re: 'Just 9 deputies work to protect all 139,000 of you:“ Tangi Sheriff mad over failed vote

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We just ignoring that the vast majority of that 139K population is located in municipalities that have their own city police departments separate from TPSO?

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Is it really the vast majority? Hammond’s official population inside the city limits is just above 21,000, Amite City is just above 4,000, Kentwood is just above 2,000, Independence is below 2,000, and Roseland is below 1,000. Some villages as well, but I can’t see them having enough population to push incorporated populations above 50% of 139k or whatever the current parish population is.

Could it be similar to BR where people just assume some of the places right next to them are inside the city limits of some of the cities in the parish when in reality they are actually unincorporated like StG used to be.

Also, at most I think to incorporate these incorporated municipalities only need a police chief while still being able to use the Sheriff’s Department for additional needs. They can have more, and Hammond does have additional officers and staff besides the chief (Southeastern has its own police as well). I am not sure about the others or the number of officers required to handle all calls for each city. It just seems like unless they are all well staffed that they rely on the sheriff more than a fully funded city police department does.