Broussard Criminal History Checks
Start at city level when Broussard Police Department handled the event. Then follow the record to the court or jail that actually received it. The whole-city population ranking includes both sides of the parish boundary, so a Broussard address alone does not establish St. Martin Parish jurisdiction.
- Contact BPD’s Clerical Division for its incident report, citation, or local record.
- Use the City of Broussard public-record request channel when a direct request is needed.
- Call Broussard Magistrate Court for a city citation number, fine amount, or docket question.
- Confirm the booking parish, then use St. Martin Parish arrest search only if the person entered SMPSO custody.
- For your own statewide fingerprint-linked history, use Louisiana State Police Right to Review through LAPS and IdentoGO.
For a state-law prosecution filed in St. Martin Parish, the St. Martin Clerk and 16th JDC become the right case sources. Countywide routing is summarized on the St. Martin Parish criminal history home page.
Request a Broussard Police Report
Broussard Police Department’s official contact page lists the department at 5801 Highway 90 East and provides its current contact details.
The department’s Clerical Division handles reports, citations, payments, and Magistrate Court administration. Chief Clerk Rhonda Williams is listed at 337-837-6643, while Clerk Courtney Doucet is listed at 337-837-6794. For a useful request, supply the incident or report number if known, event date and location, involved party, and requested file format. Ask what identification, authorization, fee, or redaction applies to the particular record.
BPD is the custodian of its own incident narrative. A jail cannot supply that narrative merely because it booked the person. Likewise, BPD does not become the custodian of a later district-court judgment.
Records at the Broussard Police Department
BPD administrative hours are Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to noon. The department’s main number is 337-837-6259. Chief Vance Olivier is identified on the official site. These details should be rechecked before a visit because office schedules can change.
The BPD site routes users to several distinct tools: LexisNexis crash reports, jail information, Louisiana’s registry, anonymous tips, patrol requests, and victim notifications. They are not interchangeable. A crash-copy tool does not search criminal cases. The jail link does not provide an officer’s report. No official Broussard arrest blotter was observed in the reviewed sources.
Broussard After-Hours Police Reports
After administrative hours, a person who needs an officer to take a nonemergency report should call dispatch at 337-345-6098. Emergencies use 911. The after-hours route is for police response, not a promise that the finished report or a public copy is immediately available.
BPD’s patrol division operates continuously. The official profile describes four sergeants, five corporals, and six patrol officers on twelve-hour shifts. That round-the-clock patrol schedule explains why a Broussard event can be documented outside clerical hours. Follow up with the Clerical Division after the report has been processed, using the event date, location, and involved name to help staff find it.
Booking and Arrest Records in Broussard
A BPD arrest does not establish where booking occurred. Broussard spans St. Martin and Lafayette parishes, and Highway 90 crosses the jurisdictional setting that can send records down different paths. Confirm the event location and booking destination with BPD before searching a parish roster. Do not assume every person arrested by Broussard officers entered the St. Martin Parish Correctional Center.
If SMPSO accepted the person, search its current inmate tool and request booking or incarceration material from the sheriff. Then ask the St. Martin Clerk whether the district attorney filed a case in the 16th JDC. If another parish received the booking or filing, use that parish’s official jail and clerk. A city arrest report, parish booking, and district-court case may all concern the same event but still have different custodians and identifiers.
Broussard’s Parish Line Changes Searches
The 2024 Census estimate of 15,312 ranks Broussard first among incorporated cities touching St. Martin Parish, but that count covers the whole municipality. It is not a St. Martin-only population. This cross-parish fact should guide record searches as well as population comparisons.
When a result is missing, verify four facts: exact event address, arresting unit, facility that accepted the person, and court named on the summons or bond paper. Those details are more reliable than guessing from the city name. For a St. Martin filing, use the St. Martin Parish court case lookup. A newly booked allegation may not appear there until the district attorney accepts and files a charge.
