What is the Police Jury Association of Louisiana?

The Police Jury Association of Louisiana was created in 1924 to improve parish government in the State of Louisiana. Membership is open to each of the 64 parishes in the State of Louisiana, whether organized as a Police Jury, Parish Council or Parish Commission. The Association has an active and dynamic executive board of directors composed of a President, First Vice President, Second Vice President, Third Vice President, all Past Presidents, the Presidents of the recognized affiliate organizations, an At-Large Board Member, and a Board Member elected from each of the eight geographic regions of the State. 

Region 1	Region 2	Region 3	Region 4	Region 5	Region 6	Region 7	Region 8
Orleans	Jefferson	Assumption	Bienville	Caldwell	Ascension	Acadia	Avoyelles
				East Carroll
			Bossier	Franklin	East Baton Rouge	Allen	Catahoula
		Iberia	Caddo	Jackson
	Lafourche	Iberville	Claiborne	Madison	East Feliciana	Beauregard	Concordia
	Plaquemines	Lafayette	DeSoto	Morehouse	Livingston
	St. Bernard	Pointe Coupee	Lincoln	Ouachita	St. Helena,	Calcasieu	Grant
	St. Charles	St. Landry	Natchitoches	Richland	St. Tammany,	Cameron	LaSalle
	St. James	St. Martin	Red River	Tensas	Tangipahoa	Evangeline	Rapides
	St. John the Baptist	St. Mary	Sabine	Union	Washington	Jefferson Davis	Vernon
	Terrebonne	West Baton Rouge	Webster	West Carroll	West Feliciana	Vermilion	Winn

The Association is housed in its own building at 707 N. 7th Street in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and has a full-time staff charged with the responsibility of keeping state and national public officials informed of the activities and needs of the parish governing authorities. Further, the staff gathers information that will benefit the membership and disseminates that information through periodic orientation and training seminars and conferences which it conducts throughout the state. The Association publishes news-letters, technical pamphlets, a directory of parish officials and the Police Jury Manual, as well as a quarterly magazine, Louisiana Parish Government.

The Association also operates the Parish Government Risk Management Agency (PGRMA), an interlocal risk management agency that provides Workers' Compensation and Health and Hospitalization coverage programs for parish governments and affiliated entities.