Tensions rise as chief requests new unit

By: TONY MARKS Editor After having one truck being sold at bids, another truck being burned in a field, and a car being involved in a traffic accident in Ville Platte, Pine Prairie Chief of Police L.C. Deshotel asked when the village council will get him a new unit. “I want to be able to answer the people when they ask me,” Chief Deshotel told the council during its meeting on Thursday, April 13…