The Broussard Municipal Court File
Broussard calls its city court the Magistrate Court. It meets at the Police Department, generally once a month at 5:30 p.m. The court phone is 337-837-6259 and fax is 337-839-1219. Its official page lists Judge Carrol L. Spell Jr., prosecutor Randy Lasseigne, and clerical staff. Confirm the current docket before attending.
| Court Name | Broussard Magistrate Court, administered through BPD’s Clerical Division. |
|---|---|
| Case Types Heard | City citations, municipal matters, and traffic matters routed to this court. |
| Case Lookup Channel | Call the court clerk; no public online case-search interface was confirmed. |
| What the Docket Shows | City citation, setting, payment, appearance, and disposition information held by the clerk. |
| Copies & Fees | Ask the clerk about public copies and current charges before ordering. |
State-law felony cases and other prosecutions filed in district court do not become Broussard Magistrate Court files. Search the correct parish clerk for those matters.
Call Broussard Before Paying Online
The city’s online payment page is a payment interface, not a public case lookup. A user must first call for the citation number and fine amount. That distinction prevents a common mistake: entering a name into a payment site and assuming no payment result means no court matter exists.
Payments may be made during administrative hours in person, by mail, or online as the court directs. The published options include cash in person, cashier’s check, money order, and personal check. Do not mail cash. Two-party checks are not accepted, and checks should be payable to City of Broussard. Verify the current total and payment route with the clerk before sending funds.
The court warns that unpaid fines can lead to a warrant or license suspension. A request for more time generally requires appearing on the summons date. Anyone trying to resolve their own possible bench warrant should contact the court or counsel for current instructions rather than relying on a payment screen.
How Broussard Records Reach the County
BPD keeps the incident report and city citation material. If an arrest results in a St. Martin Parish booking, SMPSO adds the jail record. If the district attorney files a state charge, the St. Martin Clerk opens the 16th JDC case file and records its minutes and disposition. Fingerprint-linked events and reported outcomes can later feed Louisiana’s central repository.
Record flow: Broussard PD › St. Martin Parish Courts › Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of State Police, BCII-LCJIS
Use that line only for events routed through St. Martin Parish. Broussard’s other-parish events follow the correct jail and court there. For a recent event, begin with BPD and the confirmed booking facility. For the filed result, use the clerk’s judgment. For your own statewide record, use fingerprint-based Right to Review because LACCH is not open for arbitrary public name searches.
Broussard City Public Record Requests
The City of Broussard public-record request entry is the formal city channel when an ordinary police contact does not supply the public record sought. Identify the record with a report number, event date and location, involved party, and desired format. Inspect the live city form before submission because the research did not confirm every mandatory field.
Ask for an estimate before copies are prepared and request electronic delivery when suitable. A focused request is easier to process than a demand for every item tied to a name. The city may need to redact protected identifiers or withhold exempt investigative material. A city request cannot compel BPD to produce the parish jail file, a district court judgment, or a closed LACCH record.
Read Broussard Police Data Carefully
FBI Crime Data Explorer counts should be queried by the exact Broussard agency and year. A year that does not return data must not be described as zero crime. Reporting status, agency coverage, and Broussard’s cross-parish service context all matter when interpreting a table.
Agency totals also do not replace individual records. A police report answers what officers documented in one event. A booking answers whether a jail received a person. A court file answers what was charged and decided. Citywide counts answer none of those person-specific questions, so they should remain context rather than proof.
When comparing years, record the agency name, reporting period, and whether the table shows incidents, arrests, or offenses. Those measures differ. Broussard’s growth and boundary setting also make a raw total hard to compare with a city wholly inside one parish. Use the data for broad police context, then return to BPD, the booking custodian, or the court for a specific official record.
Broussard Record Access Rules
Louisiana Public Records Law begins with the custodian that created the document. BPD handles its reports, Broussard Magistrate Court handles its docket, and the correct parish offices handle booking and district cases. Public access does not mean that every line of a police file must be released. Active investigations, confidential sources, security procedures, juvenile information, victim details, and personal identifiers can be protected or redacted.
Key Statutes:
Louisiana Public Records Law, R.S. 44:1 defines public records and the government custodians responsible for them.
Louisiana R.S. 44:31-32 provides the basic framework for inspection and access during regular office hours.
Louisiana R.S. 44:3 protects defined law-enforcement and investigative material from disclosure.
An arrest remains an allegation. A missing result is not proof that no record exists. Use the originating office and a filed court disposition to verify what happened.