1. Elementary K-3rd grade: A comical based production where our clowns teach the basics of fire safety and safety in the home. 
2. Elementary 4th-5th grade: get an extension of the program that builds on foundational principles of fire safety but also begins teaching environmental awareness and planning.
3. Young Adults 6th - 12th grade: A continuation of teaching principles identified in our community. Material delivered from the same curriculum but through a more mature production method.  Specifically Disaster Preparedness, the role of citizens & government, and the dynamics of managing the populous during large scale incidents.  Scheduled for development in 2009
4. Public Performances: A flexible culmination of the entire curriculum designed to accommodate venues throughout the Gulf Coast.  Today, the BLAST program has performed for audiences of over 1000 people and is currently partnering with LBP, DHS, and many local fire departments to advance this important initiative.

             REQUEST FIRE PREVENTION EDUCATION

Sulphur Municipal Fire & Police Civil Service Board

ATTN: Lee Ann Hebert

P.O. Box 1309

Sulphur, LA 70664

The Land Use Commission meets the 3rd Monday of every month at 5:30pm at the City Council Chambers. 

Land Use Map

Lenore Carroll, District 1
517 East Brimstone
Sulphur, LA 70663
337-263-1242 (cell)
lenore.carroll@cpsb.org

Troy Darby, District 2
1107 West Crocker Street
Sulphur, LA 70663
337-912-8448
Troydarby1967@gmail.com

Veronica Allison, District 3
909 Elm Street
Sulphur, La 70663
337-274-0905 (cell)
vallison3@me.com

Eddie LeBlanc, District 4
2412 Roxton
Sulphur, LA 70663
337-287-7405
ecljrsp58@bellsouth.net

Jonathan Brazzell, District 5
525 Trailwood
Sulphur, LA 70663
337-244-6819
jrbrazzell@gmail.com

Animal control officers are on call after hours, weekends, and holidays for emergencies only (dog/cat bites, injured animals, loose vicious/dangerous dogs).

Directions to Sulphur Animal Control Shelter

 

The Streets Department is responsible for maintaining and servicing the City of Sulphur’s street and drainage systems. These services include utility cuts, potholes, grass, limb pickup, street sweeping, traffic lights, culvert cleaning, and drain repairs.

Streets Maintenance & Services

Utility cuts

Typically occur when a water leak or sewer maintenance has occurred where the street, driveway or yard had to be removed to repair the issue. Normally, water or sewer crews will leave a barricade in the area until the utility crew can come back and repair. The utility cut will normally be repaired in approximately two (2) weeks after the initial repair was made. Dress ups may occur in-between where the utility cut is refilled an aggregate material.

Potholes

Potholes are maintained by the same crew that repairs utility cuts. Once a pothole is called into the Maintenance Department, the utility crew will go out and assess. A work order will be generated to fix the pothole. The crew if a small fix should be able to do within the same day, if it is a larger scale pothole a barricade will be placed, or rock placed in the pothole until material can be ordered to fix the repair. If an asphalt road the utility crew will use the Falcon Hot Box which holds a capacity of 30 gallons to repair the asphalt patch in a faster timeframe.

Street sweeping

The Streets department has two (2) street sweepers a 2016 Freightliner Sweeper and a 2007 Vacall Sweeper. Once the work order is placed in the system after a report is made, it will be assigned to a driver who will be out within the next 24-48 hours to sweep the street.

Traffic Signals

The department utilizes a 2012 Bucket Boom Truck to change bulbs, reset lights, and remove and replace damaged hardware. All streets within the City limits are maintained by the City of Sulphur except for Napoleon (Hwy 90), Cities Service Highway (Hwy 108) and Beglis Parkway (Hwy 27). Traffic lights that are on or intersect the three (3) streets listed above are maintained by LADOTD. Once a traffic light is reported a work order is generated and someone is called out the same day to check and repair. If the repair cannot occur due to hardware having to be ordered the intersection may be turned into a 4 way stop until repair is made.

