La State Police Logo Black White Clip Art
| Louisiana Country Police | |
|---|---|
 Patch of Louisiana State Law | |
 Badge of Louisiana State Police | |
| Abbreviation | LSP |
| Motto | "Courtesy, Loyalty, Service!" |
| Bureau overview | |
| Formed | 1922 (1922) |
| Preceding agency |
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| Employees | i,548 (as of 2004)[1] |
| Jurisdictional construction | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Louisiana, US |
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| LSP Troop Map | |
| Size | 51,885 square miles (134,380 km2) |
| Population | 4,468,976 |
| Legal jurisdiction | Louisiana |
| Full general nature |
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| Operational construction | |
| Headquarters | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Troopers | 1,063 (equally of 2004)[1] 1,215 (as of 2008)[2] |
| Civilians | 485 (as of 2004)[1] |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent bureau | Louisiana Section of Public Safety & Corrections |
| Facilities | |
| Troops | nine Troops |
| Website | |
| http://www.lsp.org | |
The Louisiana Land Police force is the state police agency of Louisiana, which has jurisdiction anywhere in the state, headquartered in Billy Rouge.[3] It falls under the authority of the Louisiana Section of Public Safety & Corrections. It is officially known in that organization as the Office of State Police.
The Louisiana State Constabulary is a premier law enforcement agency in Louisiana and was accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) from 2003 to 2008.[4] The bureau voluntarily ceased its association with CALEA in 2008. The bureau has approximately i,200 officers as of 2021.[five]
History [edit]
The arrangement began in 1922 as the Louisiana Highway Committee with sixteen Highway Inspectors roofing approximately 2,700 miles (four,300 km) of roadway. These inspectors patrolled exclusively past motorcycles. These motorcycles were personally owned by the individual patrolmen, and maintained by an allowance from the state.[6] Of the 16 men on the force, one was a captain. This captain served as superintendent of the force. The highway commission was divided into ten districts. The Baton Rouge District had ii patrol officers, while the New Orleans District had three patrolmen. The other eight districts had i patrol officer each. The other two officers patrolled statewide on the chief highways of the state. In 1928 the agency was known as the Constabulary Enforcement Division of the Highway Commission, and employed seventy uniformed officers. The Bureau of Criminal Investigation was as well formed well-nigh that time. In 1932, the organization's proper name was changed to the State Highway Patrol, and it was given the potency to carry firearms. The agency was used past Governor Huey Long every bit his personal bodyguards, who escorted him all over the country. In 1936, the two divisions of constabulary enforcement were combined, by an act of the Louisiana Legislature, to form the Louisiana Section of Country Police. The department's forcefulness of patrolmen numbered over 40 at that time, and the master patrol vehicle was the motorcycle. In 1939, the State Constabulary was divided into eight "troops". Troopers in cars and motorcycles were patrolling well-nigh 2 million miles per year throughout the country. The bureau'due south armada of patrol motorcycles eventually grew to 64 motorcycles. In 1942 the Louisiana Legislature abolished the Section of State Police and fabricated it a division of the newly created Department of Public Safe. The state police accepted new responsibilities in 1946, when the state'southward Drivers License Police force was enacted requiring every commuter to hold a license for operating a motor vehicle. Prior to this time, only the operators of commercial vehicles, trucks, and buses were required to be licensed in Louisiana. In 1948, the number of motorcycles operated by the agency had fallen to 36 motorcycles. The section was relying more heavily on automobiles for patrol purposes, and eventually patrol motorcycles were simply found in New Orleans and other major cities. Motorbike patrol units were used throughout the 1950s, with Governor Earl Kemp Long besides using them equally bodyguards. In the 1960s, the department was utilizing motorcycles, automobiles, airplanes, and helicopters for enforcement purposes. The department had exclusively used Harley-Davidson motorcycles until the 1980s when it switched to Kawasaki motorcycles. A curt fourth dimension later this switch, the motorcycle patrol program was disbanded. In 1997, patrol motorcycles were brought dorsum on the force.[7]
In February 2010, Louisiana Police Trooper Jason LaMarca struck Alejandro Soliz, during an arrest.
