

04/02/2026

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE!!
The suspect pictured below has been identified. A warrant has been issued and he has been apprehended.
We can’t thank the public enough for the information which was vital to the expedient results.

Help Criminal Investigators solve a burglary. On the morning of April 2nd, 2026 a unknown subject entered into Baker Hardware on Lavey Lane armed with a weapon. The individual was captured on video surveillance cameras moving throughout the store. If you recognize this suspect, please contact the Baker Police Department's Criminal Investigation Division at 225-775-6000 with that information.