Grounds/Beautification

The City of Sulphur Grounds Maintenance consists of three (3) grounds crew and one (1) truck driver/operator. The grass crews are responsible for making sure all buildings and properties owned by the City of Sulphur are maintained. This includes are Roselawn Cemetery, median strip on city streets, sidewalks, the Pavilion area at the Grove, lift stations etc.  Along with cutting the grass, they are responsible for picking up any littering in the areas that they are cutting. Each crew is equipped with a truck, trailer, ride on lawnmower, weed eaters and blowers. The lawnmower is operated by the foreman of the crew and the laborers utilize the weed eaters and blowers. The driver is responsible for operating the John Deere Slope mower that is utilized to mow the sides of major streets and where ditches are extremely deep. In the colder months are grass crews are responsible for the setup of the Christmas tree and decorations that occur at the Grove along with SPAR and for decorations at City Buildings. Crews normally start setting up the week of Thanksgiving until finished.

Limb pickup

Limb/debris pickup service is provided by the City of Sulphur. The City has two (2) limb grapple trucks that are utilized and at least one (1) truck runs every day except in inclement weather. If you have limbs at the road, we ask that you call in so the address can be added to list given to drivers. Summer months are the peak time for limb pickup, and it may be 2 to 3 weeks before limbs are serviced. We ask that limbs not exceed six (6) feet in length and four (4) inches in diameter. Limbs need to be stacked neatly at the road and no trash or construction debris can be mixed in with the limbs. If limbs are not serviceable a green tag will be placed on the limbs with the reason of non-pickup. Once the reason is corrected you can call the maintenance department so the driver can go back out to service. 

Ditches

are maintained by the Maintenance Department for drainage issues. Grass in the ditches shall be maintained by the homeowner unless extremely deep. If you notice that the ditches are not draining, you can report to the maintenance department. The maintenance department will issue a work order for the ditch crew to go on site to shoot elevation as needed to dig the ditch. A Dottie will have to be called for all jobs that require digging with a machine. Utility locators normally have 48 ours to mark their lines and the City has two weeks from the date of the Dottie beginning to swipe or dig the ditches. Existing culverts that are full of debris can be reported for the ditch crew to go out and blow out the culvert with our 2017 Freightliner Vacuum Pressure Truck.

Culverts

Culverts are no longer installed by the City of Sulphur. If you would like to install a culvert you will have to buy a culvert permit from the City’s Inspections Department. Click here to view the document.

Once the culvert permit is paid for at Inspections, they will send the information to the Maintenance Department, Street Supervisor will go out and access what materials you will need and will contact you with the information. It is the property owner’s responsibility to buy the material needed and to hire someone to install. Before the contractor can backfill, the Maintenance Department will need to be called so the Supervisor can go back and inspect and then once approved contractor can backfill.

Storm Drains

Storm drains are cleaned on a routine schedule however, when inclement weather is forecast for this area grass crews and ditches crews begin days ahead cleaning drains and checking ditches for obstructions. On the day the inclement weather is proposed to hit the area, city maintenance crews are strictly on drains with crews being assigned specific areas to maintain in case loose debris in yards is to float and block storm drains. If you see a blocked storm drain, damaged storm drains or drain lid missing please contact the Maintenance Department so crews can be dispatched. The City has ordinances in effect to help with stormwater management please see link. https://library.municode.com/la/sulphur/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH25DR

Storm Drains can have cave ins due to collars on pipes breaking. If you notice a cave in the front yard by a storm drain, please contact the Maintenance Department. The Ditch crew will investigate and if determined to be a drain cave in a ticket will be generated for repair and a Dottie called in. Once the Dottie becomes effective the crew has up to two (2) weeks to repair. The cave in will be roped off with stakes and orange ribbon to indicate not to step in that area.

Complaints

Please remember when calling the Maintenance Department at 337-527-4583 to report a concern that we will need a location address or intersection, name, phone number, and how long the issue has been occurring or any other details that can be provided.

