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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.
Beauregard Parish (French: Paroisse de Beauregard) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,549. [1] The parish seat and most populous municipality is DeRidder. [2] The parish was formed on January 1, 1913. [3] Beauregard Parish comprises the DeRidder, LA Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Beauregard Parish Jail is a former jailhouse in DeRidder, Louisiana built in 1914 in the Gothic Revival architecture style. It is referred to as the Gothic jail or the Hanging jail. [2] [3] The jail is owned by the Beauregard Parish Police Jury. The Beauregard Parish Rehabilitation Committee serves under the direction of the Police Jury with ...
The Beauregard Parish Sheriff’s Office issued an evacuation order for the town of Merryville Thursday evening, saying the fire could reach the town limits within hours, according to Louisiana ...
Two Beauregard Parish residents died Friday afternoon when they were ejected from a dump truck on U.S. Highway 171, according to Louisiana State Police.
The Beauregard Parish Courthouse is located in DeRidder, Louisiana, the location of the parish seat. The courthouse was built at the same time as the Beauregard Parish Jail, by the same people, and completed around the same time in 1915, as directed by the Beauregard Parish Police Jury. [2]
Louisiana is seeing a highly active wildfire season, and its largest fire in history was determined to be caused by arson.
From 1927 to 1929, Gilbert Hennigan was the chief deputy sheriff of Beauregard Parish. From 1932 to 1944, he was a member of the Beauregard Parish School Board; in 1933 he became the board president and held that position until he left the panel. He was elected in 1943 as president of the Louisiana School Board Association.