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The Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office (OPSO) is the primary law enforcement agency of Ouachita Parish. It falls under the authority of the Sheriff , who is the chief law enforcement officer of the parish.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in Louisiana. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 348 law enforcement agencies employing 18,050 sworn police officers, about 405 for each 100,000 residents.
Sen. Katrina Jackson (D-Monroe), Ouachita Parish Police Juror District E Michael Thompson, Monroe mayoral candidate Jamie Mayo, Rep. Adrian Fisher (D-Monroe) and Rep. Pat Moore (D-Monroe).
In 1936, the two divisions of law enforcement were combined, by an act of the Louisiana Legislature, to form the Louisiana Department of State Police. The department's force of patrolmen numbered over 40 at that time, and the primary patrol vehicle was the motorcycle. In 1939, the State Police was divided into eight "troops".
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New coronavirus cases leaped in Louisiana in the week ending Sunday, rising 10.3% as 11,634 cases were reported. The previous week had 10,552 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19.
A police jury was called a "police assembly" initially. A law passed on April 6, 1807, created groups to handle the "local police and administration of their parish". [1] Three years later, these were officially defined as "police juries" and given specific roles. [2] The term "jury" comes from the two aspects of the original police juries.
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