In July 2018, Trooper A country trooper, Kasha Domingue shot a male passenger in the back who was unarmed at a 2018 traffic stop behind a Perkins Road store causing a severe injury to his spinal string. A yard jury indicted Trooper Kasha Domingue, 43 of Baton Rouge on Thursday, Oct. one, 2020 on charges of aggravated 2d-caste bombardment and illegal use of a weapon in the shooting of Clifton Dilley, a Baton Rouge man who was 19 at the time. The indictment marked the first time in District Attorney Hillar Moore Iii's 11-plus years as prosecutor that an officer was charged with a crime subsequently killing or injuring a civilian with gunfire.
In September 2018, the Louisiana State Law were scrutinized for using lists of personal information nigh supposed Antifa members which were posted on 8chan's politics board. The file "antifa.docx" was found in police databases and led directly to the opening of criminal investigations.[8]
In an March 2019 arrest in northeastern Louisiana'south Ouachita Parish where a trooper was caught on dash-camera video grabbing Blackness marijuana suspect Deshawn Washington past his hair and slamming the xx-year-old into the hood of a police cruiser, a utilize of forcefulness omitted from the police report. At one point, Washington's friend, Shomari Male monarch, a 21-year-old who was also arrested, asked, "Why y'all existence so rough?"
On July sixteen, 2019 Louisiana State Trooper Jacob Chocolate-brown engaged in the utilize of strength throwing motorist Morgan Blake to the basis following a traffic terminate in Ouachita Parish, La.
In another case from August 2019, Darrell Smith, a white motorist who fled a traffic stop near Billy Rouge, contended in a lawsuit that troopers caught up with him and trounce him beyond recognition, causing him to be hospitalized with temporary kidney failure. A use-of-strength report leaves unchecked whether torso-camera video exists and lists Smith's injuries every bit "nonincapacitating."
September 2021, A chiliad jury indicted Jacob Dark-brown for the 2019 beating post-obit a traffic stop that left Aaron Larry Bowman with a cleaved jaw, broken ribs and a gash to his caput. Brown was charged with one count of deprivation of rights under colour of law. Video and police records evidence he beat out Aaron Larry Bowman 18 times with a flashlight later on deputies pulled him over for a traffic violation nigh his Monroe habitation in May 2019. State police force didn't investigate the assail until 536 days after, and merely did so after a lawsuit from Bowman, who was left with a broken jaw, ribs and wrist, also every bit a gash to his head that required half-dozen staples to close.
Later on a Louisiana Country Law unit stunned, punched and dragged a Black motorist who died as a event of the atmospherics. Ronald Greene, a barber, failed to pull over for an unspecified traffic violation before long afterward midnight on May x, 2019, most 30 miles southward of the Arkansas state line. a federal civil rights investigation was conducted on the motorist'south death and the country of Louisiana fix a panel to investigate the police unit of measurement involved in that incident, also as other incidents of alleged misconduct.[5] In 2021, the ACLU chosen for a federal investigation into the Louisiana State Police.[five] State Police brass initially argued the troopers' utilize of force was justified — "awful simply lawful," as ranking officials described it — and did not open an administrative investigation until 474 days after Greene's death.
Patrol areas [edit]
The department is divided into nine troops, with its headquarters in Baton Rouge. The troops are divided equally follows:
- Troop A (Baton Rouge): covers the following 9 parishes: Ascension, Due east Baton Rouge, Due east Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, St. James (east bank), Pointe Coupee, W Billy Rouge, W Feliciana
- Troop B (Kenner): covers 6 parishes: Orleans, St. Charles, St. John (east banking company), Plaquemines, St. Bernard, Jefferson
- Troop C (Houma): covers the 5 parishes of Assumption, Lafourche, Terrebonne, and the west banks of St. James and St. John
- Troop D (Lake Charles): covers the 5 parishes of Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and Jefferson Davis
- Troop E (Alexandria): covers the parishes of Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Rapides, Sabine, Vernon and Winn
- Troop F (Monroe): covers the Parishes of Union, West Carroll, E Carroll, Morehouse, Lincoln, Ouachita, Richland, Madison, Jackson, Caldwell, Tensas, and Franklin.
