Special Detail Requests
The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office provides the opportunity for businesses, private citizens, and organizations to contract additional law enforcement services with off-duty sheriff's deputies. During off-duty employment, deputies are directed by their law enforcement powers, which are governed by state code. Deputies do not have the authority to enforce private employers' rules and regulations and cannot perform non-law enforcement tasks. To ensure services are scheduled efficiently and delivered in a timely manner, please review the following guidelines.
Procedures
If you are interested in hiring the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office for an extra employment detail, please complete this form.
The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office can cover security and traffic assistance details throughout the parish of Tangipahoa, but is limited within city limits unless granted permission by that police department.
To cancel a detail, you MUST notify the Detail Coordinator at (985) 551 -0750, (24) hours in advance, or by 5:00 P.M. on Friday for a weekend detail. If advanced notice is not provided, you agree to pay the minimum "call-out" fee of four (4) hours.
Rates
Please note each rate is per deputy, and the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office contracts are set at a four (4) hour minimum:
- Private Security: $40.00
- Business Security: $45.00
- Parish Roadway
- Traffic Control: $55.00
- State Highway Traffic Control: $65.00
Special Events
A Special Event is defined as per Tangipahoa Parish Government per Chapter 8, Article III, Division 2 of the Tangipahoa Parish Code of Ordinances which defines a 'special event' as "an event confined to or designed for a definite field of action, purpose, or occasion where 150 or more people are in attendance, which is of a periodic nature and to which members of the public are admitted for a charge, whether or not the charge is directly or indirectly made."
Details that qualify under “Special Events” include fundraisers, festivals, fairs, carnivals, markets, concerts, parades, and races/runs/walks.
If your event falls into these categories, please contact the Tangipahoa Parish Government at 985-748-2290, and they will direct you to your next steps. The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office will be unable to contract any agreements that fall under Special Events without an approval from the Tangipahoa Parish Government.
Notes
- All extra-duty details must receive prior approval from Tangipahoa Parish and the Sheriff's Office.
- Deputy coverage is not guaranteed for special details.
- The Sheriff's Office reserves the right to cancel extra-duty details without notice and to recall deputies for official duty when necessary at any time. The Sheriff's Office shall not have any responsibility nor be subject to any penalty for doing so.
- If it is determined that the size of the event warrants, or that deputy safety is an issue, extra deputies will be required to ensure safety and efficient law enforcement coverage.
