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Troop A History

Louisiana State Police Troop A is conveniently located in East Baton Rouge Parish at the intersection of Highland Road and Interstate 10. Troop A consists of nine individual parishes surrounding and encompasses over 6,000 highway miles. This current location was built in 1994 and is home to over 120 Louisiana State Troopers and Department of Public Safety Employees.

Unlike most Troops across the state, Troop A is has had four different locations called "home". Before the Louisiana Legislature established the Department of State Police, the State Highway Patrol established a post in downtown Baton Rouge. Once the Department of State Police was created, the state was divided into eleven police districts. District 1, which would later be named "Troop A", was located on South Foster Drive in Baton Rouge. On July 28, 1936, it began where Headquarters would eventually be located. This remained home for the next 23 years, before Troop A was relocated and built on Airline Highway in Baton Rouge in early 1960. For the next 24 years, Troopers would call this location home before the current Troop was built in 1994.

There have been 20 Troop Commanders in Troop A’s 75-year history. Given it’s close proximity to State Police Headquarters, there has been consistent movement of Troopers and supervisors between Troop A and Headquarters through the years.

Captain Frank Ducote was handed the reigns as the 20th Troop Commander in February 2008 after having served as the Executive Officer, Shift Leutinant, Shift Sergeant, and patrol Trooper at Troop A over an 18-year period. He also served on the "DWI Task Force" in the early 90's and was a member of the LSP Swat Team. Captain Ducote served under 7 different Troop Commanders leading up to his promotion on February 4, 2008.

The following is a list of Troop A's Commanding Officers over the past 75 years:

Joe Green, Sr 07/28/36 - 03/15/42
Robert M. Walker 04/01/42 - 09/16/63
Joe Green, Jr 09/20/63 - 06/30/69
Rudolph E. Ratcliff 07/01/69 - 02/05/73
G.W. "Bo" Garrison 02/06/73 - 09/30/73
Andrew H. Kusch 10/01/73 - 03/27/77
Wiley D. McCormick 03/28/77 - 10/17/82
Jimmy G. Day 10/18/82 - 01/29/84
James G. Mitchell 01/30/84 - 07/12/87
Paul W. Fontenot 07/13/87 - 04/30/89
Mark S. Oxley 05/01/89 - 01/18/92
Bill Spencer 01/19/92 - 10/17/93
Joe Folse 10/18/93 - 01/29/95
Ronnie Jones 01/30/95 - 10/21/96
Danny R. Baxter 10/22/96 - 08/23/99
R. Wayne Ryland 08/24/99 - 01/03/05
Aaron Chabaud 02/15/05 - 01/02/06
Brian Wynne 01/03/06 - 02/03/08
Frank Ducote 02/04/08 - Present

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