CONCORDIA PARISH SHERIFF

What CONCORDIA PARISH SHERIFF does

Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office (CPSO) is the primary statutory law enforcement agency for Concordia Parish, Louisiana, headquartered at 4001 Carter Street, Vidalia, with a sibling Administration and Family Justice Center in Ferriday. The agency is led by Sheriff David K. Hedrick, Jr. and operates multiple divisions including Patrol, Criminal Investigations, Narcotics, Special Victims Unit, and School Resource Officers, alongside the Concordia Parish Corrections Facility (men's) and Women's Facility. CPSO runs a public-facing web platform (OCV-hosted) and mobile application that expose inmate rosters, warrant searches, sex offender registry, property tax payments, sheriff's sales, fee payments, and anonymous tip submission, as well as community programs such as Project Lifesaver, Are You Okay wellness checks, and Approach With Care Disability Decals.

The agency's operations are statutorily defined and funded through parish tax revenues and government appropriations rather than commercial revenue. Service delivery is split between direct public safety functions (24/7 patrol, investigations, emergency response, corrections, civil process serving, tax collection) and citizen self-service portals backed by a content management system, with active measurable footprints of approximately 175 pretrial inmates, 287 active warrants, and 93 registered sex offenders. The organization maintains about 40 employees and operates inter-agency partnerships (notably with the US Marshals Service) for joint fugitive apprehension and cross-jurisdiction investigations.

CPSO's go-to-market is non-commercial: services are provided to citizens at no direct charge, with marginal fee-based transactions for specific functions such as fingerprinting, background checks, and bond payments. Distribution is fully domestic and hyper-local, limited to Concordia Parish, with no geographic expansion beyond the parish boundary. The platform architecture is a single OCV-hosted website paired with a mobile app, and the agency's technical posture centers on standard law enforcement case management and inmate tracking rather than any proprietary software or AI/ML systems.

Name

CONCORDIA PARISH SHERIFF

Legal name

Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office (LA)

Website

https://concordiasheriff.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office is the statutory law enforcement agency for Concordia Parish, Louisiana, providing patrol, criminal investigations, corrections, civil process, and tax collection services to roughly 20,000 parish residents through approximately 40 employees and a public web/mobile platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Law Enforcement / Public Safety

NAICS

Police Protection (922120), Correctional Institutions (922140), Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIAGAA

Police Services (Patrol, Response & Community Policing)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Law Enforcement & Public Safety (Police, Fire, EMS)

Keywords

• Law enforcement services
• Parish corrections
• Civil process serving
• Sex offender registry
• Property tax collection

Headquarters

HQ city

Vidalia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Tax-funded government services: Funded through parish tax revenues and government appropriations. Operates as a public safety service rather than a commercial enterprise.

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office is the primary government law enforcement agency for Concordia Parish, Louisiana. It delivers public safety services including patrol, criminal investigations, narcotics enforcement, special victims investigations, and school resource officer programs. The office also operates men's and women's correctional facilities for pretrial detention, maintains the sex offender registry, processes civil matters including sheriff sales, and collects property taxes through its Tax Department.

Product overview

Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office operates a unified web platform providing law enforcement and public safety services. The core offerings include public safety portals for inmate lookup, warrant searches, and sex offender registry; tax collection services through the Tax Department; civil process and sheriff's sales; community programs including Project Lifesaver, Are You Okay wellness checks, and Approach With Care disability registration; and miscellaneous services such as fee payment, anonymous tip submission, and fingerprinting. All services are provided through the OCV-hosted web platform and mobile application.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CPSO: Abbreviation for Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office used in press releases and communications
• Are You Okay
• Approach With Care Disability Decals
• Project Lifesaver

Products and services

• Pretrial Inmate Roster Public-facing online portal displaying current pretrial inmates held at Concordia Parish Correctional Facility, allowing citizens to search and view inmate information.
• Warrant Search Public searchable database of active warrants issued within Concordia Parish jurisdiction.
• Sex Offender Registry Public map-based registry displaying registered sex offenders in Concordia Parish with tier classifications and addresses (93 registered offenders).
• Property Tax Payment Online portal for citizens to pay property taxes managed by the Tax Department.
• Inmate Visitation Scheduling Online information portal for scheduling and guidelines for inmate visitation at correctional facilities.
• Civil Department (Sheriff Sales) Handles civil process serving and conducts sheriff's sales/auctions of properties.
• Submit A Tip Anonymous tip submission portal for citizens to report crime and suspicious activity.
• Fee Payment Portal Online portal for paying various sheriff's office fees.
• Are You Okay Program Wellness check program for elderly or vulnerable residents to ensure their safety and well-being.
• Project Lifesaver Program providing electronic monitoring bracelets for individuals with cognitive impairments such as Alzheimer's or autism who may be prone to wandering.
• Approach With Care Disability Decals Registration program for individuals with disabilities to receive decals indicating they may need special assistance during emergency encounters with law enforcement.
• Fingerprint Services Fingerprinting services for the public for various purposes including employment and licensing.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• US Marshals ServicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint operations for fugitive apprehension. US Marshals have assisted CPSO in apprehending suspected child predators and other fugitives on CPSO warrants.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office: Louisiana parish sheriff's office with patrol, investigative, corrections, and civil service functions under the same statewide statutory framework. Closely comparable in service mix.
• Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office: Louisiana parish sheriff's office operating patrol, investigations, corrections, and civil process functions for Bossier Parish. Directly comparable in scope, governance, and funding model.
• Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office: Mid-sized Louisiana parish sheriff's office providing patrol, investigations, corrections, and civil process services under the same state statutory framework as CPSO. Directly comparable operating model.
• Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office: Louisiana parish sheriff's office providing the same range of patrol, investigations, corrections, and civil services. Direct structural peer under the same state legal framework.
• East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office: Parish-level sheriff's office in Louisiana performing the same core functions (patrol, criminal investigations, corrections, civil department, tax collection). Most directly comparable in structure and statutory role, though materially larger in scale.
• Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office: Louisiana parish sheriff's office offering patrol, criminal investigations, corrections, and civil functions — operating under the same elected-sheriff, parish-funded model as Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office.

Broad incumbents

• Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office: Larger Louisiana parish sheriff's office performing the same statutory functions as CPSO but at significantly greater scale and budget, including its own crime lab and marine unit. Useful as a scaled-up comparable for the parish-sheriff model.
• St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office: Substantially larger Louisiana parish sheriff's office with comparable statutory functions and digital public-safety platforms. Useful scaled-up reference for service modernization.
• Louisiana State Police: Statewide law enforcement agency with overlapping patrol, investigative, and fugitive-apprehension functions. Provides cooperative task-force context and represents a higher-tier enforcement counterpart operating alongside parish sheriffs.

Regional players

• Natchez Police Department: Municipal law enforcement agency across the Mississippi River in Natchez, Mississippi — the immediate cross-state counterpart to CPSO's jurisdiction. Comparable in size and service mix, though operating under a different (municipal vs. parish) governance structure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/concordia-parish-sheriff

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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