Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi,

and Texas Regional

White House Conference Tuesday, June 25, 2019

1:00 - 4:00 PM

This regional event is designed for newly elected county commissioners/supervisors (or similar position) and/or those that were unable to attend one of our State Leadership Days in 2017-18. The invitation is non-transferable and additional guests cannot be accommodated. - If you are able to attend, please sub-mit your information in the secure form online by 1:00 PM on

Tuesday, June 18. The secure link to register can be found in the email that was sent on May 24, 2019, by the White House’s William Crozer. Space is limited and RSVP’s will be honored in the order they are re-ceived. - Please note that it is essential that all information is submitted accurately. The information you submit must ex-actly match what is listed on your government issued identification that you will be required to present to Se-cret Service before entry onto White House grounds. Please consult the email to view frequently asked ques-tions.

The PJAL’s Legis-lative Day hosted by President Glenn Benton of Bossier Parish held on Wednesday, May 15, at the Baton Rouge Hilton Capi-tol Center was a suc-cess! Members were addressed by State

Treasurer John Schroder and given a thorough legislative update by PJAL Ex-ecutive Director Guy Cormier. LA Mu-nicipal Assn. Executive Director John Gallagher also addressed members pre-sent.

After learning more about the current bills being followed by the PJAL, mem-bers travelled to the Capitol to meet one-on-one with our state leaders. Members then met back at the Hilton for a buffet-style lunch with their legislators. Also during the meeting, PJAL Mem-bership Assistant Marvin Lyons’ retire-ment was announced. Lyons has tireless-ly served the Association in many full-time and part-time capacities such as leg-islative coordinator, meeting planner, convention coordinator, and research di-rector. He has been an invaluable wealth of knowledge to the PJAL Staff and its members. Please join us in congratulat-ing him on his upcoming retirement!

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T H I S

I S S U E :

Legislative

Day A Suc-

cess

1

AR, LA, MS,

and TX

White House

Conference

1

Legislative

Day Photos

2

Calendar 2

Calcasieu

Roadshow

3

Legislative

Day Photos

Continued

3

Region Meet-

ings Update

4

OPAO Con-

ference

4

Health Tips

with CCMSI

4

Legislative Day Was A Success

P O L I C E J U R Y

A S S O C I A T I O N O F

L O U I S I A N A

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Upcoming Dates: • June 6 D-Day

(June 6,1944-WWII)

• June 14 Flag Day

• June 16 Father’s Day

• June 21 Summer Solstice

Legislative Day Photos

On May 29th the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury presented plaques in recognition of Calcasieu Parish Schools that participated in the 2018-2019 Parish Government Roadshow in Partner-ship with the Calcasieu Parish School Board. This initiative has been in place for several years and allows elected officials and staff to go into schools to talk to 8th grade students in our community about the importance of civic engagement and public service, to cover com-munity hot topics like litter prevention, and to promote awareness of local government ser-vices and functions. Thank you to all of the teachers, staff and principals in Calcasieu Parish for all that you do!—-Information and photos provid-ed by Calcasieu Parish

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Legislative Day Continued and Marvin Lyon’s Retirement Photos

L O U I S I A N A P A R I S H G O V E R N M E N T

M O N T H L Y N E W S L E T T E R

PJAL President Glenn Benton asks you to please remember Executive Board member Bob Brotherton of Bossier Parish in your prayers for continued healing. We look forward to seeing him at the upcoming Region Meetings!

707 NORTH 7TH ST.

BATON ROUGE, LA

70802

Phone: 225-343-2835

Fax: 225-336-1344

Web: www.lpgov.org

This newsletter is only possible with help from YOU. Please send all story ideas, news from your parish, and monthly photos to PJAL Contract

Communications Director Sunny St. Romain via email sunny@lpgov.org.

If you would like to nominate a member for us to spotlight, please send in their name, parish, contact information, and why we should showcase

POLICE JURY ASSOCIATION

OF LOUISIANA

2019 Region Meeting Dates:

Our 2019 Region Meeting Hosts are well on their way to hosting suc-cessful, well-attended meetings this year! More information will be on the website soon including online registration!

For questions, please contact Contract Communications Director Sunny St. Romain (sunny@lpgov.org). We would love 100% partici-pation this year!

Region 2019 Meeting Dates Host Parish 1 & 2 Mon, September 30 Jefferson Parish 3 TBD 4 Tues, August 20 Red River Parish 5 Tues, September 17 Tensas Parish 6 Wed, September 11 East Feliciana Parish 7 Tues, September 24 Cameron Parish 8 Thurs, September 19 Concordia Parish

Glenn Benton, PJAL Pres., Bossier Parish

Guy Cormier, PJAL Exec. Dir., St. Martin Parish

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Save the date for the 65th Annual Organization of Parish Administrative Officials (OPAO) Conference that will take place July 31-August 2, 2019, at the New Orleans Marriott. Be on the lookout for registration information com-ing soon. For more information, contact OPAO President Kristen Pecararo from Tangipahoa Parish via email at kpecararo@tangipahoa.org.

Mental Health Awareness Month

Each year, millions of Americans face the reality of living with a mental illness! During May, the Na-tional Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and the rest of the country are raising awareness on Mental Illness. Annually they fight stigma, provide support, educate the public, and advocate for policies that support people with mental illness and their families. See https://www.nami.org/ for more information. For CCMSI and PGRMA information, contact Yvette Murphy: ymurphy@ccmsi.com.