Lake Charles, LA Police

Lake Charles, Louisiana Police Department Information

Through their dedication, the men and women of the Lake Charles Police Department have made outstanding achievements in community partnerships and fostering a greater sense of effectiveness while striving to reduce the incidence of crime and disorder in the City of Lake Charles.
The Lake Charles PD includes the patrol division, traffic division, K9 division, victim notification program, crisis intervention team, and reports division.
As of 2016, there are 183 sworn, full-time police officers in the department. Officers per 1,000 residents are 2.38.
Lake Charles, LA Police Department
Donald Dixon, Chief of Police
830 Enterprise Blvd
Lake Charles, LA 70601
Phone: 337-491-1456
Fax: 337-491-1236

Lake Charles, Louisiana Records Request

For city records including birth and deaths, marriages and divorces plus property information, contact:
Lake Charles, LA
John Cardone, Jr., City Administrator
326 Pujo Street
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70601
Phone: 337-491-1456

For police records include traffic incidents, arrests and warrants, contact:
Lake Charles, LA Police Department
Donald Dixon, Chief of Police
830 Enterprise Blvd
Lake Charles, LA 70601
Phone: 337-491-1456
Fax: 337-491-1456

Lake Charles, Louisiana Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office

Our motto at the CPSO is Duty, Respect and Trust. Our duty is to provide the highest professional level of law enforcement response to the citizens of Calcasieu Parish. It is through our conduct that we will earn the respect and trust of both our community and of one another. It is our belief that all citizens be treated fairly, equitably and impartially.

The Sheriff’s Office includes administration, enforcement, reserve divisions, corrections, investigations, enforcement centers, crisis intervention and civil division. The department has 10 law enforcement centers. There are 900 employees in the Sheriff’s department. There are K9 unites on every shift to assist with narcotics searches, searching for suspects and apprehension of suspects.

Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office
Tony Mancuso, Sheriff
5400 E Broad St.
Lake Charles, LA 70615
Phone: 337-491-3715

Calcasieu Correction Center
5410 E Broad St.
Lake Charles, LA 70615
Phone: 337-491-3800

The corrections center has two facilities, the Calcasieu Correctional Center and Calcasieu Sheriff’ Prison (the women’s annex is located here). The division at the prison are: health services, offender education, prison ministry, work release, safety department, prison transportation, and women’ correctional services.
The correctional center is a maximum/medium custody jail.

Mail can be sent to an inmate via the US Postal Services. Include the inmate’s first and last name as well as the address of the correctional facility.

Visits are awarded to inmates as a first come/first serve based on the visitation schedule. No two inmates may receive visits at the same time. Visit the correction facility website to find visitation schedules.