Sheriff Randy Smith is pleased to announce the creation of a new patrol district for the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office.
The new district will stretch from the Tchefuncte River west to the Tangipahoa Parish line and will increase the number of patrol districts in the unincorporated parts of the parish from three to four.
Shortly after taking office, Sheriff Smith recognized the growth in the western part of the parish.
This immense growth became even more evident when the new census numbers were released for the parish. Those numbers showed a parish-wide population increase from 233,570 in 2010 to 264,570 in 2020, with the largest growth in population on the western side of the parish.
As the population increased so did the calls for service.
In 2010 the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office received 161,463 calls for service. In 2020, deputies responded to 211,761 calls for service.
The growth on the western side of the parish not only includes residences, but also new medical facilities and businesses.
The creation of the new district reinforces Sheriff Smith’s promise to improve response times, centralize manpower and increase visibility in the community.
The district office will temporarily be housed in an office suite at 71121 Highway 21, Suite E, while the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office finalizes plans to purchase land to build a permanent district station in the area of Louisiana Highway 21 and Interstate 12.
In addition to patrol deputies, this station will also house property investigators, community relations deputies, traffic deputies and representatives from the agency’s Crisis Intervention Team.
In conjunction with the new district build-out, the sheriff is also happy to announce the relocation of the Fourth District Station to the newly remodeled Hilery Mayo Jr. & Linden “Beau” Raimer Memorial Station at 81635 Louisiana Highway 41 in Bush.
