June 2015 East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office

East Baton Rouge

Sheriff’s Office

Inside this issue:

Deputy Of The Month

2

Congratulations 3

In The Community 4

Birthdays 5

Upcoming Events 6

Sheriff Receives Brotherhood Sisterhood Award

EBR Sheriff Sid Gautreaux received the prestigious Brotherhood Sisterhood Award from 100 Black men and Forum 35. The award is given to those in the Baton Rouge community that have worked to eliminate bias, bigotry and racism across ethnic, gender and religious lines. “We are all aware that the Baton Rouge community has not experienced some of the high-profile situations which other parts of the country have experienced,” John F. Smith Co-chair of the award said. “This is, in part, due to the progress made and the relationships fostered by current and past Brotherhood Sisterhood honorees.” “I am so honored and humbled by this award,” EBR Sheriff Sid Gautreaux said. “ I’ve gone to great lengths to make sure that I have a department that is representa-tive of the community in which we serve. I tell my deputies that when working with other law enforcement agencies, it does not matter the shape or the color of your badge, we are all working toward the same goal. I think the same can be said of people. It does not matter your race, creed, gender, financial background- whatev-er- we should treat all people the same. I live by that. Just like my deputies, I look at what’s in a person’s heart to define them, and nothing else. I hope that I have exemplified that to this community, because now more than ever we all need to come together for the common goal of peace against violence in our community.”

DEPUTIES OF THE MONTH

Corporal James Dawson has been named the Administrative and Support Services Deputy of the Month. Corporal Dawson was hired by the EBRSO in November 1989. He has served the Office in many different capacities and he is now assigned to Building Maintenance. Corporal Dawson is a team player who has great leadership skills and work ethic. We thank him for his loyal and dedicated service.

Corporal Edward Nicholson of the Homicide Division has been named the Detectives and Special Operations Deputy of the Month. He was hired by the EBRSO on June 2, 2008. He was selected for this honor because of his hard work and determination in the Tahereh Gjassemi case. He was instrumental in identifying the person of inter-est and that information was the key to solving the case .

Deputy Daven Woodard is the Corrections Deputy of the Month. Deputy Woodard has been employed with the EBRSO since August 14, 2014. Deputy Woodard performs his job duties efficiently and timely. He pays very close attention to detail to the extent that he has notice fresh scratches on some of the inmates. This information prompted him to conduct investi-gations that revealed that the inmates had been fighting and as a result the inmates were put on lockdown. He is an asset to his shift and the EBRSO.

Cenetra Dabney has been named the Civil Deputy of the Month. Ms. Dabney came to work for the EBRSO in February 1998 and she is currently assigned to Civil Fore-closures where she is responsible for handling the bookkeeping for Garnishments and Sheriff Sales as well as working closely with local attorneys on matters concern-ing foreclosures and garnishments. Ms. Dabney is very compassionate and helpful to the people she comes into contact with on a daily basis. She inspires her co-workers to follow her example and always do their best.

Corporal Johnny Jones has been named the Uniform Patrol Deputy of the Month. Corporal Jones was hired by the Sheriff’s Office on September 6, 2000, and he is currently assigned to the Central Substation. On April 16, 2015, Corporal Jones was dispatched to a call on Greenwell Springs Road for incident involving the Unauthor-ized Use of a Moveable, Aggravated Assault and Illegal Use of a Weapon. Corporal Jones handled the entire investigation and his hard work resulted in the suspect be-ing captured in Livingston Parish.

Congratulations

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Chaplain’s Corner: Verse of the Month

“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom”

2 Corinthians 3:17

New Hires Jared B. Rivett -Uniform Patrol Jeremy P. Yantis-Uniform Patrol Edward P. Peters-Corrections

Sgt. Patti Freeman, Domestic Violence coordinator for the

office, received the 2015 Outstanding Law Enforcement

Award, from the Baton Rouge Association of Women Attor-

neys. Pictured with Patti husband, Sgt. James Freeman, daugh-

ter Katie, and Katie's fiancée Dy. Michael Canella. The awards

banquet was held at the Camelot Club. Congratulations

Dy. Kristen McKnight, of EBRSO Central Substation, received

the 2015 Public Service Award from the Sunrise Rotary Club

of Baton Rouge today. The award recognizes outstanding of-

ficers in the community who commit their lives to public ser-

vice. Congratulations Dy. McKnight!

1st EBRSO Tactical

Breaching Course The course was taught by

EBRSO SWAT personnel and

had students from four dif-

ferent agencies represent-

ed. Congratulation to all

Happy Birthday to Deputies

Born in June

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June 1st

Robin Rogers Darryl Armentor James Heine William Lockwood Sindreka Williams

June 2nd

Farrell Fabre

June 3rd

Ronnie Cannon Angela Walker Mary Valentine

June 4th

Anastatia Selby

June 5th Kimberly Soniat Nicholas Murphy Rhonda Belone Cody Williams Kreig Thomas Mark Smith Jamie Johnson

June 6th Jeffrey Norton Gwendolyn Cropper Dustin Strickland

June 8th Derrick Valentine Gloria Ballard Connie Schroeder

June 9th Timothy Johnson

June 10th Rhys Flynn Kristy Scott Angela Garrison Leroy Burton Rodney Morris

June 11th Eugene Marbs James Jordan Kitty Bretz

June 12th Carol Landry

June 13th Shalonda Lewis David Amrhein

June 14th Jordan Manchester Elisha Whitstine Bryan White Richard Wiebelt

June 15th Lana Price

June 16th Wayne Patrick Leigh Rice Robert Foster

June 18th Jessica Pizzolato Richard Horton Veronica Brown

June 19th Willie Stewart Asa Prater

June 20th Thomas Walsh Phillis Ragusa James Sandridge Jeremy Lacy

June 21st Derick Thomas Jason Fitzpatrick Travis Snyder Tiffany Brister

June 22nd Robert Chambers Mel Sweet Anastasiya Vyshnevska

June 23rd Gregory Warren Steven Williams Heather Welch

June 24th Queen Jones

June 25th Kevin Forbes

June 26th Regina Patrick Dwight Rivera Stephen Barber John Yarbrough

June 27th

Kristopher Daniels

June 28th Candy Garner Gayla Burke Mo Vij Barry Bellue

June 29th Rondell Mcclay Wendy Aymond Ashley Gibson Freddie Selders Jesse Hale

June 30th Chad Leblanc

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June 19th

Juneteenth Celebration What: Celebration of history June 21

st Fathers Day

June 27

th Pack The Park

What: Stop the Violence awareness (sheriff guess speaker) Where: Gus Young BREC Park Baton Rouge, LA When: 1:00pm-5:00pm