Bill filed to clarify Lafayette City Marshal s salary, prevent malfeasance from previous administration
ill to clarify salary for Lafayette City Marshal
and last updated 2021-04-30 00:44:48-04
We re learning more about a Senate bill that would allow the Lafayette City Marshal to keep court fees that got former City Marshal Brian Pope in legal trouble.
The bill, filed by Senator Gerald Boudreaux, will bring clarity to the law.
Senator Gerald Boudreaux says this bill will allow the Lafayette City Marshal to pocket certain fees from the court system, like money from eviction notices and subpoenas. By statute, we would have the limitations on the salary, how much fees and fines the dollars from those two accounts can go towards the salary of the marshal,â said Boudreaux.
Thomas sworn in Friday as Lafayette City Marshal
LAFAYETTE S NEWEST CITY MARSHAL WAS SWORN IN TODAY.. REGGIE THOMAS TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE THIS MORNING AT THE HEYMANN CENTER. HE WAS JOINED BY HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER. DEPUTIES WITH THE MARSHAL S OFFICE WERE ALSO SWORN IN. THOMAS REPLACES FORMER CITY MARSHAL BRIAN POPE WHO WAS FORMALLY REMOVED FROM OFFICE LAST YEAR AFTER A STRING OF LEGAL TROUBLES. THOMAS IS THE CITY S FIRST BLACK CITY MARSHAL ELECTED INTO OFFICE. ALSO THE FIRST BLACK PERSON ELECTED TO A CITY-WIDE POSITION. THOMAS WAS THE FORMER INTERIM POLICE CHIEF FOR THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE.