Miles Jay Oliver

The Shreveport Times

A communications officer with the Shreveport Police Department has been placed on departmental leave following his arrest Wednesday.

Fredrick Freeman, 23, was arrested for one count of domestic abuse battery with child endangerment. Police say they responded to the report of the incident at 5:32 p.m. Wednesday at a home in the 5600 block of Buncombe Road. An adult female reported that her boyfriend – identified as Freeman – assaulted her. Freeman was detained and investigators with SPD’s Domestic Violence Unit were notified.

Freeman was subsequently placed on departmental leave by Interim Police Chief Alan Crump.

The rules and regulations of the Shreveport Fire and Police Municipal Civil Service Board mandate that, “When an employee is charged with a felony he shall, and if a misdemeanor he may, be immediately relieved of duty and placed on "departmental leave" for up to one week at full pay and with continuing seniority.”

Freeman was hired as a police communications officer in October 2015.

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