The Enterprise Zone Program provides an income tax credit to businesses locating in a zone by offering a $2,500 tax credit per new employee hired (with a minimum of five). All of the newly hired employees must be Louisiana residents, and 35% of these must be:

1. Residing in Calcasieu Parish;
2. Receiving some form of public assistance prior to employment; and 

3. Considered unemployable by traditional standards (physically challenged) or lacking basic learning skills.

A sales tax rebate is also provided on the building materials purchased for building or expanding a business. Any type of business can qualify, except those in residential development. Contact the Mayor's Office at 337-527-4500 for additional information.

The Fire Department assumes tactical and strategic command of all city operations during large scale incidents like hurricanes and ice storms. By planning for and responding to these incidents we maintain a close relationship with Parish and State emergency managers. These relationships are critical during times of extreme emergencies and long term incidents.

Disaster plans are written based on assumptions and probabilities that come from historical data. They include the assumed behavior of the general public, as well as capabilities of the agencies that are going to be included in an emergency response. Yet with all the scientific methods to minimize the adverse impact of large scale disasters, we are still dealing with individuals and their individual personalities. And with all the material addressing preparedness, it's easy to lose sight of the main thing. We're going to look at who expects what from local government and the citizens of Southwest Louisiana. In this article, we'll show how the connections are made from the president's declaration of a disaster to the citizen's role in dealing one.

Response, Recovery, Mitigation & Preparedness outline the life cycle of managing disasters. At the onset of a disaster, local agencies will respond, assess, and scale their resources up to what is necessary to manage it. Once the situation is stabilized, the recovery process begins. Mitigation will take place just after that where measures are taken to minimize the impact of a recurrence of the same type of event. And finally preparedness; by far, the most important factor in managing disasters, is how well prepared you understand your role at game time. The national incident management system expects that government leadership is aware that they are always in one of these phases and are working to improve their methods.

When we're not dealing with a disaster we should be planning for one. In the incident management framework, there are 16 emergency support functions that address everything necessary to support operations during disasters. The best way to exercise these support functions is to practice them under normal conditions. By working out these support functions under normal circumstances, you raise the chances that your methods work during crises time. This is where the new planning initiatives are impacting business as usual.

During The City of Sulphur's response to Rita, the fire department employed the incident command system to citywide operations. The results were recognized in Baton Rouge as well as Washington because of the rapid response, mitigation & recovery delivered to the city. At a time when billions of dollars were being poured into response efforts across the Gulf coast: the City of Sulphur's final figures chalked up some of the lowest cost per citizen figures recorded. From steps taken by the city's administration, responder competence, and citizen awareness; the community as a whole gets credited. Likewise we're expected to pursue excellence which means asking ourselves what we're going to do better next time.

There are roughly 21000 people in the City of Sulphur while there are only about 220 first responders counting public safety, public works & health care. A 100:1 ratio highlights the importance of cooperation from the public. An adequately prepared public is critical to the overall success of how well disasters can be managed by skilled first responders. Just as an entire community can reap the reward of proper planning they can also sew failure by not adequately preparing for the future. For this reason, the City of Sulphur maintains high compliance standards against ever changing building codes in an effort to minimize future risk. Also, our responders far exceed the federal competency requirements that outline who can do what during large scale disasters. It's a proactive belief that before high standards can be enforced they need to demonstrated. This is a balanced approach to a critical subject in a region where the threat of a future disaster is exceptionally high.

During future disasters, the federal government expects the state have its compliance measures in place. The state in turn will expect the same from parish governments. Finally, Calcasieu Parish and the rest of those higher governments expect the City of Sulphur to understand, practice, and attempt to institutionalize the incident command system into its business process. The City of Sulphur is fortunate to have an aggressive administration that seeks to excel with regards to emergency response. Our successes will come not by grading ourselves next to our neighbors but by taking a close look at our potential. This is the attitude that will successfully carry us through the next disaster with the least possible damage.

