Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office

Name

Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office

Legal name

Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office

Website

https://rpso.org

Company type

Public

Founded year

1807

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office is a constitutionally elected Louisiana law enforcement agency providing patrol, criminal investigation, detention, drug enforcement, and tax collection services to the residents of Rapides Parish.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Alexandria

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding (Tax Revenue): As a parish sheriff's office, the agency is funded through public tax revenue and operates as part of the Rapides Parish Law Enforcement District. Annual budgets are subject to public review.
2. Sheriff Sales: The office conducts Sheriff's Sales of adjudicated properties, selling properties to recover debts related to unpaid property taxes. Properties are sold at public auction.
3. Tax Collection Services: The agency facilitates property tax payments through a third-party payment system for Rapides Parish taxpayers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office is a constitutionally elected, publicly funded government law enforcement agency that provides comprehensive public safety services to the citizens of Rapides Parish, Louisiana. Core services include 24/7 patrol operations, criminal investigations, crime scene investigation, SWAT and K-9 units, drug enforcement through the multi-jurisdictional RADE task force, inmate detention at the parish detention center, and civil enforcement including sheriff's sales of adjudicated properties and property tax collection. The agency also delivers citizen-facing digital services through its website and mobile app, including inmate search, most-wanted listings, scam alerts, press releases, online tax payment processing, and law enforcement recruitment.

Product overview

Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office provides a unified public-facing digital portal with multiple citizen services including inmate search, sheriff's property sales, most wanted listings, news and press releases, scam alerts, tax payment processing, and employment applications. The main platform consists of a web portal with integrated third-party services for payments (ActDataScout) and recruitment (PoliceApp), along with a dedicated mobile app called 'The Sheriff App' for citizen access.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Inmate Search Online searchable database allowing citizens to look up current inmates held at the Rapides Parish Detention Center.
• Sheriff Sales (Property Auctions) Public auction platform for sheriff's sales of adjudicated properties, including sale listings with property details, writ amounts, appraisals, and opening bids, conducted to recover unpaid property taxes.
• Most Wanted Online public listing of wanted individuals suspected of crimes in Rapides Parish.
• Tax Payments (Property Tax Collection Service) Online property tax payment processing through the ActDataScout third-party platform for Rapides Parish residents.
• RPSO Employment Application Online employment application system for prospective law enforcement and corrections deputies, including background check authorization forms, delivered through the PoliceApp platform.
• Medical Program Positions (LPN/EMT) Employment opportunities for Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) and Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) at the detention center, with 12-hour shifts or PRN positions available.
• The Sheriff App (Mobile Application) Mobile application providing citizen access to Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office services, available for download through TheSheriffApp.com for iOS and Android devices.
• Law Enforcement Network Sharing Solution (RFP-stage public solicitation) SaaS-based law enforcement network sharing platform designed to enable real-time data sharing across multiple law enforcement agencies for subject queries, warrant management, investigative alerts, asset seizure documentation, field interview cards, and integration with state DMV and NCIC databases. The system must support up to 140 users and be CJIS compliant.
• RADE (Rapides Area Drug Enforcement) Unit Multi-jurisdictional drug enforcement task force covering Central Louisiana, coordinating narcotics investigations across municipal police departments, parish sheriff's offices, district attorneys, state probation and parole, and the FBI Safe Streets Task Force.
• Scam Alerts Public safety information service alerting citizens about ongoing scams targeting the community, including phone scams, text message fraud, identity theft schemes, inmate scams, DMV scams, bank scams, and property auction scams.

