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Lierica Boutte is the 2010 recipient of the $500 LA Sheriff's Association Scholarship given by the Sheriff annually to an employee's child who has graduated from high school and will be attending a Louisiana college. Lierica graduated from Barbe High School in May 2010 and will be attending Louisiana State University in the fall. She is the daughter of Lillie Boutte who works in the Calcasieu Correctional Center.

2010 JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT-LOCAL SOLICITATION - PUBLIC NOTICE
May 27, 2010

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office is in the process of applying for grant funding under the 2010 Justice Assistance Grant Local Solicitation. The proposed budget for the grant, administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, is based on the funding of $28,685.00.

The CPSO has elected to purchase twenty (20) Tasers with extended four-year batteries, nineteen (19) Taser cameras and twenty-eight (28) Taser cartridges with the grant funds. This purchase is a continuation of an existing plan to supply individually assigned Tasers (less-than-lethal devices) to all uniform patrol deputies. When fully implemented this project is intended to improve fiscal efficiency by reducing commuting time of patrol deputies to sign out Tasers and to enhance public and officer safety.

The sheriff's office welcomes comments on this federal grant application from all community-based organizations, neighborhood groups, and citizens of Calcasieu Parish .

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office Honor Guard was one of 200 teams that participated in the 2010 National Honor Guard Competition in Washington, D.C. during National Police Week festivities on May 14.

Six CPSO Honor Guard members were selected by Sheriff Tony Mancuso to participate in their first national competition. They were Sgt. Corey Manuel, Cpl. Leonard Crawford, Cpl. John Reddin, Cpl. Stephen Arnold, Cpl. Lance Melendy, and Cpl. Chris Duhon.

They represented the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office and Louisiana with pride and professionalism and placed 8th in the overall competition.