The Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, Sheriff’s Office (LPSO) has a staff of 140 people, serving a population of over 244,000 individuals. Lafayette Parish is affected by firearm-related crime, aggravated battery, aggravated assaults, drive-by shootings, and homicides.

Lafayette Parish aims to reduce index crimes, increase burglary and larceny arrests, increase violent and non-violent crime clearance rates, and increase LPSO’s ability to assist municipalities with case closures by 10%. Using Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative (RVCRI) funding, the LPSO plans to upgrade its cameras and transmitters in the Real Time Crime Center (RTCC) to provide real-time intelligence and implement hot spot policing.