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DeSoto Parish Investigators are seeking the public’s help in identifying the pictured suspecct, believed to be involved in a theft in the Gloster area. Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000 for any information that leads to the identification and/or arrest of the suspect. Tips can remain anonymous, we don’t need your name, just your information! You may contact our main office at 318-872-3956 and ask to speak with an investigator regarding this post, or visit www. P3Tips.com to submit a tip online. You may also provide your information using the DeSoto Sheriff App, under Forms & Tips!

August 15 was a historic day in Mansfield and for the DeSoto Parish Police Jury! The Old Jail Parking lot between the Sheriff’s office and the DeSoto Parish Police Jury’s office is officially open and ready for use starting tomorrow (8/15/2024). This space is open to the public and free to use. The police jury will be installing some lighting and minor landscaping soon, but that is currently unscheduled. If there is a need to close the parking area in the future it should only be partially closed and for a very short time. The entrance is located off Mouton street. God Bless.

On Saturday, August 10th, DeSoto Sheriff Deputies teamed up with Louisiana State Police and Louisiana Passenger Safety Task Force to host another Child Car seat Installation/Safety event! Attendees had an opportunity to ask questions and become properly trained on how to install a child carseat safely. We also provided ROTH ID tags to those in attendance! As we mentioned in our earlier posts, these tags double as an armband for your kiddos in the event of an emergency, contained their information that you have written on the back. This entire event was free of charge to the public, and something we will continue to provide in the future. We thank everyone who joined us for the event, as well as LSP and the La. Passenger Safety Task Force for helping to make it a success!

* There will be more dates announced in the future if you were unable to attend this one! Check back on our social media and the DeSoto Sheriff App for future announcements!

Investigators with the DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the owner or location of the vehicle pictured below. This vehicle is believed to be involved in a burglary that took place in July of 2024. If you should have information that may lead investigators to locating the vehicle and identifying the thief, Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000 for your info. You can request to remain anonymous, and still get paid!

The DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office haa received 4 calls in just the last 5 minutes regarding a commonly known SCAM going back around right now. Individuals are receiving calls from a scammer claiming to be with the DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office, and demanding that they pay money over the phone or risk being arrested on a warrant. Each story is slightly different, sometimes stating a specific deputy name and always coming from a different phone number. We are not, and do not do this. Here are your RED FLAGS: 1. A random number calls and threatens you with a warrant or arrest unless you pay up immediately.

2. The scammer does not want you to hang up, and tries to keep you on the phone until you comply.

3. The scammer acts unprofessionally.

4. The scammer requests that you pay immediately, and pay using uncommon payment methods.

Last week the DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office said good-bye to their summer workers Zoey, Vivy, and Christian. They will leave DPSO and finally make their way off to college.

Sheriff Richardson said, “It’s been an honor to have each of them work alongside us here in the Mansfield Main Office over the summer, and we look forward to what this next chapter of life brings for them! Thank you for all your hard work!

Sheriff Jayson Richardson and staff would like to welcome our newest Patrol Deputies to the DPSO Family. Deputy Jacob Daigle and Deputy Zachary Moore both completed their training at the Shreveport Regional Training Academy today, and will begin protecting and serving the citizens of DeSoto Parish on Monday, August 04th. Graduation was held on Friday, August 02, 2024. We are also pleased to announce that Dy. Daigle took home the Top Shot and Academic Award, while Dy. Moore took home the Overall Honor Graduate Award and Physical Fitness Award! Dy. Moore was also chosen to be the class President and spoke at the graduation ceremony. Pictured in order from left to right are: Asst. Warden Kevin Coleman, Patrol Captain Michael Dunn, Lt. Scott Atkins, Dy. Jacob Daigle, Major Chato Atkins, Dy. Zachary Moore, Lt. Joe West, Dy. John Welch, Dy. Matthew Brooks, and Dy. Chris Clanton.

DeSoto Sheriff Investigators are needing the publics assistance in helping to identify the suspect pictured below. This individual is believed to have been involved in a burglary that took place off of Mundy Road back in May of this year. We would appreciate any help the public may be able to provide that will bring this suspect to justice, thereby protecting your own property of being targeted next. You can call 318-872-3956 and ask to speak with an investigator regarding this post.

Crime Stoppers is willing to pay up to $1,000 for ANY info that leads to the identification or arrest of the suspect pictured below!

On August 6, officers and members of the DeSoto Parish Chamber of Commerce joined local friends and professionals for the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for Nadine Atkins’ new business, High Quality Education Services, LLC, located at 211 Washington Avenue, Suite D in Mansfield.

Ms. Atkins offers personalized tutoring in reading and math for grades K through 12 in addition to test prep and homework help. Your student can learn from the comfort of your home or in person with the help of a professional instructor. She is available to help during evening or weekend hours.

If you are a Louisiana resident your child may qualify for the Steve Carter Education Grant where you would pay nothing out of pocket for tutoring. For more information call 318-540-4825.

DeSoto citizens will be pleased to know that representatives from each agency across the parish gathered today for an hours long Emergency Preparedness workshop. Leaders from DeSoto Parish Sheriff, City of Mansfield Police Department, DeSoto EMS & Fire Districts, 911 Communications, FEMA, DeSoto Parish Schools, DeSoto Parish Police Jury and more were in attendance, and no one sat on the bench in this exercise either. Live exercises such as a mass scale tornado, explosion, building collapse, transport and pickup of students, triage staging locations and more were covered during the “DeSoto Emergency Drill Workshop” which will continue over the coming weeks. Each attendee was questioned on and had to act out how to properly organize, respond, garner additional resources, and communicate with the public and media in the event of a large scale emergency. We prepare for the worse case scenario, and hope/pray that it never happens.