East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office

East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office
Abbreviation EBRSO

East Baton Rouge Sheriff Patch

Badge of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office
Agency overview
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction* State of Louisiana, United States
Map of East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction.
Size 471 square miles (1,220 km2)
Population 412,852
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Deputy Sheriffs 890 (2004)
Agency executive Sid Gautreaux, III, Sheriff
Facilities
Substations 6
Website
http://www.ebrso.org
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office (EBRSO) is the primary law enforcement agency of East Baton Rouge Parish, and has jurisdiction anywhere in the parish. It falls under the authority of the Sheriff, who is the chief law enforcement officer of the parish. The sheriff's office employs approximately 850 deputies, making it one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the state.

The Sheriff

The sheriff of East Baton Rouge is Sid Gautreaux III. Sheriff Gautreaux was sworn into office as sheriff on December 4, 2007. He served the sheriff's office as a sergeant in uniform patrol and served as the chief of police for Baker, Louisiana for 27 years. He is a member of the state D.A.R.E. Advisory Board, chairman of the Delta Drug Task Force, and a past president of the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police as well as several other professional memberships and posts. He is married and has four children.[1]

The sheriff is also the ex officio tax collector for East Baton Rouge Parish.

Substations

The department is divided up into five substations, with its headquarters in downtown Baton Rouge. The substations are as follows:

Other Facilities

The Sheriff's Office also operates the following facilities in addition to the substations:

On the grounds of the Parish Prison are also Fleet Operations, Inmate Work Release, Evidence Building and the Capital Area Regional Training Academy (CARTA) which is a regional law enforcement facility that trains EBRSO deputies as well as numerous officers from the surrounding parishes.

Rank structure

The Sheriff's Office rank structure is as listed:

Rank Insignia Description
Colonel
The colonel is the Chief Criminal Deputy of the sheriff's office. Ultimately all divisions of the sheriff's office fall under the guidance of the colonel. The colonel wears a silver eagle on each shoulder.

Colonel Lawrence McCleary, Chief Criminal Deputy
Stephen Hymel, Chief Civil Deputy
Lieutenant Colonel
The lieutenant colonel is primarily responsible for the criminal division of the sheriff's office. The lieutenant colonel wears a silver oak leaf on each shoulder.
Lieutenant Colonel Dennis Grimes is the Warden at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. (Warden)
Major
There are four majors in the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office. Majors wear a gold oak leaf on each shoulder.

Major Ron Boucher, Chief of Detectives
Major Michael Crawford, Chief of Operations
Major Robert Clements, Deputy Warden of the Parish Prison
Captain
Captains are commanders of their particular division such as: Kleinpeter Substation, Criminal Investigations, Crime Scene etc... Captains are ultimately responsible for the performance and conduct of the deputies in their command. The sheriff's office has approximately 12+ captains. Captains wear two gold bars on each shoulder.
Lieutenant
Lieutenants are shift supervisors. They are responsible for all of the activity on their respective shifts and for ensuring the deputies are serving the citizens and enforcing the laws properly. Lieutenants wear a single gold bar on each shoulder.
Sergeant
Sergeants are assistant shift supervisors. The shift sergeant assists the shift lieutenant with day-to-day activities of his shift and the supervision of deputies under their command. Sergeants must perform patrol activities as well as knowing about the shift as he is the acting shift supervisor when needed. Sergeants wear three inverted chevrons on the uniform shirt collar.
Corporal
Corporals are first line supervisors who assist the shift sergeants and lieutenants with supervising deputies under their command. Unlike many law enforcement agencies where the rank of corporal is given after a certain period of service, corporals with the Sheriff's office are promoted much like sergeants and are supervisors who routinely perform the job of acting sergeant or scene supervisor when necessary. Corporals wear two inverted chevrons on the uniform shirt collar.
Deputy Sheriff The position of deputy sheriff is the entry job title of the Sheriff's Office. Even after they are promoted or transferred they are still a deputy sheriff as they serve under the sheriff. Deputies do not wear rank insignia.

