Larry Deen
| Larry Callaway Deen | |
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| Sheriff of Bossier Parish, Louisiana | |
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In office July 1, 1988 – June 30, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Vol Dooley |
| Succeeded by | Julian C. Whittington |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 8, 1948 Reared in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Political party | Democrat-later-Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Bobbie Joe Dean |
| Children | Heath C. Deen |
| Parents | Evelyn Young Deen |
| Residence | Benton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana |
| Occupation | Law-enforcement officer |
Larry Callaway Deen (born September 8, 1948) is the retired six-term sheriff of Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana, whose service extended from 1988 until his retirement in 2012.
His father, Jesse C. Deen, was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1972 to 1988. Deen was born shortly after his parents moved to Bossier Parish. His mother, the former Evelyn Young (born 1930), is a daughter of the late Casper Callaway Young, a Bossier Parish native, and the former Cardille Jones, originally from Simsboro in Lincoln Parish. His father is a native of Grant Parish, a retired educator at the Rocky Mount School in Bossier Parish, a former member of the Bossier Parish Police Jury, and a four-term state legislator.
In 1987, Deen resigned as a deputy sheriff to run against his former boss and fellow Democrat, Sheriff Vol Dooley of Bossier City. Deen unseated Dooley, who was seeking a third full term in the office, 17,113 (62 percent) to 7,973 (28.9 percent). Bill Gray, a third Democratic candidate, held the remaining 2,518 votes (9.1 percent). In 1991, Deen won his second term with 89 percent of the vote over another Democrat, Lillian L. Lewter of Bossier City. Deen was thereafter unopposed in the elections of 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007.
From 1996 to 2001, Deen was the president of the Northwest Division of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement, an agency created under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct federal funds to local and state law enforcement entities with the goal of making them more effective in protecting the citizenry.
In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, Sheriff Deen provided security for a visit by U.S. President George W. Bush to Barksdale Air Force Base, from which Bush addressed the nation on the terrorist threat. Deen's department, along with some one hundred other patrol cars, barricaded entry to Barkdsdale to protect Bush from threat that did not materialize. The Bush visit and the terrorist threat subsequently propelled Deen to launch the program "Operation Exodus", which is designed to preserve vital resources in event of a catastrophe. The program depends heavily on services from retired law-enforcement personnel.
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