- Troop Chiliad (Bossier Metropolis): covers the Parishes of Caddo, Bossier, De Soto, Webster, Claiborne, Bienville, and Red River.
- Troop I (Lafayette): covers Parishes of Evangeline, St. Landry, Acadia, Lafayette, St. Martin, Vermilion, Iberia, and St. Mary.
- Troop L (Covington): covers the parishes of St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa and Washington
Disbanded troops [edit]
The post-obit troops are no longer in existence:
- Troop H (Leesville) comprised Vernon, every bit the domicile base parish, and Sabine and Beauregard Parishes. Information technology was disbanded in 1988 due to upkeep considerations.
- Troop K (Opelousas) included Avoyelles, Evangeline, Pointe Coupee, and St. Landry Parishes. It was disbanded in 1988 due to budget considerations.
- Troop M (Des Allemands) closed in 1973 when merged into the current Troop C. It comprised Lafourche, Terrebonne, Assumption, the West banks of St. Charles, St. John, and St. James Parishes.[9]
- Troop N (Crowley) included Acadia and Vermilion parishes. Disbanded in 1969.
- Troop Northward (New Orleans): centered in and around the French Quarter of New Orleans. Although initially non officially classified as a Troop, Troop Due north was reopened in New Orleans, in 2005, as headquarters for postal service-Hurricane Katrina operations until April 2006. It was over again reopened in April, 2015, to oversee deployments of temporary extra troopers to the New Orleans French Quarter detail. In late 2016, it was officially designated a Troop. Due to issues with funding and the Covid-19 global pandemic, Troop N was again disbanded on December 31, 2020.
- Troop O (Delhi) comprised Franklin, Richland, Tensas, Madison, E and West Carroll Parishes. Troop O was created in 1968. It operated from the urban center hall building in Delhi, Louisiana. It was very short lived, lasting a mere 13 months before being disbanded in 1969.
Rank structure [edit]
| Rank | Insignia | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Colonel | | One private is appointed (by the Governor) as the Deputy Secretary of the Section of Public Safety and Superintendent of the State Police and holds the rank of Colonel. The Colonel wears one gilded-colored eagle on each epaulet.[10] |
| Lieutenant Colonel | | At that place are 6 officers with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, each overseeing i of the bureaus within the State Constabulary. Lieutenant Colonels habiliment a silver-colored oak leaf on each epaulet. |
| Major | | Majors are responsible for a command within the State Police. Majors article of clothing one gilt-colored oak leaf on each epaulet. |
| Captain | | The specific responsibilities of a Captain vary depending upon where they are assigned within the Bureau. For example, a Captain may exist a Troop Commander in the Patrol Bureau or a Division Commander in one of the other Bureaus. Captains habiliment two gold-colored bars on each epaulet. |
| Lieutenant | | The responsibilities of a lieutenant vary within the section. At the Troop level, a lieutenant is typically the commander of a shift. Other Lieutenants in other divisions may command a unit of measurement. Lieutenants wear gold-colored metal bars on each epaulet. |
| Sergeant | | Sergeants human action as assistant shift commanders or duty officers. A sergeant is generally considered to be a offset-line supervisor in most units.[xi] Sergeants wear iii yellow inverted chevrons on each sleeve under the Country Police patch. |
| Primary Trooper | | The insignia for this rank consists of a gold-colored 'MT' collar pin worn on the wearer's right lapel. Troopers who complete fifteen (xv) years of satisfactory or exceptional service are promoted to the rank of Primary Trooper. While not considered a first-line supervisor, Master Troopers are occasionally tasked to exercise supervision over other lower-ranking Troopers[12] |
| Senior Trooper | | The insignia for this rank consists of a gilt-colored 'ST' neckband pivot worn on the wearer's correct lapel. Troopers who complete ten (10) years of satisfactory or exceptional service are promoted to the rank of Senior Trooper. |
