Social:Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office (Louisiana)

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The Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office' is the principal law enforcement agency in Iberia Parish, Louisiana. The only other police department in the parish is in Jeanerette.[1] The sheriff provides police services to New Iberia under a contract. The vast majority of the Sheriff's Office activity is in New Iberia.[2]

The department has about 220 sworn officers. The sheriff is elected. Louis M. Ackal has been sheriff since 2007.[3]

Organization

The office has a number of divisions:[4]

  • Uniformed Patrol Division
  • Traffic Division
  • K9 Division
  • Records Division
  • Marine Division
  • Communications
  • Warrants
  • School Resources Officers
  • Part-time & Reserve Unit
  • Jail Operations[5]
  • Bureau of Investigations Division[6]
  • Training Division[7]
  • Special Operations[8]
    • Haz-Mat
    • Honor Guard
    • Fleet Management
    • Construction
  • Tactical Tracking Team[9]
  • Office of General Counsel[10]

Parish jail

The jail had a capacity of 520 inmates and is staffed by about 65 workers. The facility includes a farm.[11]

The Sheriff's Office has been sued repeatedly over allegations of abuse at the jail. In 2011, Deputy Byron Lassalle placed his baton between his legs and forced a prisoner to “suck on the baton as I thrust it into his — into his throat.”[12] In early 2015 a video surfaced of an inmate flat on the ground being attacked by a police dog as a deputy stood by.[13] In 2016, after being found not guilty of any misconduct himself, Sheriff Ackal said that members of the jail staff had beaten prisoners and planted drugs on them.[14]

Scandal

Press reports indicate that in 2016 "almost a dozen" deputies plead guilty to beating people up and faking evidence. As a result, eighteen cases were dropped by local officials.[15]

In 2016, Sheriff Ackal was denied coverage by the statewide sheriffs' insurance pool due to the number of claims against him.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Firing Range". Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office. https://www.iberiaso.org/firing-range/. Retrieved 9 May 2020. 
  2. ↑ Simerman, John (25 November 2018). "Lack of trust in New Iberia: grappling with a community that's lost faith in law enforcement". Times-Picayune. https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_f5b60034-3f19-5d91-a714-dbc083bdc0f9.html. Retrieved 9 May 2020. 
  3. ↑ Simerman, John (25 November 2018). "Lack of trust in New Iberia: grappling with a community that's lost faith in law enforcement". Times-Picayune. https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_f5b60034-3f19-5d91-a714-dbc083bdc0f9.html. Retrieved 9 May 2020. 
  4. ↑ "Patrol". Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office. https://www.iberiaso.org/patrol/. Retrieved 9 May 2020. 
  5. ↑ "Jail Operations". Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office. https://www.iberiaso.org/jail-operations/. Retrieved 9 May 2020. 
  6. ↑ "Bureau of Investigations Division". Iberia Parrish Sheriff's Office. https://www.iberiaso.org/investigations/. Retrieved 9 May 2020. 
  7. ↑ "Training Division". Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office. https://www.iberiaso.org/training/. Retrieved 9 May 2020. 
  8. ↑ "Special Operations". Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office. https://www.iberiaso.org/special-operations/. Retrieved 9 May 2020. 
  9. ↑ "Tactical Tracking". Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office. https://www.iberiaso.org/tactical-tracking-team/. Retrieved 9 May 2020. 
  10. ↑ "Legal Division". Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office. https://www.iberiaso.org/legal-division/. Retrieved 9 May 2020. 
  11. ↑ "Jail Operations". Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office. https://www.iberiaso.org/jail-operations/. Retrieved 9 May 2020. 
  12. ↑ Simerman, John (25 November 2018). "Lack of trust in New Iberia: grappling with a community that's lost faith in law enforcement". Times-Picayune. https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_f5b60034-3f19-5d91-a714-dbc083bdc0f9.html. Retrieved 9 May 2020. 
  13. ↑ Simerman, John (25 November 2018). "Lack of trust in New Iberia: grappling with a community that's lost faith in law enforcement". Times-Picayune. https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_f5b60034-3f19-5d91-a714-dbc083bdc0f9.html. Retrieved 9 May 2020. 
  14. ↑ Stole, Bryn; Mustian, Jim (4 November 2016). "Ruled not guilty, Iberia Sheriff Louis Ackal says 'I'm not a crook,' vows to clean out 'rogues'". Arcadia Advocate. https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/courts/article_1f35ff7e-a2b6-11e6-920f-3b82c2c4ee1c.html. Retrieved 9 May 2020. 
  15. ↑ Simerman, John (10 December 2018). "The cost of bad policing: Review of Iberia Parish cases leads to 18 tossed convictions". Arcadia Advocate. https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/courts/article_75f2f1e2-fccc-11e8-a18f-4703b3f8e8d2.html. Retrieved 9 May 2020. 
  16. ↑ Simerman, John (25 November 2018). "Lack of trust in New Iberia: grappling with a community that's lost faith in law enforcement". Times-Picayune. https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_f5b60034-3f19-5d91-a714-dbc083bdc0f9.html. Retrieved 9 May 2020. 




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