St. Mary Parish Sherriffs Office Meets with Local Ministers about Church Security Teams KQKI News [Video]

On Tuesday, March 12, 2024, Lt. Oscar West and Det. Lt. David Spencer spoke with the East St. Mary Ministerial Alliance about Church Security Teams.

The presentation included considerations for starting a team, training of church security teams, and resources for church security teams.

Church security is a topic that both deputies are passionate about, as they are ministers as well as law enforcement officers. Sheriff Gary Driskell believes the work of ministers in our community is very important and considers the partnership of the SMPSO with our faith community an important investment.

“𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙎𝙩. 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚𝙩𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙪𝙣𝙬𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚,” said Sheriff Driskell.