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Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office company history timeline

1821

In 1821, Acadian refugee Jean Mouton formally designed Lafayette, originally known as Vermilionville, with St John Church in the center.

1823

In 1823, the legislature created Lafayette Parish from a portion of St Martin Parish and named it after Marquis de Lafayette.

1859

On September 3, 1859, 600-armed vigilantes surrounded a fortified farmhouse occupied by victims of vigilante justice.

1940

In 1940, oil companies began to establish offices in Lafayette because of its central location to oil activities.

1960

Beginning with his election in 1960, Sheriff W. E. Harson instituted the Parish’s first departmentalized Sheriff’s Office.

1968

Sheriff Carlo Listi, elected in 1968, continued the progress started by Sheriff Harson, by transforming the Sheriff’s Office into one of the most efficient, best-equipped, and hardest-hitting law enforcement agencies in the state.

1984

Sheriff Donald Breaux became sheriff in 1984 and continued the work of his predecessors.

1991

Sheriff Breaux became the first Sheriff in Louisiana to have a jail nationally accredited when it received accreditation by American Correctional Association on August 5, 1991.

2000

Sheriff Michael Neustrom, elected in 2000, continued the technological advancement of the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office by upgrading the computer system and intra-agency communication.

2012

In 2012 former Sheriff Neustrom spearheaded the creation of the Lafayette Criminal Justice Committee.

2015

On November 21st 2015, Mark Garber was selected by the people of Lafayette Parish to serve as the 27th Sheriff of Lafayette Parish.

2020

Sheriff Garber then entered into his second term of office in 2020.

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