Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office 2022 Special Report
Dear Residents of Ascension Parish,
In 1985, I vowed to protect the people of Ascension Parish and to keep our community safe. Nearly four decades later, I have remained committed to that oath throughout my career, and as a result, our community elected me to serve as your Sheriff and continue this promise.
Over the last three years, I have worked closely with our deputies to provide the quality of public safety the residents of Ascension Parish deserve. I have worked diligently to support the mission and values of the Sheriff’s Office amidst the many challenges we have all faced in the last several years while modernizing and improving our daily operations.
Sheriff Bobby Webre
Serving 126,000+ residents
448 Employees
Divisions & Units
Read more about each division & Unit in the full report here.
Vehicles
Major Achievements
Re-established the K9 division to further enhance abilities of the narcotics unit
CREATED 3 PATROL DISTRICTS IN EACH AREA OF THE PARISH
Awarded National Accreditation by Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc.
Creation of Crime Task Force in Donaldsonville
Sheriff Webre completed the National Sheriff Leaders course at the national FBI Academy
Body camera implementation
In April 2022, the Ascension Parish Sheriffs office was awarded national accreditation by the Commission of Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), making the department one of only four in Louisiana to achieve this accreditation.
The patrol division operates across our three patrol districts, covering all unincorporated areas of Ascension Parish, the Town of Sorrento, and the City of Donaldsonville. Our patrol districts are lead by their respective District Commanders; this has greatly improved deputy response time and enhanced accountability within each area of our parish.
The APSO Crisis Response Team, established in 1993, is a highly trained and equipped unit that is specially trained to provide critical response to uncommon threats including hostage situations, barricaded suspects, sniper incidents, and high-risk warrant services.
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In 2019, Sheriff Webre re-established the K9 unit within our narcotics division and welcomed two trained canines to the APSO family, Brenda and Kyra. Our canines and their handlers have greatly enhanced our narcotics division’s work to fight drug-related crime in Ascension Parish, and they play a critical role in removing drugs, illegal weapons, and criminals from our community.
Our state-of-the-art dispatch center serves as the central emergency communications hub for Ascension Parish, routing calls for all parish districts, the Gonzales Police Department, and all fire services districts. This facility is designed with complete redundancy that has allowed our 9-1-1 operations to remain 100% operational with no downtime during all natural disasters to impact our area.
During Hurricane Ida, our dispatch center managed call volume for many surrounding parishes whose dispatch centers were offline or damaged. Since relocating our dispatch center from the former Parish Courthouse to our District 2 headquarters, we have been able to expand our operations and increase the capacity for additional dispatchers, greatly enhancing our ability to respond to local and regional emergencies.
While the last three years required significant deputy overtime hours to continue serving Ascension during the Covid-19 pandemic and Hurricane Ida response and recovery, Sheriff Webre was able to effectively manage the APSO budget, successfully creating the largest surplus in recent history.
Read MoreWith devastating crime in schools across the country, our department is committed to ensuring every student in Ascension Parish is safe when they go to school each day.
Our deputies and agency staff are passionate about the community we call home and stay involved year-round in serving the people of Ascension Parish beyond all badge-related duties.
Read about four outstanding officers who received awards for their dedication, performance and excellence.
Recently, our department has began partnerships with the Ascension Parish Government, City of Donaldsonville, the Ascension Parish School Board, Ascension Parish Libraries and the Ascension Parish Government for cost-savings and community improvement.
After the devastation from Hurricane Ida, APSO assisted by identifying impassible or unsafe roadways, cleaning debris, and taking emergency calls.