re: Former Golden Meadow Police Chief arrested on felony charges

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There's no reason a town that small should even be incorporated and have its own police department. Same for Lockport up the road. The parish sheriff should be taking care of that.

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While I am not connected to the town, the town exists for one reason. The town got tired of always depending on Thibodaux or seeing “up the bayou” getting things done before the southern part.

It was incorporated 75 years ago, and the town held a celebration of its anniversary last weekend.

If it was up to me, the entire 10th Ward should be incorporated into one city. Louisiana law sets a city at a population over 5,000 people.

One advantage with the way the taxing laws of Louisiana make it advantageous for a city or town to form is because the sales tax generated in the city or town stay in the town instead of going into the parish’s budget. See St. George formation besides the eventual dream of forming their own school district.

For example about 25 years ago Lafourche parish wanted to pass a parish wide sales tax to repave parish streets in the parish excluding the city of Thibodaux. But the rub was and still is that most northern Lafourche parish residents that live outside the city of Thibodaux buy their groceries and goods in the city of Thibodaux so the city of Thibodaux benefits from the tax dollars generated from residents that live outside the city limits and the parish would not generate any revenue in the northern part of the parish.

The tax failed because 10th Ward residents voted against it because they felt the streets in Thibodaux would get paved first while the southern end would generate all the revenue with Port Fourchon and other shopping centers in the south and central areas that were not in Golden Meadow or Lockport.

Eventually it passed after they divided the parish into districts and got the roads repaved that way. I think they finally merged the taxing districts a few years ago when they did a tax swap to shift the sales tax to teacher pay and added a garbage fee in lieu of the parish sales tax on garbage.

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St. Gabriel is worse

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no it's not...

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They insisted that they keep my license until they got cash for the ticket. I didn't have that much cash and they weren't taking credit cards.

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yep LOL
happened exactly that way to me also. I had to spend most of the night in an orange jumpsuit while my friends drove down from New Orleans with the cash

I couldn’t believe it

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You are now in my town and I will not let you get off Scot free, you will go to jail for DWI.

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I am suspicious this did not happen in real life but I still remember the Christmas following the year I learned about who really made Christmas presents happen and a part of me really simply just wants to believe.

He should be made to pay the next 350 speeding tickets issued to motorists in Golden Meadow.

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injuring public records
Are they ok?

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Now that the staples have been removed they should recover.

What has always boggled my mind is a citation for 5MPH and under goes straight to the state so what is the purpose writing them other than possibly finding a secondary or more offenses.

Being a police officer my entire career we were NOT writing that and would actually be reprimanded for wasting time and money fooking with it. Very few instances do you use 1-2-3 over for PC traffic stop. Very few.

Per another page

From the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office:

NEWS RELEASE
August 7, 2025
AG Murrill's Louisiana Bureau of Investigation arrests former Golden Meadow Chief of Police for Injuring Public Records, Malfeasance in Office, and Computer Tampering

Agents with Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill's Louisiana Bureau of Investigation recently arrested the former Chief of Police for the Town of Golden Meadow for Injuring Public Records, Malfeasance in Office, and Computer Tampering.

The Louisiana Bureau of Investigation (LBI) received a request for assistance from the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office regarding allegations of official misconduct.

Sheriff’s officials reported that Troy Dufrene, former Chief of Police, Town of Golden Meadow, had tampered with records maintained within a case management system owned by the Sheriff’s Office and shared with the Golden Meadow Police Department. It was also reported that Dufrene, who had lost the recent police chief election, took these actions after the election and just prior to vacating the office.

During this investigation, LBI agents discovered that Dufrene had intentionally deleted over 12 years' worth of records maintained within the internal case management system. These records included traffic citations, fuel expenditures, arrest reports, payroll information, and other important data. Agents also learned that Dufrene’s actions caused significant disruption to the police department’s operations as officials have struggled to retrieve the deleted records. The Lafourche Sheriff’s Office has been working with an outside vendor to help retrieve the data.

As a result of evidence discovered during this investigation, LBI agents secured an arrest warrant for Dufrene through the 17th Judicial District Court.

On Wednesday, August 6th, Dufrene, of Griffin Lane in Golden Meadow, surrendered to authorities at the Lafourche Parish Jail and was booked on felony charges of:

1 Count of LRS 14:132, Injuring Public Records
1 Count of LRS 14:134, Malfeasance in Office
1 Count of LRS 14:73.7, Computer Tampering
His bond has reportedly been set at $15,000.a

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had intentionally deleted over 12 years' worth of records maintained within the internal case management system

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Maybe all of yall speeding tickets aren't in the system anymore and this dude will be a hero.