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# BR Police shifting to Third Street
- URL: https://www.redeyebr.com/br-police-shifting-to-third-street/
- Published: 2026-09-09T01:25:42.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-09T01:25:42.000Z
- Description: An entire district on downtown's celebration street should quell late-night fears.
- Author: Mukul Verma
- Tags: News

Mayor-President Sid Edwards wants to move a police district downtown. Now he has a location: the historic Masonic building at 200 Third Street.

**Why it matters:** Late-night fights spilling onto Third Street and panhandling have chipped away at the feeling that downtown is safe. A police district with 60 rotating cops should quell some fears.

**The details:** A lease between developer Mike Wampold's Precinct Funding and parish government will be introduced at the Metro Council meeting today. 

- Lease terms: Parish would lease for 10 years at $500,000 total upfront, with an option to renew for 10 more years.
- Cops would be on the bottom two floors, the St. James Lodge No. 47 masons on the third.
- A police district on Highland Road would move to the building on Convention and Third streets.

**The bottom line:** Relocating the district is intended to [make downtown safer](https://www.redeyebr.com/for-downtown-safety-first/). The next challenge for Edwards and the Downtown Development District is the other half of the equation: making the area cleaner and more beautiful.

**Read on:** 

[Mayor moving police district to downtownParish government will move an entire district to downtown from Highland Road, making the area feel safer for nightlife and events.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c8/1d/c81d6c92-592f-461e-97d4-7573bc659b2b/content/images/icon/RedEye-logomark-daf2667f-e317-4bae-bfe5-519340a9ae1c.png)RedEyeMukul Verma![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c8/1d/c81d6c92-592f-461e-97d4-7573bc659b2b/content/images/thumbnail/Screenshot-2026-08-24-at-6.38.27---PM-02e270d6-4f4c-4bfd-b1b7-ab5efcb7ad55.png)](https://www.redeyebr.com/baton-rouge-mayor-police-district-downtown-crime/)

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