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20 Year Service Award Recipient
Congratulations to Captain Jules Broussard for 20 years of dedicated service to LPSO and the Citizens of Lafayette Parish.

Captain Broussard is the supervisor of LPSO Community Services Unit.

Teacher Thanks LPSO for Supporting Education!

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support of education, teachers and students in Lafayette Parish. I was one of the 12 finalists in the recent Lafayette Education Foundation (LEF) Teacher Awards ceremony. Without your support, it is possible that these types of ceremonies would not happen, and that teachers would not get to realize that they have people rooting for them in the community. I feel so wonderful that I was a part of this, that so many people value education. The positive effects of being a small part of this will stay with me for so long. It has strengthened my resolve to do as much as possible for the students of Lafayette Parish. Once again, thank you for all that you do to support education.

Yolanda B. Archambeault, M. Ed, Lafayette High

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Safe and Sober Campaign Grant

Wednesday, October 17, 2001

Sheriff Michael W. Neustrom announces that the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office has received a Safe and Sober Campaign Grant from the LA Highway Safety Commission(LHSC). The grant will provide funds for additional Deputies to patrol during each wave of the campaign in order to increase safety belt usage and decrease impaired drivers. The first wave will include National Buckle-Up America Week November 19-26, 2001. According to LHSC Executive Director James E. Champagne, The Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office is participating in this campaign as part of a comprehensive statewide effort involving over 100 law enforcement agencies. Sheriff Neustrom encourages passengers and drivers to “buckle-up” for safety and advises them that additional Deputies will be patrolling and specifically looking for violators of seat belt laws.

Louisiana Law R.S. 32:295 & 32:295:1 states that every driver and front seat passenger “shall have a safety belt properly fastened about his or her body at all times when the vehicle is in forward motion.” Any child under the age of 13 shall be secured, in accordance with the manufacturer’s instruction, in an age appropriate passenger restraint system. However, if a child is 3 to 12 years of age, securing the child in a lap belt or safety belt in a rear seat shall be sufficient. Fines for violations range from $50.00 to $100 and confiscation of license and suspension of driving privileges.

Sheriff Michael W. Neustrom and Deputies of the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season!

Donna Delahoussaye
Public Information Officer
Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office
(337) 236-5814 (337) 232-9211