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THE ISIA OU NA L EMBERSH M IP Y P R R A O R G O R N A M O H E ST 94 AB 19 S LISHED ’ HERIFFS The Official Publication of Louisiana's Chief Law Enforcement Officers WINTER ISSUE DECEMBER 2011 Sheriffs’ Educational Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association Scholarship Recipients Announced Announces Statewide Rollout of by Lauren Labbé Meher Civil Inquiry Fingerprinting System ouisiana Sheriffs’ Honorary by Lauren Labbé Meher, Communications Director Membership Program Chairman LGreg Champagne, St. Charles Parish Sheriff, announced that sixty-nine graduating high school seniors have been awarded scholarships provided by the Sheriffs’ Scholarship Program for the 2011 academic school year. Sheriffs’ scholarships, worth $500 each, are made possible by the citizen members of the Louisiana Sheriffs’ In the traditional method of fingerprinting, ink is applied to each finger and then rolled Honorary Membership Program. They are across a fingerprint card to obtain prints. awarded to students from each parish where the sheriff is affiliated with the very sheriff’s office in Louisiana is now equipped with a Live Scan Fingerprinting Program. While some sheriffs divide the workstation, which allows private employers, state agencies, and other enti- $500 scholarship into two, $250 schol- Eties the ability to submit an applicant’s fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of arships, other sheriffs enhance scholar- Investigation and the Louisiana Department of Public Safety (DPS) for the purpose ship benefits to larger denominations with of positively identifying pro- spective employees or agents. funds they provide themselves. Usually, within 24 hours, these To obtain information about the background checks can deter- Louisiana Sheriffs’ Scholarship Program, mine if an applicant is currently contact your local Sheriff’s Office. wanted, has an arrest record, ACADIA PARISH is a convicted sex offender, or Sheriff Wayne Melancon has been convicted of stalk- Recipient: Beau Matthews Petitjean ing or other domestic violence ALLEN PARISH offenses. Sheriff Hal Brady Since 2009, the LSA has Recipient: Aaron Keith Breaux been working to make this new ASCENSION PARISH system a reality for the state of Sheriff Jeff Wiley Recipients: Sami Marchand Louisiana. The program began to take shape with the pas- ASSUMPTION PARISH Sheriff Mike Waguespack sage of Representative Ernest Recipient: Hailey Veillion Wooton’s HB 186. This LSA AVOYELLES PARISH legislative package bill gave Sheriff Doug Anderson sheriffs the authority to con- Recipient: Ebony Jone LeBlanc duct background screenings BEAUREGARD PARISH and allowed for the remission Sheriff Ricky Moses of fees at the local level. Now using the “livescan” electronic fingerprinting Recipient: Rachel Craft Upon passage of the bill, method, there is no ink or card. Fingers are placed along BIENVILLE PARISH the LSA began developing an a glass plate and electronically scanned. It is faster, Sheriff John Ballance Recipients: Addie Barron implementation process. Alan cleaner, and more accurate than the traditional method. continued on page 2 continued on page 5 Sheriffs’ Educational Scholarship Recipients Announced continued from page 1 BOSSIER PARISH EVANGELINE PARISH SABINE PARISH Sheriff Larry Deen Sheriff Eddie Soileau Sheriff Guffey Lynn Pattison Recipient: Grace M. Coyer Recipient: Brittany Tayler LeBleu Recipient: Jessica Kay Longoria CADDO PARISH FRANKLIN PARISH ST. BERNARD PARISH Sheriff Steve Prator Sheriff Steve Pylant Sheriff Jack Stephens Recipient: Armond Collins Recipient: Rilyn Kayne Taylor Recipient: Unavailable at press time. CALCASIEU PARISH GRANT PARISH ST. CHARLES PARISH Sheriff Tony Mancuso Sheriff Baxter Welch Sheriff Greg Champagne Recipient: Delaney Ivey Dupin Recipient: Michael Dalton Kutej Recipient: Hayden Vicknair CALDWELL PARISH IBERIA PARISH ST. HELENA PARISH Sheriff Steve May Sheriff Louis Ackal Recipient: James Mayes Sheriff Nathaniel “Nat” Williams Recipient: Joseph A. Mann Recipient: Keaira S. Woodard CAMERON PARISH IBERVILLE PARISH ST. JAMES PARISH Sheriff Theos Duhon Sheriff Brent Allain Recipient: Unavailable at press time. Sheriff Willy Martin Recipients: Kathryn D’Albor Recipient: Christine Schexnayder CATAHOULA PARISH Jamie Ragsdale ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH Sheriff James Kelly JACKSON PARISH Sheriff Wayne Jones Recipient: Unavailable at press time. Sheriff Andy Brown Recipient: Katie Landeche CLAIBORNE PARISH Recipient: Mallory Kate Horn Sheriff Ken Bailey JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH ST. LANDRY PARISH Recipients: Miller Claire Killgore Sheriff Ricky Edwards Sheriff Bobby Guidroz Cordaris Winzer Recipient: Meagan Marie Hebert Recipient: Eric Dupre CONCORDIA PARISH LAFAYETTE PARISH ST. MARTIN PARISH Sheriff Randy Maxwell Sheriff Mike Neustrom Sheriff Ronny Theriot Recipient: Nicholas Blake Recipient: Tyler Jade Bienvenue Recipient: Layla