Lafayette Police Department (Louisiana)
| Lafayette Police Department | |
|---|---|
| Common name | City Police, City PD |
| Abbreviation | LPD |
| Agency overview | |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | City of Lafayette in the state of Louisiana, USA |
| Size | 47.7 square miles (124 km2) |
| Population | 120,623 (As of 2010) |
| Legal jurisdiction | City of Lafayette, Louisiana |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 900 East University Avenue, Lafayette, Louisiana |
| Police Officers | 266 |
| Agency executives |
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| Divisions |
3
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| Precincts |
4
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| Facilities | |
| Stations | 1 Main Station (public Access) and 2 additional sub stations |
| Parish Jails | 1 |
| Patrol Cars |
Ford Police Interceptor Utility Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor Dodge Durango Chevrolet Tahoe |
| Motorcycles |
Harley Davidson Kawasaki |
| Personal Transports | Segway |
| Mounted Patrols | 1 Thoroughbred, 4 Thoroughbred/Percheron cross breeds. |
| K-9 Units | German Shepherd and Belgian Malinois, 8 dogs total. |
| Website | |
| Lafayette Police Department (Louisiana) | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Lafayette Police Department is the principal law enforcement agency in Lafayette, Louisiana, with the exception of the campus of University of Louisiana, which falls under the responsibility of the UL Police.
The Lafayette Police Department has a variety of specialized units, including SWAT, Mounted Police, Traffic Unit, K-9 Unit, C.S.U. Unit, and two joint units with the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office, Metro Crime Scene/Forensics and Metro Narcotics. The LPD's new recruits are trained at the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office's Acadiana Law Enforcement Training Academy (ALETA). The LPD is CALEA (Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies) accredited.
The Chief of Police is Toby J. Aguillard, Attorney at Law, who was named the Lafayette Chief of Police on November 3, 2016 by Mayor-President Joel Robideaux. Chief Aguillard comes to the Lafayette Police Department with a combined 28 years law enforcement and criminal justice experience. Chief Aguillard served as the Director of Internet Crimes Against Children Division for the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office from 2006 through 2016. He also served as the Director of the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office Sex Offender Compliance Unit. Chief Aguillard has devoted his career to protecting our children and has worked as a contracted instructor for the United States Department of Justice Internet Crimes Against Children Training Programs.
In addition to Chief Aguillard’s law enforcement background, he also has 10 years’ experience as a criminal prosecutor, working as an Assistant District Attorney and an Assistant Attorney General at the Louisiana Department of Justice. He is licensed to practice law by the Louisiana Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court. He was previously a Commissioned Special Officer for the Louisiana State Police and a Commissioned Deputy for the United States Marshal’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana.
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