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In accordance with LRS 39:1310, the Sheriff of the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office has submitted an amended budget for the General Fund and Special Revenue Funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019.
TANGIPAHOA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE – GENERAL FUND AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
AMENDED BUDGET
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2018 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2019
GENERAL DARE TRI-PARISH
FUND BALANCES – BEGINNING OF YEAR $8,013,052 $6,941 $200,671
PROJECTED REVENUES $20,392,000 $ 42,576 $ 57,000
PROJECTED EXPENDITURES $20,230,200 $ 42,576 $ 36,000
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES $0 $ 0 $ 0
FUND BALANCES – END OF YEAR $ 8,174,852 $ 6,941 $ 221,671
In accordance with LRS 39:1306, the Sheriff of the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office has submitted a proposed budget for the General Fund and Special Revenue Funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020. The budget document submitted is available for public inspection by all interested parties in the Chief Financial Officer’s office located at 15475 Club Deluxe Road, Hammond, LA, 70403, beginning May 24, 2019 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
A public hearing on the budget will be held on June 13, 2019, 10:00 a.m., at the Hammond Substation, 15475 Club Deluxe Road, Hammond, Louisiana, 70403. The purpose of this hearing is to consider the fiscal 2020 budget for the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office General Fund in accordance with the requirements of the Louisiana Budget Act.
TANGIPAHOA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE – GENERAL FUND AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
SUMMARY OF PROPOSED BUDGET
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2019 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2020
GENERAL DARE TRI-PARISH
FUND BALANCES – BEGINNING OF YEAR $8,174,852 $ 6,941 $ 221,671
PROJECTED REVENUES $20,275,000 $ 45,000 $ 75,000
PROJECTED EXPENDITURES $20,414,000 $ 45,000 $ 35,000
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES $ 325,000 $ 0 $ 0
FUND BALANCES – END OF YEAR $ 8,360,852 $ 6,941 $ 261,67
BUDGET MESSAGE
As chief law enforcement officer of the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office, I hereby submit the proposed General Fund and Special Revenue Fund budgets for the year ending June 30, 2020, in accordance with provisions of LRS 39:1306-1311. This budget reflects an estimate of fund balances to be carried over to the 2019-2020 budget year from the current year together with revenues and expenditures attributable to the 2019-2020 budget year.
Our mission is to provide the highest quality of public safety services to our community. As deputies with TPSO, it is our purpose to protect life and property while maintaining peace through relentless efforts of bringing justice to those who prey upon the innocent.
In February, 2019, The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office announced the start of a program designed specifically for those suffering from alcohol or drug addiction, seek the help they need through law enforcement without fear of being arrested. Operation Angel allows someone suffering from addiction to voluntarily walk into any law enforcement in Tangipahoa Parish, surrender any drugs or paraphernalia they may have, and ask for help without fear of arrest. The Sheriff's Office Operation Angel program is modeled after the very successful Angel Program in St. Tammany Parish. I am pleased to partner with all law enforcement agencies within our parish who are in full support of this vision. A vision where non-arrest diversion programs become a standard in community policing practices, thereby reducing overdose deaths, expanding access to treatment, reducing crime, and increasing trust between law enforcement and their communities. Tangipahoa Parish is the third parish in Louisiana to adopt this newapproach.
We are extremely proud of our national accreditation from The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement and we continue to set public safety as our agency’s number one mission. We are one of only four sheriff’s offices in the state of Louisiana to receive and maintain accreditation and we are extremely proud of this accomplishment.
Respectfully submitted,
Daniel H. Edwards, Sheriff
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