FILING PROCEDURES FOR REGULAR CIVIL SUITS AND SMALL CLAIMS

1. The plaintiff(s) come to the Civil Division at the courthouse and files the necessary paperwork and pays the filing fees.
2. The defendant(s) are served with a citation and a certified copy of the suit by either the Ward 4 Marshal's Office or the Sheriff's Department or, if it is a small claims suit, by certified mail or service.
3. The defendant(s) have a 10 day period to file his/her answer. If more than one defendant, each defendant must file an answer.

NOTE:  THE (10) DAYS ARE COUNTED FROM THE DAY THE DEFENDANT RECEIVES THE SUIT.

• If an answer is filed by the defendant(s), a certified copy will be mailed to the plaintiff along with a request for trial setting
• If no answer is filed by the defendant(s) after the legal delay has lapsed, the plaintiff has the right to obtain judgment against the defendant(s).

NOTE:  IF THE DEFENDANT(S) COME IN AFTER THE (10) DAYS HAVE PASSED, BUT BEFORE THE JUDGMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED, THE ANSWER WILL HAVE TO BE HONORED.

• If a judgment is granted to the plaintiff(s), the defendant(s) will be notified by regular mail, the Ward 4 Marshal's Office or Sheriff's Department depending on the type of service that was given.
• If the defendant(s) refuse to pay his/her claim, the plaintiff(s) may pay a deposit and file for Garnishment.

The rules of small claims are basically the same as the filing of a regular suit with the following exceptions:

1. Small claims cannot be appealed.
2. Small Claims must be $5,000.00 or less.
3. Filing fees are less expensive and the rules of evidence are more relaxed.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT IF YOU HAVE A COURT DATE SCHEDULED, REGARDLESS OF WHAT TYPE OF CASE IT IS, YOU MUST HAVE ALL YOUR EVIDENCE AND/OR PERSONS TO TESTIVY ON THE DAY OF COURT. If you are not totally prepared, you will lose your case.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, CONTACT THE CIVIL DEPARTMENT.

• Traffic Charge under Article 894 Form 
• Misdemeanor under Article 894 Form 
• DWI under Article 894 Form

The Mechanic Shop Department of Public Works is responsible for the maintenance of 164 city vehicles which consist of work trucks, dump trucks and police cars, eight (8) fire trucks, twenty-eight (28) generators, and ninety (90) units of heavy equipment consisting of bobcats, trackhoes etc. The City’s in house warehouse keeps inventory of all parts and lubricants that are needed on a day-to-day basis. The Shop Department utilizes a Fleet Maintenance Program for tracking of all cost required to maintain city owned equipment and a GPS system for tracking all city vehicles. It is the City’s policy to utilize both preventative and corrective maintenance measures in the use of City equipment to assure equipment longevity and a cost-effective life cycle of all vehicles and equipment.

Fire Prevention Week

2023 Campaign

Teach children how to be safe in and around the kitchen. This fun video gives easy tips for the whole family.

This year’s Fire Prevention Week™ (FPW™) campaign, “Cooking safety starts with YOU. Pay attention to fire prevention™,” works to educate everyone about simple but important actions they can take to keep themselves and those around them safe when cooking.

Use some of of these resources to get you started!

Cooking Safety Tip Sheet

Cooking Safety Tip Sheet - Spanish

Electrical Cooking Appliance Safety Tip Sheet

Importance of Fire Prevention

In a fire, mere seconds can mean the difference between a safe escape and a tragedy. Fire safety education isn’t just for school children. Teenagers, adults, and the elderly are also at risk in fires, making it important for every member of the community to take some time every October during Fire Prevention Week to make sure they understand how to stay safe in case of a fire.

For more information on National Fire Prevention Week visit the NFPA website.

About Fire Prevention Week

FIRE PREVENTION WEEK is sponsored by the NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION

Since 1922, the NFPA has sponsored the public observance of Fire Prevention Week. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed Fire Prevention Week a national observance, making it the longest-running public health observance in our country. During Fire Prevention Week, children, adults, and teachers learn how to stay safe in case of a fire. Firefighters provide lifesaving public education in an effort to drastically decrease casualties caused by fires.

