St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office
County agency in St. Landry Parish. How it reports to the FBI, and the rules its arrests run under.
Reporting to the FBI
- Population served
- 52,375 (FBI figure, 2025)
- Counties
- St. Landry Parish
- Incident reporting
- Sends incident detail (NIBRS) since January 2021.
- Months sent in 2025
- 12 of 12
- FBI agency code
- LA0490000
Source: FBI NIBRS master file 2025 batch headers; names from the FBI agency list, pulled 2026-09-29.
After an arrest
- Who decides release first
District judges and their commissioners, city and parish judges, mayor's courts, and justices of the peace can all set bail within their limits. In the largest parishes, an appointed commissioner usually sets bail first. For charges on a court's bail schedule, the jail can accept bail at the scheduled amount with no judge, unless the person asks for a special order.
La. C.Cr.P. art. 314La. C.Cr.P. art. 315La. C.Cr.P. art. 313- Time to see a judge
A person held after a warrantless arrest is entitled to a probable cause decision by a magistrate within 48 hours, which may be made on paper. The jail must bring the person before a judge for appointment of a lawyer within 72 hours, not counting weekends and holidays. The judge may set or review bail then.
La. C.Cr.P. art. 230.1La. C.Cr.P. art. 230.2
Crime and arrests
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