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| Lafayette Police Department | |
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| Common name | City Police, City PD |
| Abbreviation | LPD |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Lafayette, Louisiana, Louisiana, USA |
| Size | 47.7 square miles (124 km2) |
| Population | 120,623 (As of 2010) |
| Legal jurisdiction | City of Lafayette, Louisiana |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 900 East University Avenue, Lafayette, Louisiana 70503 |
| Police Officers | 300 |
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| Parent agency | Lafayette Consolidated Government |
| Divisions | 3
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| Precincts | 4
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| Facilities | |
| Stations | 1 Main Station (public Access) and 2 additional sub stations |
| Parish Jails | 1 |
| Patrol Cars | Ford Police Interceptor Utility Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor Dodge Durango Chevrolet Tahoe |
| Motorcycles | Harley Davidson Kawasaki |
| Personal Transports | Segway |
| Mounted Patrols | 1 Thoroughbred, 4 Thoroughbred/Percheron cross breeds. |
| K-9 Units | German Shepherd and Belgian Malinois, 8 dogs total. |
| Website | |
| Lafayette Police Department (Louisiana) | |
The Lafayette Police Department is the principal law enforcement agency in Lafayette, Louisiana, with the exception of the campus of University of Louisiana, which falls under the responsibility of the UL Police.
The Lafayette Police Department has a variety of specialized units, including SRO SWAT, Mounted Police, Traffic Unit, K-9 Unit, VIPER Unit, and one joint unit with the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office, Metro Crime Scene/Forensics. The LPD's new recruits are trained at the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office's Acadiana Law Enforcement Training Academy (ALETA). The LPD is CALEA (Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies) accredited.