Fire Prevention Week is observed each year during the week of October 9th in commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire, which began on October 8, 1871, and caused devastating damage. This horrific conflagration killed more than 250 people, left 100,000 homeless, destroyed more than 17,400 structures, and burned more than 2,000 acres of land.

https://www.nfpa.org/public-education

Team up with Sparky!  Visit Sparky at http://www.sparky.org/	Fire Safety for Kids!  Visit the U.S. Fire Administration for Kids at http://www.ready.gov/kids

If you have any questions, please contact Land Use Administrator at 337-527-4500.

• Fill out application and return to the Land Use Administrator.

The City of Sulphur Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility is located at 3400 Bayou D'Inde Road, Westlake La 70669.  The system serves regional areas including Sulphur, Westlake, Carlyss, Mossville. There are eleven employees at the plant who monitor, operate and maintain an in-house analytical laboratory, process and operations of plant and grounds, and pump lift stations.  Staff is Level 4 certified in Wastewater treatment and Wastewater collections and highly capable.

In 1985 a Return Activated Sludge Process Plant was put into operation.  It was operated for over 20 years. The process was used efficiently for many years, but as the population and incorporation increased it was found that it greatly needed to be upgraded. 

In March 2008, a new wastewater system was put into operation. The new process utilizes a SBR (Sequencing Batch Reactor) 4 Basin System with a design flow of 9.0 MGD with the capability and capacity to handle a maximum of 27 MGD. Since its inception, the quality and operational values of our final product has greatly improved.

The new system consists of a Pista Grit Removal chamber, an automated screenings removal system, and the four multi-sequence reactors.

The final treatment system utilizes an equalization basin for flow control, four tertiary filters for residual solids removal, ultraviolet light disinfection system, and 2 sludge dewatering presses for final sludge disposal.

The City Wastewater Treatment Department maintains and operates 32 pumping liftstations located throughout the City to collect and deliver the wastewater into the wastewater plant.  

The Wastewater Plant and Liftstations are monitored by a computer alarm monitoring system for off duty hours and weekends.

Office hours for the public are on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. through 12 p.m. on weeks that are not court weeks.

The Wastewater Maintenance Department is responsible for all sewer stop ups, sewer odor complaints, sewer cave ins, replace lid on cleanout, installation of sewer taps, locating of sewer taps, and notifying if sewer is available for new developments.

Sewer Stop Ups

Sewer Stop Ups can occur due to a blockage in the homeowner’s line to the principal structure. This blockage could be caused by, roots, something flushed down the toilet, and on some occurrences the mains at the road maintained by the City may be full due to large amounts of rainfall or failure of a lift station. Indicators of a sewer stop up may include the following: toilets not flushing, sewer coming out of the toilets or bathtub, or sewer overflowing out of manholes in the road. If you see or experience any of the indicators, please contact the Maintenance Department so, a crew will be dispatched to assess the stop up within an hour or two of notification. The City will attempt to flush the line with our 2017 Freightliner Vacuum Pressure Truck from the cleanout located in the front yard and the crews may also run a tv sewer camera down the line to find the issue. If there is no cleanout and it is not indicating that the sewer stop up is an issue on the City side, the homeowner will have to contact a plumber to unplug the line and a ticket will be generated to install a sewer cleanout at the address. Generally, once the Dottie is called in and all utilities are marked the sewer crew will be out withing two weeks to install a sewer cleanout.

Sewer odor complaints

Sewer odor complaints can occur. Sometimes the chemical plants around the area will produce a smell that smells like sewer. If you smell a sewer smell and are unsure where the smell is coming from you can contact the Maintenance Department and they will send the sewer crew to investigate.

