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Police Chief Ray Lucas On Oct. 1, Lucas was appointed Police Chief pending approval by the UL System Board of Supervisors later this month. He replaces Gerald Bertinot who retired in 2005.
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Lucas earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees at UL Lafayette, both in History. His law studies were at LSU.
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