Funeral Arrangements for Officer James Foster are as follows:
Visitation will be held Friday, January 2nd, 5:00-8:00pm and Saturday, January 3rd, from 9:00 am until funeral service at 11:00am at:
Abundant Life Church
206 Edgewood Drive Denham Springs LA 70726
Interment immediately following service at Denham Springs Memorial Cemetery on North Range Avenue in Denham Springs.
Any floral donations should be sent directly to Abundant Life Church and can arrive no earlier than Friday at 2:30pm.
DSPD would like to congratulate Ofc. Brian Roy and Ofc. Eddie Kay on their graduation from the police academy. Ofc. Roy (left) was elected Sergeant of Arms and Ofc. Kay as class treasurer by the 26th Class of the Captial Area Regional Training Academy. We are excited to introduce them to you and ask that you join us in welcoming them to our Uniform Patrol Division. Congratulations guys & welcome aboard!
Ofc. Roy (l) and Ofc. Kay (r) are pictured above with Lt. Patrick Knab, Lt. Shannon Womack, and Police Chief Scott Jones.
DSPD would like to introduce you to the graduates of our first 2014 Reserve Academy. These officers have gone through approximately 6 months of rigorous training and generously volunteer their time every month to help our department keep the city safe. We are truly grateful for their service and dedication.
Pictured from left to right are Lieutenant Shannon Womack, Chief Scott Jones,
Reserve Officers: Ethan Lott, Brian Roy, Eddie Kay, Jordan Baronich, Brian Zganjar,
and Lieutenant Patrick Knab.
Please join us in congratulating Brett Savant (top) and Wesley Clarkson (bottom) on their recent graduation from the Capital Area Regional Training Academy. Ofc. Savant graduated on 4/1/14 and Ofc. Clarkson on 7/6/14. Welcome to DSPD!
On Tuesday, October 1st, Abundant Life Church welcomed police officers from all over the state and the Denham Springs Fire Department to a lunch banquet hosted at a facility on the property of the Abundant Life Church, located in Denham Springs.
The banquet was hosted by Pastor Richard Beaty, and his wonderful staff, as they honored the men and women that have willingly dedicated their lives to protecting and serving the public.
Officers from the Denham Springs Police Department, Louisiana State Police, Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office, Ward II Marshall’s Office, and Walker Police Department were present. Denham Springs City Officials (Mayor Jimmy Durban, Chief of Police Scott Jones, and Marshall Jerry Denton) and Livingston Parish Officials (Sheriff Jason Ard, District Attorney Scott Perrilloux, and Livingston Parish President Layton Ricks), were also present as they were honored for their vital roles and their exhaustive dedication to their responsibilities.
We would like to encourage everyone to meet and greet law enforcement officials and first responders across the state of Louisiana to express appreciation for their efforts to make our city, state, and country a safe and great place to live!
This morning, Friday, Sept. 20th, Livingston Head Start Home Base Program visited “Kidz Korner Playground,” located at the intersection of S. River Rd. and Government St., for one of their bi-monthly “social events.”
Officers from left: Ofc. James Poe; Chief Scott Jones; Sgt. James Joseph; Cpl. Clifton Brown; Cpl. Chad Dupuy; In front: students of Livingston Head Start Program (consenting guardians of children pictured were present);
Home Base Teachers and organizers, Linda Dykes and Vanessa Schutz, described “social events” as an educational event involving and within the public. This event was centered around “Seat Belt Safety,” and hosted at the “Kidz Korner Playground.” Cpl. Clifton Brown (pictured) explained seat belt safety and the importance of being properly seated within their car safety seats to both the children and their respective guardians.
Afterwards, the children and their respective guardians were given the opportunity to take photographs of their children on the Police Motorcycles with a Denham Springs Police Officer. The children, Officers, and teachers had a wonderful time.
City officials commended policemen and firemen on Aug. 26 for saving the life of a driver who stopped breathing.
Amite City Fireman Timothy Verberne (left) joins Denham Springs police and firemen at City Hall Monday to receive a commendation for saving the life of Betty Miller on Aug. 2. Others pictured are (from left) firemen Jeffrey Stewart, Blake Bardwell, and Daniel Plaisance; Police Sgt. Paul Golmon, Police Cpl. Larian McMurray, Miller, Police Chief Scott Jones, Amite City Fire Chief Bruce Cutrer, and Denham Springs Fire Chief Melvin Wheat.
Denham Springs resident Betty Miller developed respiratory problems and car trouble on South Range Avenue just south of I-12 on Aug. 2. Police Cpl. Larian McMurray pushed the vehicle off the road and realized that the driver was “in distress with her breathing,” according to a letter of commendation.
Miller stopped breathing before an ambulance arrived. McMurray, Police Sgt. Paul Golmon, and Amite City Fireman Timothy Verberne, who happened to be passing, kept Miller alive on the side of the road with cardio-pulmonary resuscitation until local firemen arrived.
“Prior to Mrs. Miller’s transport to the hospital, her pulse and breathing were restored,” according to the commendation.
Miller, a widow who has lived in Denham Springs 35 years, said she had never been in such a situation before.
She thanked the policemen and firemen who saved her life, and all the others who “work for us every day.”
Fire Chief Melvin Wheat credited the rigorous training required of first responders.
“This is the product of that training,” Wheat said.
Police Chief Scott Jones said he was proud of his officers every day, and the Aug. 2 emergency shows why.
Paul "Scott" Jones
Chief of Police
