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Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie Jr. said on a local radio show Tuesday morning said that he does not know if his department will receive advance warning ahead of the U.S. Department of Justice decision on Alton Sterling.

“I would like to think that we would get some advance warning as to when it’s going to come out, but as of now, we haven’t gotten anything,” Dabadie said on WBRP-FM Talk107.3.

Sheriff Sid Gautreaux said that he is expecting a decision this week.

"All I know is that the decision is forthcoming," Gautreaux said on Talk 107.3. "What that decision is, we have absolutely no idea. We're ready and waiting. I personally feel like the decision will be known to everyone this week, but for what day it's going to be, we have no idea."

Both Dabadie and Gautreaux said that their departments have been training with other law enforcement agencies in anticipation of protests and that officers are more prepared now than they were over the summer when Sterling was killed.

“It’s been an ongoing thing, because we knew this was coming. We knew there was going to be a decision,” Dabadie said. “We were not perfect in the first round of the protests, and we had some things that we needed to correct … We’ve all tried to work better and get better, and I feel like we’ve accomplished that.”

Last summer, the handling of the protests by law enforcement came under fire, with some criticizing officers' use of military-style gear.

Dabadie said Tuesday that the gear was used to protect officers and was not used against protesters.

“There is a need for our officers and we need to protect them and make sure they’re okay and that’s what the protective gear was,” Dabadie said. “As long as everything is lawful and peaceful and there’s no damage to any structures or anything, there won’t be a need for that. It just kind of depends on how the crowd goes and reacts and if everybody’s peaceful, then we’ll have a very peaceful demonstration and everybody’s voice will be heard.”

Gautreaux said he fully expects outside protesters to come to Baton Rouge after the decision, but he said he anticipates peaceful demonstrations.

"We fully recognize anyone's right to protest, to march, to free speech," the sheriff said. "We're going to protect that right, but at the same time, we're going to protect everyone else's rights to keeping things peaceful….We're not going to tolerate any lawlessness, any violence or any destruction of property."

Dabadie said that as of Tuesday, he is not aware of any applications for a permit to hold a march in Baton Rouge. A permit is typically required 30 days in advance of an event that would require a road closure, but Dabadie said the 30-day period will be waived for any protests in the wake of the decision.

However, he asked that anyone planning to march or protest contact police “so we can arrange and set it up and make sure everybody is safe.”

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