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Alexandria Police Department (RADE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlexandria Police Department is a member of the Rapides Area Drug Enforcement (RADE) Unit, a multi-jurisdictional task force targeting narcotics trafficking in Central Louisiana.
• Ball Police Department (RADE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBall Police Department participates in the RADE multi-jurisdictional drug enforcement task force covering Central Louisiana.
• Boyce Police Department (RADE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBoyce Police Department participates in the RADE multi-jurisdictional drug enforcement task force covering Central Louisiana.
• Cheneyville Police Department (RADE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCheneyville Police Department participates in the RADE multi-jurisdictional drug enforcement task force covering Central Louisiana.
• Forest Hill Police Department (RADE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerForest Hill Police Department participates in the RADE multi-jurisdictional drug enforcement task force covering Central Louisiana.
• Glenmora Police Department (RADE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlenmora Police Department participates in the RADE multi-jurisdictional drug enforcement task force covering Central Louisiana.
• Grant Parish Sheriff's Office (RADE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGrant Parish Sheriff's Office participates in the RADE multi-jurisdictional drug enforcement task force covering Central Louisiana.
• Lecompte Police Department (RADE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLecompte Police Department participates in the RADE multi-jurisdictional drug enforcement task force covering Central Louisiana.
• McNary Police Department (RADE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMcNary Police Department participates in the RADE multi-jurisdictional drug enforcement task force covering Central Louisiana.
• Pineville Police Department (RADE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPineville Police Department participates in the RADE multi-jurisdictional drug enforcement task force covering Central Louisiana.
• Woodworth Police Department (RADE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWoodworth Police Department participates in the RADE multi-jurisdictional drug enforcement task force covering Central Louisiana.
• Grant Parish District Attorney's Office (RADE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGrant Parish District Attorney's Office participates in the RADE multi-jurisdictional drug enforcement task force, providing prosecutorial support.
• Rapides Parish District Attorney's Office (RADE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRapides Parish District Attorney's Office participates in the RADE multi-jurisdictional drug enforcement task force, providing prosecutorial support.
• Louisiana Department of Probation and Parole (RADE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLouisiana Department of Probation and Parole participates in the RADE multi-jurisdictional drug enforcement task force covering Central Louisiana.
• FBI SAFE STREETS TASK FORCE (RADE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFBI SAFE STREETS TASK FORCE participates in the RADE multi-jurisdictional drug enforcement task force, providing federal law enforcement support.
• Pafford Ambulance ServiceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmergency medical services provider that transports injured or ill individuals to local hospitals, working with RPSO on emergency responses.
• Louisiana Louisiana Law Enforcement (State Database)coreTechnology or IntegrationThe agency's RFP for Law Enforcement Network Sharing Solution requires integration with Louisiana Department of Motor Vehicles records and NCIC (National Crime Information Center) databases.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Louisiana State Police: State-level law enforcement agency that overlaps with RPSO on highway patrol, criminal investigations, and emergency response within Rapides Parish, but operates statewide rather than locally.

Regional players

• Shelby County Sheriff's Office: Comparable mid-South county sheriff's office (Memphis, TN) with parallel patrol, corrections, and civil functions; useful regional benchmark for staffing scale and service breadth.

Direct peers

• East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office: Larger Louisiana parish sheriff's office operating patrol, investigations, SWAT, K-9, detention, and civil functions—directly comparable mandate and service portfolio in a higher-population parish.
• Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office: Constitutionally elected Louisiana sheriff's office of similar scale, providing the same core suite of patrol, investigations, detention, and tax collection services in a comparable parish jurisdiction.
• Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office: Larger southeast Louisiana sheriff's office; provides a directly comparable service mix (patrol, investigations, corrections, civil) and runs a sizable detention facility.
• Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office: Acadiana-region sheriff's office operating patrol, investigations, SWAT, and a detention center comparable in scope to RPSO's operations in Central Louisiana.
• Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office: Adjacent northwest Louisiana parish sheriff's office delivering identical statutory law enforcement and detention services, often collaborating on regional task forces.
• Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office: North Louisiana sheriff's office with comparable size and scope, including patrol, criminal investigations, corrections, and parish-wide tax collection duties.
• Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office: Louisiana parish sheriff's office serving an urban jurisdiction; operates one of the larger parish detention systems in the state with the same statutory mandate as RPSO.
• Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office: Southwest Louisiana sheriff's office with analogous law enforcement, detention, and civil process responsibilities serving a mid-sized parish population.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/RapidesSheriff
• Facebookfacebook.com/RapidesParishSheriffsOffice
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rapides-parish-sheriff-s-office

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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