Serrette DESOTO PARISH LAFOURCHE PARISH ST. MARY PARISH Sheriff Rodney Arbuckle Sheriff Craig Webre Sheriff Mark Hebert Recipients: Lauren Nicole Jordan Recipient: Sheldon Gilton Recipient: Brandon Halfen EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH LASALLE PARISH ST. TAMMANY PARISH Sheriff Sid Gautreaux Sheriff Jack Strain Recipients: Anna Renee Davis Sheriff Scott Franklin Recipients: Derineshia C. Simmons Recipient: Miriah E. McCormick LaKeisha Rochell Smith EAST CARROLL PARISH TANGIPAHOA PARISH Sheriff Mark Shumate Recipient: Kahlil J’Wan Levert Reynolds LINCOLN PARISH Sheriff Daniel Edwards Sheriff Mike Stone Recipients: Hunter Waddell EAST FELICIANA PARISH Recipient: Justin Brazzel Sheriff Talmadge Bunch TENSAS PARISH Recipient: Laurin McKnight LIVINGSTON PARISH Sheriff Rickey Jones Sheriff Willie Graves Recipients: Sydney Catherine Lee Recipient: Sarah Drago LOUISIANA TERREBONNE PARISH MADISON PARISH Sheriff Vernon Bourgeois Sheriff Larry Cox Recipient: Megan Walker SHERIFF Recipient: Shane Deric Washington The Publication of Louisiana’s UNION PARISH Chief Law Enforcement Officers MOREHOUSE PARISH Sheriff Bob Buckley WINTER ISSUE DECEMBER 2011 Sheriff Mike Tubbs Recipient: Morgan Coates Recipient: Jacoby King Publisher VERMILION PARISH Louisiana Sheriffs’ Educational Foundation NATCHITOCHES PARISH Sheriff Mike Couvillon Executive Advisors Sheriff Victor Jones Recipient: Nicolette Christine Ware Executive Director Recipient: Trevor Wayne Smith Michael A. Ranatza VERNON PARISH Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association ORLEANS PARISH Sheriff Sam Craft Assistant Executive Director Sheriff Marlin Gusman Recipient: Nikki Camille Manes Sheriff Gary Bennett (Ret.) Recipient: Joshua Vappie Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association WASHINGTON PARISH OUACHITA PARISH Editor Sheriff Robert Crowe Sheriff Royce Toney Director, Communications and Public Affairs Recipient: Magen Spears Lauren Labbé Meher Recipient: Joshua Paul Zuber Executive Board of Directors PLAQUEMINES PARISH WEBSTER PARISH Louisiana Sheriffs’ Honorary Membership Program Sheriff Gary Sexton Louisiana Sheriffs’ Educational Foundation Sheriff Michael Lafrance Recipient: Jordan Daigle Recipient: Emily McGuffey Chairman Sheriff Greg Champagne, St. Charles Parish POINTE COUPEE PARISH WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH Secretary-Treasurer Sheriff Beauregard “Bud” Torres Sheriff Mike Cazes Sheriff Bob Buckley, Union Parish Recipient: Unavailable at press time. Recipients: Derrick Hotard Sheriff Brent Allain, Iberville Parish Devin Debenport Sheriff Talmadge Bunch, East Feliciana Parish RAPIDES PARISH Sheriff Tony Mancuso, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Charles Wagner WEST CARROLL PARISH Sheriff Jeff Wiley, Ascension Parish Recipient: Lara Hope Duncan Sheriff Jerry Philley Sheriff Beauregard "Bud" Torres, Pointe Coupee Parish Recipient: Jacob D. Riley LOUISIANA SHERIFF is the official publication of the RED RIVER PARISH Raya D. Hughes Louisiana Sheriffs’ Honorary Membership Program and Sheriff Johnny Norman Louisiana Sheriffs’ Educational Foundation and is made possible Recipient: Stacie Cason WEST FELICIANA PARISH by contributing members. It is distributed to members, statewide Sheriff Austin Daniel sheriffs, criminal justice professionals and policy makers. RICHLAND PARISH Recipient: Mason Spillman POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Sheriff Charles McDonald LOUISIANA SHERIFF Recipient: Jacob Clements WINN PARISH 1213 Nicholson Drive, Suite A, Lillian A. Dear Sheriff A. D. Little Baton Rouge, LA 70802 Morgan Todd Recipient: Evan Thomas Austin 2 LOUISIANA SHERIFF Sheriffs Elect 2011-2012 Board at Annual Meeting West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Mike Cazes is shown being administered the oath of office as LSA president by Chief Justice Catherine “Kitty” Kimball, during a swearing-in ceremony. Left to right: Sheriff Mike Cazes, West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff; his wife, Stephanie Cazes; Chief Justice Kitty Kimball; James D. “Buddy” Caldwell, Attorney General. by Lauren Labbé Meher President Sheriff Mike Cazes West Baton Rouge Parish est Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Mike First Vice President Sheriff Bob Buckley Union Parish Cazes has been elected president of the Second Vice President Sheriff Tony Mancuso Calcasieu Parish Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association for the Secretary-Treasurer Sheriff Mike Waguespack Assumption Parish W2011-2012 term, succeeding Sheriff Jiff Hingle, Sergeant at Arms Sheriff Mike Stone Lincoln Parish according to Michael Ranatza, Executive Director of 1st District Sheriff Newell Normand Jefferson Parish the LSA. Sheriff Cazes will lead the Association’s 1st District Alternate Sheriff Jack Strain, Jr. St. Tammany Parish sixty-four chief law enforcement officers and 14,000 deputies. 2nd District Sheriff Marlin Gusman Orleans Parish Sheriff Cazes’s