Sewer cave ins

Sewer cave ins can occur at the front of the property due to joints separating. If you notice a cave in, in the front yard please contact the Maintenance Department so a crew can be dispatched to assess. To determine where the break in the sewer line is sewer crews may smoke test, do not be alarmed if you see smoke coming out of the ground and a crew is on site or tv sewer the line. Once determined sewer crew will generate a ticket for repair and a Dottie will be issued. The crew will put stakes and orange ribbon around the affected area until repair can be made.  Once the Dottie is in effect crews will begin work on repairing the cave in. Once work is completed a ticket will be issued for a street crew to go back and dress up the yard. It may take up to two (2) weeks for a crew to dress up. If the area is looking worse leading up to the dress up, please contact the Maintenance Department.

Cleanouts

Cleanouts, which are the white pipes in the front yard that stick up should always have a lid on them. If you notice you cleanout does not have a lid or may be damaged, please contact Maintenance Department so we can issue out a work order to replace/repair. Once the ticket is issued it will be within 24 hours lid is replaced.

Sewer Taps

If you are developing property that has never had sewer service. You will have to fill out a Water/Sewer Availability form. This will need to be emailed to the Public Works Admin office (Click Here to Email). The fees for the deposit of the water/sewer tap will be purchased through the utility department. Click here to get estimate cost.

There is an additional fee associated with crews installing and any infrastructure that may need to be broken or removed and replaced after tap is installed. There will be a form that the Utilities Department sends to the Wastewater Maintenance office that will be filled out with the total cost for all fees.

Grease/Oils

We do urge all residents to not flush grease, oils, or other objects down the drains. We understand, especially with young kids, things do find themselves down the toilet. However, any help you can provide in preventing items down the toilet is extremely important. Remember only flush the 3Ps, pee, poo, and (toilet) paper.

Complaints

Please remember when calling the Maintenance Department at 337-527-4583 to report a concern that we will need a location address or intersection, name, phone number, and how long the issue has been occurring or any other details that can be provided.

The City of Sulphur maintains a fleet of 4 class A pumpers, 2 ladder trucks, several support vehicles, and over 65 paid and fully certified firefighters.  Our Class 2 rated department responds with 2 engines, a ladder truck, and 1 command vehicle to all structure alarms and has a response time of less than 5 minutes to 90% of all calls.  Maintaining this performance requires regular training, skilled responders, and a fully functional fleet.

The Water Maintenance Department is responsible for locating City owned utilities (water and sewer), water leaks, low to no water pressure, damaged water boxes, locating water taps, change cutoffs, meter changes, and installation of water taps.

Water Leaks

Water Leaks once reported to the water maintenance office are sent to the utility locator to go check out and if not something that they can repaired will be issued to a water crew. White marks will be placed on the ground for the utility companies contacted through LA One Call to come out and mark their lines before work can begin. Normally once the Dottie is entered companies have 48hrs to mark the lines before the Dottie becomes good. The water ticket will be placed on a list, while the crews will try to go in order from when the calls came in, there may be some leaks that are more severe that will be handled first. Water crews have two weeks from the day the Dottie becomes good to repair the water leak. Once the repair is done crews will backfill and leave cones or barricades up until a dress up or repair of utility cut is made. You can always contact the maintenance department at 337-527-4583.

Low to no water pressure

Low to no water pressure can occur due to various reasons. If you experience low to no water pressure, please contact the office. Utility locator will be sent out to check the issue and if it is occurring on the homeowner side will speak to the resident there or if no one is home will leave a tag with information to call the maintenance office. If the issue is determined to be on the City side dealing with a water leak or other issues an Emergency Dottie will be issued and a crew will start the repair as soon as utilities are marked.

Damaged water boxes

Damaged water boxes are a common issue. If you have a damaged water box or a missing lid please call the maintenance office, a ticket will be issued, and the locator will be out in the next 24 to 48hrs to repair.

Locating existing water taps

Locating existing water taps on developed property. If you need the water tap located, you will contact the maintenance office. The utility locator will attempt to probe and find the tap if they are not able to, a ticket will be issued to a crew with a Dottie called in. Once the Dottie becomes in effect the crew will have two weeks to locate. Depending on the urgency of the matter, an Emergency Dottie may be called to locate.