| Trooper First Class | | The insignia for this rank consists of a gold-colored 'TFC' collar pin worn on the wearer'southward right lapel. Troopers who consummate five (v) years of satisfactory or exceptional service are promoted to the rank of Trooper First Class. |
| Trooper | | The insignia for this rank consists of a gold-colored 'TPR' collar pin worn on the wearer's correct lapel. This rank is attained by Cadets upon successful completion of the training academy. |
| Cadet | | A Cadet is a raw recruit, and is the rank held past all personnel while assigned as a educatee at the training academy. These personnel do non wear rank insignia. |
Equipment [edit]
Firearms [edit]
The current standard issue firearm for LSP Troopers is the Glock 17 in caliber 9mm or Glock 22 in caliber .40 South&Due west. Previously, the standard result sidearm was the SIG Sauer P220 semi-automatic pistol in caliber .45 ACP. Other optional handguns are likewise authorized for carry on-duty. Each trooper is also issued a Remington 870 Law 12 guess magnum shotgun. Troopers are also issued a Colt AR-xv or Bushmaster M4-type Carbine in .223, a Ruger Mini-14 in .223, or an H&One thousand MP5 in 9mm. The troopers in this agency have been issued batons and pepper spray for quite some fourth dimension. Tasers have also been introduced, and accept been in service since 2005.
Patrol cars [edit]
Louisiana State Police force Crown Victoria
The current principal Louisiana State Police patrol vehicle is the Chevrolet Tahoe. The agency began a conversion to the Tahoe in 2012. Previously, the agency used the Ford Crown Victoria "Police Interceptor." This vehicle was the main patrol vehicle used by the bureau from 1997 to 2011, when information technology replaced the Chevrolet Caprice in 1996, and when the Crown Victoria was discontinued in 2011. The vehicle's markings include "State Trooper" written on each forepart quarter panel, a state badge on the center of each front door, the words "Louisiana State Police" written to a higher place and below the door bluecoat, and the words "Land Police force" written on the body. Note that the markings on the Tahoe include a slight variation to the previously used designs. In 2012 all markings were re-designed. The door badge has been redesigned from a lite blue to a darker bluish. Likewise the badge state seal in heart was updated to reflect a 2008 change showing a more angular "Pelican in Her Piety" state seal washed in white. Information technology is completely different from the prior ane used from 1964 to 2012 except in dimension. The ruby "LSP" lettering was also upgraded to a more reflective prismatic shade of cherry red, and each letter of the alphabet at present has a small night blue border effectually information technology. An "ACE" insignia, consisting of a blue Land of Louisiana with a red lightning bolt, is awarded to troopers who recover five or more stolen vehicles within a year. Since approximately 2001, a majority of the marked patrol vehicles utilized by this agency have been equipped with onboard video cameras. Other 'marked' patrol vehicles currently used include Harley-Davidson motorcycles, the Chevrolet Camaro, the Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban, with incidental examples fielded since 2013 of the Ford Taurus Interceptor, Ford Explorer Police and Caprice PPV. Announced on January 31, 2018,[thirteen] beginning in the succeeding month [February], newer models of the Dodge Charger were introduced. The latter included "less visible, semi-marked and unmarked" vehicles to "[...]combat aggressive, dumb, and distracted driving."
Special units [edit]
Louisiana Country Police Bell 430 Patrol Helicopter
Like many other state police agencies around the The states, the Louisiana State Law has several sub-divisions specializing in addressing particular crimes or security needs. These include a Bomb Team, an Air Back up Unit, a Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Squad, an Executive Protection detail that functions under the Louisiana Department of Public Condom Police (for protection of the Louisiana Governor, Lt. Governor, other dignitaries, Capitol grounds, and other country owned facilities), a Motor Carrier Safety Enforcement (MCSAP) section, and a Hazardous Materials Response Unit.
