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Plaquemines Parish (/ ˈ p l æ k ɪ m ɪ n z / PLAK-im-inz; French: Paroisse de Plaquemine; Louisiana French: Paroisse des Plaquemines; Spanish: Parroquia de Plaquemines) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 23,515 at the 2020 census, [1] the parish seat is Pointe à la Hache and the largest community is ...
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.
The second parish courthouse (c. 1906) on Railroad Avenue has been serving as City Hall since 1985. Plaquemine did not have a hospital until 1923. [9] Plaquemine has been a Louisiana-designated Main Street City since 1993. [10] There are ten properties listed for Plaquemine on the National Register of Historic Places in Iberville Parish, Louisiana.
Though the case received national coverage and over 300 parents of missing sons contacted the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's office, a four-month effort to identify the body failed. [27] [28] He was buried in Gretna, Louisiana [29] and remains unidentified as of 2024. [30] [31]
Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Shannon Hanks at (318) 473-6727, the sheriff's office at (318) 473-6700 or Crime Stoppers at (318) 443-7867.
According to the sheriff's office, the chief deputy is the first point of contact for all outside agencies, both law enforcement and non-law enforcement, when assistance or response is requested.
The 2011 crime thriller film Catch .44 takes place in Civil Parish, with one of the antagonists stealing a parish sheriff deputy's uniform. The 2013 action thriller Homefront takes place in the fictional Labranche Parish , possibly named after or inspired by the real LaBranche Plantation Dependency .
Wooton defeated Jiff Hingle in the 1983 election for Plaquemines Parish sheriff. [2] Wooton held the office for two terms. [1] He was defeated by Hingle in 1991 and 1995. [3] Wooton was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1999, [1] and served his first terms in the state legislature as a member of the Democratic Party.