Duty Weapons

The current standard issue firearm for EBRSO Deputies is the Glock Model 22 semi-automatic pistol in [ 40 S&W] and the Smith & Wesson Model 66 revolver in .38 caliber. Other optional handguns are also authorized for carry on-duty as well as off-duty. Most deputies are also issued a Remington 870 Police 12 gauge shotgun. Some police cars are also equipped with a Colt AR-15 A2 in .223. The deputies are issued batons and the chemical spray Freeze +P. Tasers have also recently been issued.

Patrol Cars

EBRSO Marked Units

The current main sheriff's office patrol vehicles are the Chevrolet Impala and the Chevrolet Tahoe. The vehicles' markings include a sheriff's office badge on the front quarter panels, "SHERIFF" on the doors and "EAST BATON ROUGE" on the bottom door panels. Green and yellow stripes run down the side of the vehicle and a unit number is displayed on the roof for air unit identification. The patrol vehicles are outfitted with LED light bars and have laptop computers for use by deputies. Other marked patrol vehicles currently used include Harley-Davidson motorcycles and the Chevrolet Caprice. Several other unmarked vehicles in various makes and models are also used for non-patrol purposes.

Past Sheriffs and Ex Officio Tax Collectors

Sheriff Date of Oath
John Neilson
(prior to) April 2, 1811
Thomas Lilly
July 14, 1813
Philemon Thomas
May 5, 1815
Ferdinand L. Ameling
January 30, 1819
John C. Buhler
August 9, 1821
Augustin Duplantier
March 20, 1837
Henry Waller Fowler
March 2, 1841
Leroy C. Morris
February 11, 1845
Henry V. Babin
November 14, 1851
Francis V. Provest
April 23, 1864
Edward Cousinard
May 11, 1864
Thompson J. Bird
May 18, 1866
Thomas W. Hurst
November 26, 1870
G. LeBlanc
December 18, 1872
O.H. Foreman
March 10, 1876
W.L. Booth
January 11, 1877
J.W. Bates
December 8, 1878
J.H. Slaughter
May 22, 1888
Joseph T. Young
June 5, 1896
Nolan Stewart Dougherty
June 1, 1904
W.G. Randolph
June 1, 1908
J.A.M. Randolph
January 19, 1912
T.H. Womack
May 30, 1912
Robert B. Day
June 1, 1916
Mrs. Eudora Slaughter Day
March 31, 1924
Thomas Edward McHugh
June 1, 1928
Robert Lee Petit
June 1, 1932
Newman Henry deBretton
May 1, 1936
Frank D. Trimble
April 1, 1948
Bryan Clemmons
July 1, 1948
J. Al Amiss
July 1, 1972
Fred Sliman, Jr.
February 9, 1983
Elmer B. Litchfield
December 1, 1983
Greg Phares
December 1, 2006
Sid J. Gautreaux, III
December 4, 2007

Fallen officers

Since the formation of the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office, eight deputies and one sheriff have been killed in the line of duty. The most common cause of line of duty deaths to date is gunfire.[3]

Officer Date of Death Details
Sheriff Robert B. Day
Wednesday, March 19, 1924
Gunfire
Deputy Joseph Arnold Lejuene
Thursday, December 31, 1925
Gunfire
Lieutenant Glynn E. Averette
Tuesday, December 12, 1961
Automobile accident
Deputy Charles H. Hurt
Wednesday, November 13, 1963
Gunfire
Deputy Ralph G. Hancock
Monday, January 10, 1972
Gunfire
Deputy Ralph Dewayne Wilder
Monday, January 10, 1972
Gunfire
Corporal Michael Wayne Ritchie
Saturday, December 12, 1981
Gunfire
Deputy Jimmy Charles Matthews
Monday, April 26, 1982
Gunfire
Corporal Gerald Kevin Simmons
Monday, November 21, 1988
Gunfire

See also

* List of law enforcement agencies in Louisiana

References

External links

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