The City Police Chief or Marshal is the chief law enforcement officer of the city and is responsible for planning, directing, managing, and overseeing the activities and operations of the Police Department.
The candidate shall be an elector of the municipality when elected. At the time of qualification, the candidate shall have been domiciled for at least the immediately preceding year in a city or town (6 months in a village) except that a person who resides outside of the corporate limits of the village of Maurice may be elected chief of police. There is also an exception in the town of Gueydan, allows for a person who resides outside the corporate limits of the town but inside the territorial limits of Ward 8 of Vermilion Parish. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the village of Napoleonville.
Filing Requirements
Filing Fee: $225. Signature Requirement: 400
Paperwork Instructions
Submit paperwork to the Parish Court Clerk's office.