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Dear Mr. Hamilton:

This office is in receipt of your request for an opinion of the Attorney General in regard to witness fees for law enforcement officers and fire service personnel. Attached to your request is a memorandum from the Chief of Police of the Baton Rouge Police Department (BRPD) to his personnel stating it has come to his attention that the Department should be reimbursed when it pays officers overtime who are subpoenaed for Civil Service hearings. The memorandum states that "any officer who desires to appeal a suspension or other action must pay $40.00 for each subpoena he or she…