Craig Webre
  

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

LAFOURCHE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE
 Sheriff, 1992 - present

  • Manage a 375+ person agency with an eighteen million dollar annual budget

  • Reelected in 1995, 1999, 2003 and passed a one-half cent sales tax in January 1997 and January 2000 dedicated for employee salaries

ADAMS & REESE
 Law Clerk, May – August 1991

LOUISIANA STATE POLICE
 Trooper First Class, January 1982 – May 1991

 

 

  • State Employees Group Benefits Program, elected At-Large Board Member, 1988-91; Benefits Committee Chairman, 1989-91.

LAFOURCHE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE
 Deputy Sheriff, September 1980 – January 1982

THIBODAUX POLICE DEPARTMENT
 Patrolman, January – September 1980

 

 

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

NATIONAL SHERIFF’S INSTITUTE
 Presenter, 1999 – 2004

  • Power & Influence of the Office of the Sheriff

NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY
 Adjunct Professor, 1998 - present

  • Criminal Justice, Department of Government

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY
 Adjunct Professor, 2001 – present

 

EDUCATION

                              

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
Juris Doctor, Law, 1992

  • Casenote, Grady v Corbin: Successive Prosecutions Must Survive Heightened Double Jeopardy Scrutiny, Loyola Law Review, Vo. 36, No. 4, Winter 1991.

  • Moot Court Brief Competition finalist.

  • Law School Honor Board, Member 1988-91, Chairman 1991-92.

  • Saint Thomas Moore Society, Member.

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY
 Bachelors Degree, Criminal Justice

NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY
 Associates Degree, Criminal Justice
  

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 

NATIONAL SHERIFF’S ASSOCIATION
 Second Vice-President, 2005
Third Vice-President, 2004
Fourth Vice-President, 2003
Fifth Vice-President,  2002
Sergeant-At-Arms, 2001

NATIONAL SHERIFF’S ASSOCIATION
 Traffic Safety Committee, Member
Crime Prevention/Private Security Committee, Member
Domestic Violence Committee, Member

LOUISIANA SHERIFF’S ASSOCIATION

GULF STATES REGIONAL COMMUNITY POLICY INSTITUTE
 Chairman, Regional Governing Board, 2001 – present

SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA CRIMINALISTIC LABORATORY COMMISSION
 Chairman

LAFOURCHE PARISH BAR ASSOCIATION

TERREBONNE PARISH BAR ASSOCIATION

METROPOLITAN LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION
 Board Member

LOUISIANA COMMISSION  ON LAW  ENFORCEMENT
 Member

NATIONAL SHERIFF’S INSTITUTE
 Class President, 1994-95

SHERIFF’S PENSION & RELIEF FUND
 Executive Board Member, 1997-1998
Board Member, 1994-95

 

 

MEMBERSHIPS_____________________________________________

                             American Probation and Parole Association
                             American Correctional Association
                             Bayou Industrial Group, Inc.
                             Council for A Better Louisiana (CABL)
                             International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
                             Lafourche Parish Prevention Partnership
                             Law Enforcement Executive Development Association (LEEDA)
                             Louisiana Association of School Resource Officerssource Officers
                             Louisiana Cattleman’s Association
                             Louisiana Sheriff’s Association
                             Masonic Lodge #307
                             NAACP
                             PRO – NSU Alumni Association
                             Professionals in Pretrial Services Association
                             Public Affairs Research Council (PAR) Council (PAR)
                             Thibodaux Beautification Coalition
                             Thibodaux Quarterback Club
                             Thibodaux Rotary Club
                             Veterans of the Vietnam War, Inc.
                             Volunteers of the Juvenile Justice Center

AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES______________________________________________

  • NSA National Crime Victims’ Services Award—2005

  • Sheriff's Humanitarian Award presented by Alabama Sheriff's Association

  • Rotary Club—Program of the Year—2005

  • Victims & Citizens Against Crime, Inc.—Outstanding Organization Award given to Sheriff Webre and Police Social Services—2005

  • Sheriff of the Year by Louisiana Victims and Citizens Against Crime

  • Commission of Accreditation for Law Enforcement—Assessor Training—2005

  • Louisiana Attorney General 2001 Criminal Justice Award Program Winner

  • Excellence in Leadership Award – presented by Lafourche Deputies Association

  • Crime Analysis Applications Training—*Provided publication comments on the book Introduction to Crime Analysis: Basic Resources for Criminal Justice Practice

  • Lafourche Parish Drug Treatment Court—Founder of the Lafourche Parish Drug Treatment Program

  • Law Enforcement Executive Development Association—Executive Management Training at the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association Conference—2002

  • OJJDP/IACP Training and TA to Federal, State, Local , and Tribal Law Enforcement—Serious Habitual Offenders Comprehensive Action Program—2004

  • “Keep The Dream Alive” honor given by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Committee—2004

  • Raceland Upper Elementary School—Champion of Children Award—1999-2000

  • MADD Certificate of Appreciation for 10 years of dedicated service and work toward a drug-free Lafourche—1986-1996

  • The Government Leadership Institute at the University of New Orleans named Sheriff Webre a Distinguished Fellow of the Institute in 1992

  • The Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee Eastern District of Louisiana—Executive Level Community Policing Seminar
   

  
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Emergencies call 911. To report crimes or complaints remember "CALL" (2255).
In Thibodaux 446-2255, in Central Lafourche 532-2255, in South Lafourche 798-2255,
in Bayou Blue/Houma 868-2255.

The Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office is an Equal Opportunity Employer.