The Criminal Investigations Division includes a Statewide Narcotics Task Forcefulness, a Curtained Handgun Permit Section, an Motorcar Theft Recovery Unit of measurement, the Casino Gaming & Licensing Section, a Criminal Intelligence Unit, Identity Theft Investigations, an Insurance Fraud Investigations Section, and a cyber crimes section which specializes in online and computer crimes.
The agency also operates the State Police Offense Laboratory.
The agency previously ran a section called the Anti-Terrorist Assistance Program (ATAP) which was a joint venture with the U.S. Land Department. This ATAP department trained foreign police force and military forces in detecting, preventing, and fighting of terrorism.
Fallen officers [edit]
Since its formation in 1922, 29 LSP troopers accept been killed in the line of duty. The most mutual crusade of line of duty deaths to date is car accidents.[14]
| Rank | Name | Date of Expiry | Cause of Death |
|---|---|---|---|
| Officer | Neill A. Yarborough, Sr. | 02-25-1925 | Shot and killed while he and other Officers attempted to arrest a fugitive. |
| Patrolman | Geronimo C. Trevino | 08-08-1932 | Struck past drunk driver while speaking to a motorist on the side of the road. |
| Patrolman | Alonzo Patrick O'Bryan | ten-04-1933 | Succumbed to injuries sustained on 10-02-1933 when he rear-concluded a vehicle while on his motorcycle. |
| Patrolman | Frank J. David, Sr. | ten-09-1933 | Struck and killed past a vehicle he was attempting to terminate. |
| Patrolman | Victor A. Mossy | 05-xiii-1936 | Struck and killed past a tractor trailer while on his motorcycle. |
| Trooper | James T. Brownfield | 05-09-1943 | Struck a stray cow in the road on 05-08-1943 and succumbed to his injuries the following 24-hour interval. |
| Trooper | Ulis Floyd | 02-24-1952 | Shot and killed at his firm later stopping ii men before that day for reckless driving; they as well killed his son. |
| Trooper | Wilmer L. Moody | 11-10-1956 | Killed in a machine crash as a rider while en route to a call; a truck pulled out in front of them, causing the patrol motorcar to swerve into reverse lanes and be hitting head-on. |
| Trooper | James N. Pollard | 11-20-1956 | Struck and killed while trying to go a vehicle out of a ditch. |
| Sergeant | Eli L. Smith | 01-17-1957 | Succumbed to injuries sustained the previous year on 01-29-1956; he was run off the route during a pursuit by the suspect causing lasting injuries. |
| Trooper | Francis C. Zinna | 03-24-1958 | Struck and killed by a speeding vehicle while manning a roadblock. |
| Trooper | Rudolph H. Miller | 11-08-1962 | Struck and killed by a vehicle while on a traffic stop. |
| Lieutenant | Joseph D. Ferris | 02-23-1968 | Killed later on losing control of his machine on the icy roadway. |
| Trooper | Huey P. Grace | 10-30-1968 | Killed in a pursuit of 3 drag racers after crashing with one of them. |
| Trooper | Lamon Weaver | 04-17-1973 | Killed in a car crash later on turning around to pull a car over; unknown whether he lost control or was forced off the road. |
| Trooper | William C. Warrington | 07-17-1973 | Killed in a automobile crash after attempting to laissez passer a car and losing control. |
| Sergeant | Clarence J. Miller, Jr. | 12-04-1975 | Killed 12 minutes before his shift concluded after picking up a suspect to take to jail; hit head-on by a auto traveling in the wrong lanes. |
| Trooper | Donald Charles Cleveland | 07-02-1977 | Shot and killed during a traffic stop by a newly released prisoner who had merely gotten out of prison for a murder committed as a juvenile. |
| Trooper | Jean Claude Crescionne | 04-20-1982 | Killed after a truck pulled out in front of him. |
| Trooper | Damon Fifty. Robichaux | 07-21-1982 | Shot and killed when he dropped his revolver and information technology discharged, hitting him in the chest; he had simply been recalled to duty for an escort and was walking out of his business firm. |
