LIVINGSTON PARISH

Administration

Business Phone: 225.435.1324
Business Fax: 225.686.7085
Business Address: 20300 Government Blvd, P.O. Box 850, Livingston, LA 70754
Detention Center Fax: 225.686.7860
Detention Center Phone: 225.435.1541
Detention Center Address: 28445 Charlie Watts Road, Livingston, LA 70754
Email Address: jard@lpso.org
Number of Regular Deputy Sheriffs:  378
Sheriff’s Administrative Assistant:  Ramona Bitter
Chief Criminal Deputy: Brian P. Smith
Chief of Operations:Ben Ballard
Chief Financial Officer: Jamie Felder
Chief of Investigations: Maj. Ben Bourgeois
Uniform Operations: Captain Chad McGovern
Detention Center Warden Lt. Col. Lance Landry
Training Division: Captain Hayden Brown
Communications: Captain Donna Wall
Public Information Officer: Lori Steele

Personal Information

Year Assumed Office: 2012
Spouse: Erica Stogner Ard
Education: High School Graduate
Political Party: Republican

Law Enforcement Training: FBI National Academy, P.O.S.T. Academy, P.O.S.T. Firearms and Corrections Instructor; LEEDS

Professional and Civic Affiliations: Chairman – Livingston Parish 911 District; National Sheriffs’ Association; Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association; FBINA; Hurd Murrill Masonic Lodge #454; Livingston Parish Chamber of Commerce