Transportation
Rural 5311 Program The Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Office has been operating a transport service since 1994. The initial concept was to tpransport elderly residents to doctor visits. Since 2013, we have joined forces with LA D.O.T.D. AND F.T.A. and receive an annual grant that has increased our ability to transport Iberville residents. Our transportation division […]
Corrections/Parish Jail
The Iberville Parish Jail is operated by the Sheriff’s Department. It houses up to 120 male and female inmates. It also processes those who are arrested and handles bonding requirements. The jail is located on Bayou Road in south Plaquemine.
Communications
The Communications division is critical to the Sheriff’s Department because it includes the dispatchers who handle incoming calls of emergencies and criminal activity and are responsible for obtaining important information and relaying it to the proper Sheriff’s Department deputies. The department has 20 full-time dispatchers assigned to the Plaquemine central dispatch located at the parish […]
Special Operations Group
This elite unit is trained and equipped to respond quickly in high-risk operations where force may be necessary. The unit is on 24-hour call and ready to respond to any life-threatening situation. Training for this unit is rigorous and includes hand-to-hand combat, marksmanship, entry, repelling and hostage negotiations.
Water Patrol
The Iberville Sheriff’s Department has several specially-designed and equipped boats to perform a variety of activities in Iberville’s many waterways, including surveillance, investigation of narcotics cases, rescue operations of boating accidents or lost boaters, and pursuit and apprehension of suspects. Each boat is equipped with specialized GPS technology, and crew members are certified in operation […]
Narcotics/Interstate Patrol
The Narcotics Unit investigates and combates the illegal possession, sale, manufacture, and distribution of controlled substances. Deputies in this unit work to disrupt drug trafficking organizations, reduce drug availability, and address the associated violence, money laundering, and, in some cases, vice-related crimes committed. The Interstate Patrol Division is tasked with traffic enforcement on the interstate […]
Uniform Patrol
The Uniform Patrol Division consists of four teams of uniformed officers working zones throughout the parish. They often are the first department representatives to interact with the public. Responsibilities include answering distress calls, making arrests, resolving disputes, taking crime and accident reports, conducting traffic enforcement, and providing security for a variety of events. The Motorcycle […]
Administrative Division
The Administrative Division handles many duties within the Sheriff’s Office. They include:
Criminal Investigation Division
The Criminal Division is responsible for overseeing a wide variety of investigations of primarily crimes including crimes against individuals, property, forgery, theft, unauthorized entry and more. Crime Scene Unit (part of the criminal division). The Crime Scene Unit is responsible for collecting evidence and information at the scene of a crime and working with the […]