re: Looks like Jason Ard is in a fight to remain sheriff in Livingston Parish

You either just won an election by just over 100 votes or you are pretty close to a person who has…

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Now we are a bed and breakfast parish getting THREE, that’s right, FRICKING THREE applications a year at job fairs because we can’t pay them with all these awesome new homes and property taxes.

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I guess I see it as an issue when you blame a victim of child abuse (yes the parents and step parents are victims too) for the fact that the LPSO didn’t investigate it properly when they were notified of the issues.

But you are right, the LPSO did investigate it and uncovered a ton of evidence, AFTER it was reported to a different agency and couldn’t be ignored. I’m glad the National Center for Missing and Exploited children doesn’t have the same staffing issues and complainant obligations the LPSO seems to have, otherwise children may still be getting abused.

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I guess I see it as an issue when you blame a victim of child abuse

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I never said that and you are a bitch to claim that.

I never absolved LPSO of mistakes either. I was very clear on that. But mistakes are different than INTENT to harm.

I can tell you this, I come from a high level police family and there are two things I’ve learned:

1. Every policeman knows how to get a formal investigation started. If that other policeman didn’t, you need to ask why and then ask how that may have affected the way LPSO initially looked into Perkins. Had he done what LSP done, as you said, this wouldn’t be a discussion.

2. Police are accused of stuff every day by all kinds of people with vendettas for various and obvious reasons due to the nature of their jobs. Some legitimate, many not. I guess we should just suspend police and investigate them when anyone comes in the door with a story. Imagine if the whole world worked that way.

Again, for the slow readers in here: LPSO made some mistakes and I can understand why people feel like they do. Makes sense to me.

But to assume it’s some kinda conspiracy is dumbassery.

Fair enough… if you aren’t Jason Ard, you didn’t blame the victims of child abuse for not pursuing the matter.

If you are Jason Ard, then you absolutely did blame the victims of child abuse and you did it publicly and you said they should be ashamed of themselves for not doing anything further.

Furthermore if you did happen to be Jason Ard, you had a LEGAL OBLIGATION and broke the law by failing to write a report on the matter. It just so happens that there is a state law requiring it.

It’s in Title 46 of the revised statutes if you care to look it up.

§ 2141. Reporting

Whenever a law enforcement officer investigates an allegation of domestic abuse, whether or not an arrest is made, the officer shall make a written report of the alleged incident, including a statement of the complainant, and the disposition of the case.

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You can admit you have some kind of tie to Ard or to the LPSO. You’re coming across as emotional now.

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You can say that all you want. I’m being pretty rational right now

If saying

1. There are good people on both sides
2. I understand why people would want to vote for McMasters
3. LPSO has made mistakes
4. LSPO didn’t intentionally protect criminals to harm children

Is emotional, I’d like to see your idea of rational

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. LSPO didn’t intentionally protect criminals to harm children

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How about all the sex abuse complaints that went ignored for years ? The Mack case for one ?

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First election. Spent less than 20k. Campaigned for 4 months. Met all my people face to face. Won hearts and minds. Opposition spent over half a mil. Got over 17k votes. And I lost by 117 votes.

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Man, with a little Tiger droppings money backing you, you'd have been moving into the Sherriff's desk this week.

I voted for you btw. Thanks for your service and good luck to you.

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Just to be abundantly clear, if I go to Jason Ard and tell him a murder occurred

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He didn't just say "a murder occurred", he told Ard that one of his deputies was in bed with a minor. Ard absolutely had a duty to act on that statement alone, period, end of story. If he had said "I heard a guy who I won't mention was banging a minor" that's totally different.

Put your efforts behind defending someone worth a shite.

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In almost every instance, it was the LPSO who arrested and fired their own.

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That sounds more like accountability than, let’s say, what’s happened at BRPD and NOPD. Your list actually in a way proves the LPSO is doing its job.

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I used to listen to the podcast Real Life. Real Crime. I am sure there are people on this board who still does. There is an episode about the Perkins dude who got arrested. In that episode it is stated that it was common knowledge by other officers that ole boy would stop female drivers and "convince" them to have sex with him in exchange of him not giving them a ticket, etc.

There were a few other things mentioned in older episodes that gave me the impression that the LPSO was/is nothing but one big ole good ole boy department.

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gave me the impression that the LPSO was/is nothing but one big ole good ole boy department

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Beacause that's exactly what it is. That is the case for the entire parish government system, though.