| Trooper | William Michael "Mike" Kess | 02-05-1983 | Killed after he lost control in a curve during a 20-mile pursuit. |
| Master Trooper | Stephen H. Grey | 05-29-1995 | Killed while responding to a automobile crash when his auto lost control in the rain went over the center line and was broadsided by a truck. |
| Sergeant | George Douglas "Doug" Johnston | 11-17-1997 | Killed after losing control in a curve and hitting a ditch and several trees. |
| Trooper | Hung Nguyen Le | 06-thirty-1998 | Succumbed to injuries sustained on 05-nineteen-1998; Trooper Le was slowing traffic for construction crews when he was rear-ended at a high speed and over 70% of his trunk was burned. |
| Trooper | Duane Allen Dalton | 01-12-2010 | Killed afterward being hit in an intersection past a driver who ran a stop sign. |
| Corporal | John Ray Kendall | 08-09-2011 | Killed in a automobile crash after his car crossed the median and striking a tractor trailer caput-on. |
| Senior Trooper | Steven J. Vincent | 08-24-2015 | Shot and killed afterward trying to assistance an intoxicated driver out of a ditch; the suspect fired from a close range with a sawed off shotgun, hitting Vincent in the head. |
| Trooper | George Baker | 05-24-2020 | Succumbed to injuries sustained after being struck by a Hammond Police force automobile while assisting in a high speed hunt. |
| Primary Trooper | Adam Gaubert | x-09-2021 | Shot and killed in an ambush. |
In popular culture [edit]
- The start season of HBO'southward True Detective depicted Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson every bit Louisiana State Police force detectives.
See also [edit]
- Louisiana Country Troopers Association
- Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries - Enforcement Partition
- List of law enforcement agencies in Louisiana
- State police
- Country patrol
- Highway patrol
- Mike Edmonson
- Francis Grevemberg
- Terry Landry
- Joseph S. Cage Jr.
References [edit]
- ^ a b c "Census of Country and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 2004" (PDF). U.S. Section of Justice. June 2007.
- ^ "Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 2008" (PDF). U.South. Department of Justice. July 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-x. Retrieved 2011-08-04 .
- ^ "Louisiana State Police Headquarters." Louisiana State Law. Retrieved on October 28, 2010. "7919 Independence Blvd. Baton Rouge, LA 70806."
- ^ CALEA Archived 2008-09-xiv at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c Mustian, Jim. "Country Police unit involved in Ronald Greene's expiry under broader internal investigation". The Advocate . Retrieved 2021-06-x .
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Edmundson, M. (2009, Fall). History of the Louisiana land police motorcycle patrol unit. The Motor Officer, 80(2), 18-nineteen.
- ^ LSP - About Us - Our History
- ^ "Louisiana Police Announced To Exist Using A Hoax Antifa List Created By 8Chan To Open up Criminal Investigations". 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Louisiana State Law". Lsp.org. 1936-07-28. Retrieved 2016-03-25 .
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2013-06-06 .
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as championship (link) - ^ http://laspc.dps.louisiana.gov/laspc.nsf/27fd3ffc40cc158486256ead0069cbd9/d0d935fb03a6766686256ea6006f48b4?OpenDocument
- ^ http://laspc.dps.louisiana.gov/laspc.nsf/27fd3ffc40cc158486256ead0069cbd9/75f576da6430186a86256ea6006f2000?OpenDocument
- ^ "Louisiana State Police". www.facebook.com . Retrieved 2019-03-21 .
- ^ Officer Down Memorial Page
External links [edit]
- Louisiana State Police force Website
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_State_Police
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