In the quiet darkness of a November night in 1988, a dedicated public servant, Corporal Gerald Kevin Simmons, a 23-year-old male deputy with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office, found himself in a perilous situation that would tragically end his life. On November 21st, Corporal Simmons was part of an undercover drug operation, diligently monitoring a transaction from a hotel room adjacent to where the deal was unfolding. He had been with the sheriff's office for three years, a tenure th
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