THIRD ASSESSMENT OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE BY THE EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICEThird Assessment of Settlement Agreement • June 3rd, 2022
In June 2018, the United States Department of Justice and the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office (EPSO) entered into a Settlement Agreement (Agreement) to ensure EPSO provides police services in a manner that complies with the Constitution and the laws of the United States. The Agreement is designed to end the use of arrests without probable cause in order to investigate crimes, termed “investigative holds,” and improve EPSO’s policies, procedures, training, interrogation practices, community policing practices, supervision, data collection, and transparency. This Report, the Third Enforcement Report, covers the period from September 5, 2020, through November 30, 2021.
THIRD ASSESSMENT OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE BY THE EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICEThird Assessment of Settlement Agreement • June 3rd, 2022
In June 2018, the United States Department of Justice and the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office (EPSO) entered into a Settlement Agreement (Agreement) to ensure EPSO provides police services in a manner that complies with the Constitution and the laws of the United States. The Agreement is designed to end the use of arrests without probable cause in order to investigate crimes, termed “investigative holds,” and improve EPSO’s policies, procedures, training, interrogation practices, community policing practices, supervision, data collection, and transparency. This Report, the Third Enforcement Report, covers the period from September 5, 2020, through November 30, 2021.
