15 Year Service Award Recipient
Congratulations to Lt. Kevin Savant for 15 Years of dedicated service to LPSO and the Citizens of Lafayette Parish.
Lt. Savant is a supervisor within the LPSO Patrol Divison.
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Shenandoah Neighborhood Watch Appreciates Deputies
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Dear Sheriff Neustrom
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Dear Sheriff Neustrom:
I would like to start off by thanking the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Department for their assistance in the planning and implementation of our Neighborhood Watch program. As you may already be aware, our neighborhood is not within the city limits of any smaller municipality, and is simply part of rural Lafayette Parish. Our neighborhood had increasing problems with thefts and criminal damage to property, and simply used the Lafayette Parish Sheriff s Department as a means of reporting the incidents.
After much frustration, our neighborhood decided it was time to take action and put a stop to our neighborhood problems. Sergeant Tom Stith with the Community Services Unit has been more than helpful and cooperative in assisting with getting the Neighborhood Watch up and running, and keeping it maintained.
Sergeant Stith and Deputy Elisa Foster came to our first Neighborhood Watch meeting armed with flyers, pamphlets, and a well of information which they shared with us. They gave us instruction on personal safety, securing our homes, monitoring the neighborhood and keeping ourselves safe in doing so, and dealing with certain situations that may arise, as well as how to work with the Sheriffs Department in resolving our problems, including a pro-active approach at deterring crime.
Our neighborhood also had a block party several months after starting our program, at which Sergeant Stith, his lovely wife, and Deputy Darrell Doucet attended. Sergeant Stith and Deputy Doucet presented some of our Neighborhood Watch Block Captains with the signs we had ordered and that were delivered to the Sheriff s Department, and made sure to get to know
the neighbors, listen to their concerns, and generally let the neighborhood know that the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Department is backing us in our endeavor.
I also wanted to add that Sergeant Stith and his wife attended the block party on their own personal time and we are very thankful to them for their presence and for Sergeant Stith's respectable work ethic. He is an asset to the Sheriff's Department, Actually, Sergeant Tom Stith, Deputy Darrell Doucet, and Deputy Elisa Foster, are all assets to your Department.
I initially had some doubts about the Neighborhood Watch program and its effectiveness. However, after just a few weeks, our neighborhood was seeing a decrease in criminal and mischievous activity, and after just a few months, the neighborhood is relatively quiet.
When the Shenandoah Neighborhood Watch began, our neighborhood was having approximately 3 to 4 incidents (give or take a few) per week. Our neighborhood now has zero incidents per week with just an occasional problem reported. It appears that with a little pro¬active involvement, we are able to deter problems in our neighborhood.
Again, I thank the Lafayette Parish Sheriff s Department, Sergeant Tom Stith, Deputy Darrell Doucet, and Deputy Elisa Foster, as well as all of the patrolling deputies, in helping to continue to make our neighborhood a safe haven for our families!
With kind regards, I remain
Very truly yours,
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Marguerite Fitzgerald, Shenandoah Neighborhood Watch Coordinator
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Press Releases
Sheriff Honors 1st Career Academy Graduates
Tuesday, May 7, 2002
Sheriff Michael W. Neustrom, the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office, and the Lafayette Parish School Board honored graduates of the first Sheriff’s Career Academy at a ceremony on Tuesday, May 07, 2002. The Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office is proud to partner with the Lafayette Parish School Board to conduct the first Law Enforcement Career Academy in the State of Louisiana. Kourtney Stroud of Acadiana High, Kristopher Andrus and Kyle Landor of Carencro High, Russell Bertrand, Justin Dean, and Shane Hebert of Comeaux High, Charell Jackson and Dale Thomas of Lafayette High, and Kathleen Delhom of Northside High School were honored for completing the required coursework and will receive one high school credit. Students attended class on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons at the Sheriff’s Community Training Center and received instruction from various law enforcement on subjects that included: History of Law Enforcement; Legal Terms and Concepts; Criminal Code; Police Ethics; First Aid and CPR, Media and the Police; Crime Prevention; Victim Rights; Elderly Crime Victims; Use of Force; Patrol Methods; Interview and Interrogation; Police Survival; Firearms; Crime Scene Investigation; Rules of Evidence; Dynamics of Domestic Violence, Police Report Writing; and Courtroom Testimony. Coursework also required students to ride-along with Patrol Deputies and observe the Sheriff’s Office Communications Center along with tours of the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center, the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office, AFIS and Angola State Penitentiary.
Donna Delahoussaye
Media Relations/Projects Coordinator
Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office
337-236-5814/337-232-9211
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