Cutoffs

Cutoffs are located in the water box, and they are what turns your water on and off at the City side. If you cutoff is leaking or will not turn you can contact the maintenance office and the utility locator will assess the cutoff. If it is not something they can fix a ticket will be issued to a water crew and Dottie will be called in. Depending on the urgency crew will be out within the next two weeks. If it is a matter of extreme urgency, they will be out within 24-48 hours after the Dottie is good to repair.

Water Meters

Water Crews also change out meters or certain sizes that are on businesses. A ticket will be sent from the Utility Department and the locator will go out and get Dottie information to be entered. Once the Dottie is good, it will be assigned to a crew and changed out within the two-week period.

Response Procedure

When a call comes into the Water Maintenance Department about a water issue, the locator is sent out to check out the issue and determine if it is something they can be repaired/fixed or if the ticket will need to go to a water crew. If the locator determines that the issue is more complex, they will issue the ticket to a crew and get the Dottie information submitted to the secretaries in the office. While also handling the day-to-day callouts, they are also responsible for marking the City’s water and sewer main lines for all LA One Call request that come in.

Water Tap Availability

If you are developing property that has never had water service. You will have to fill out a Water/Sewer Availability form. This will need to be emailed to the Public Works Admin office at gveillon@sulphur.org.  The fees for the deposit of the water/sewer tap will be purchased through the utility department.

Please see attached link to get estimate cost: Water and Sewer Tie-in Fees (Ordinance No. 1393).

There is an additional fee associated with crews installing and any infrastructure that may need to be broken or removed and replaced after tap is installed. There will be a form that the Utilities Department sends to the Water Maintenance office that will be filled out with the total cost for all fees.

Complaints

Please remember when calling the Maintenance Department at 337-527-4583 to report a concern, we will need a location address or intersection, name, phone number, and how long the issue has been occurring or any other details that can be provided.

 For more information on Hostage Negotiations or Negotiator Training, please visit the following links:

• International Association of Hostage Negotiators
• Public Agency Training Council
• Louisiana Association of Crisis Negotiators

"We devote our lives to saving people we don't know!"

Media Relations of the Sulphur Police Department under the direction of the Public Information Officer (PIO) who fosters cooperation and mutual respect between the Department and the news media The PIO and Media Relations are dedicated and highly trained individuals who understand the importance of using the media as a valuable resource to keep the public informed of the Department  activities. Media Relations is a two-person unit staffed by a Commander and a civilian Public Information Officer. Media Relations primary responsibilities are assisting members of the media in completing the task of gathering information and reporting on news events which may impact residents and visitors in the City of Sulphur. Also, maintaining communication between the Department, City Officials and responding to inquiries from the public.

Media Relations responds to most serious crime, death, and critical accident scenes as well as to all police matters where the media is present. In addition, the PIO and Media Relations are responsible for Daily News Releases of Arrest and Department New Releases.

Daily News Releases of Arrest and Department New Releases
can be found at the Sulphur Police Department Facebook page

Media Relations is staffed Monday through Friday from 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
Media Services are on call and available 24 hours a day to answer requests from the media.
The Public Information Officer can be contacted at 337-527-4590

• Emergency Vehicle Operation
• Weapons - Day & Night
• Arrest Techniques
• Building Searches
• Legal Updates
• Less Lethal Force Options
• Empty Hand Defensive Tactics
• Baton Training
• Crime Scene Processing / Integrity
• Narcotics Recognition
• Search, Seizure, and many other areas of law enforcement

The Special Response Team is a group of Officers that are trained to handle situations that require a higher level of Police presence than ordinarily afforded by the Patrol shift alone.

Specialized training includes but is not limited to Hazardous warrant service, high risk arrest in almost any environment, weapons training both in lethal and less lethal types, Sniper / Counter Sniper.