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Dear Mr. Pickering:

This office is in receipt of your request for reconsideration of Atty. Gen. Op. 01-454 in regard to free passage on and over the Crescent City Connection for law enforcement personnel. You state as follows:

By codifying the right of free passage for "law enforcement personnel" under the State Police Law with the long established exemption from tolls for state police, the legislature chose to limit the newer exemption to police whose full time duties include the prevention and detection of crime, the apprehension of criminals, the enforcement of criminal and traffic laws, and…