East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office
| East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office | |
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| Abbreviation | EBRSO |
East Baton Rouge Sheriff Patch
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Badge of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office
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| Agency overview | |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | State of Louisiana, United States |
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| Map of East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction. | |
| Size | 471 square miles (1,220 km2) |
| Population | 412,852 |
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| Headquarters | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Deputy Sheriffs | 890 (2004) |
| Agency executive | Sid Gautreaux, III, Sheriff |
| Facilities | |
| Substations | 6 |
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| http://www.ebrso.org | |
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| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office (EBRSO) is the primary law enforcement agency of East Baton Rouge Parish, and has jurisdiction anywhere in the parish. It falls under the authority of the sheriff, who is the chief law enforcement officer of the parish. The sheriff's office employs approximately 850 deputies, making it one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the state of Louisiana.
The sheriff of East Baton Rouge is Sid Gautreaux III. Sheriff Gautreaux was sworn into office as sheriff on December 4, 2007. He served the sheriff's office as a sergeant in uniform patrol and served as the chief of police for Baker, Louisiana for 27 years. He is a member of the state D.A.R.E. Advisory Board, chairman of the Delta Drug Task Force, and a past president of the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police as well as several other professional memberships and posts. He is married and has four children.
The sheriff is also the ex officio tax collector for East Baton Rouge Parish.
The department is divided up into five substations, with its headquarters in downtown Baton Rouge. The substations are as follows:
The Sheriff's Office also operates the following facilities in addition to the substations:
On the grounds of the Parish Prison are also Fleet Operations, Inmate Work Release, Evidence Building and the Capital Area Regional Training Academy (CARTA) which is a regional law enforcement facility that trains EBRSO deputies as well as numerous officers from the surrounding parishes.
The Sheriff's Office rank structure is as listed:
The current standard issue firearm for EBRSO Deputies is the Glock Model 22 semi-automatic pistol in [ 40 S&W] and the Smith & Wesson Model 66 revolver in .38 caliber. Other optional handguns are also authorized for carry on-duty as well as off-duty. Most deputies are also issued a Remington 870 Police 12 gauge shotgun. Some police cars are also equipped with a Colt AR-15 A2 in .223. The deputies are issued batons and the chemical spray Freeze +P. Tasers have also recently been issued.
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