Ralph Peters, a former police chief in Lafayette and Natchitoches, stopped by "Acadiana's Morning News" to discuss the role of police officers during traffic stops and other potential conflicts with the general public.
When former Lafayette police chief Ralph Peters joined law enforcement in the early 1970s, he said more than 30 percent of the workload involved domestic abuse. Back then, all officers did was "restore the peace and try to convince the guy to leave," Peters recalled.