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2021 Op. La. Att'y Gen. 1 (2021)

handle is hein.sag/sagla2021 and id is 1 raw text is: State of Louisiana DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL DIVISION P.O. BOX 94005 BATON ROUGE 70804-9005 Jeff Landry Attorney General January 14, 2021 OPINION 20-0070 The Honorable Mandy Green Mayor of the Village of Elizabeth 71 Municipalities 230 Poplar St. La. R.S 18;602 La. R.S. 33:321 Elizabeth, LA 70638 La. R.S 33:362 La. R.S. 33:381 La. R.S 33:385.1 La. R.S. 33:404 La, R.S. 33:423 La. RS. 39:1305 La, R.S. 39:1309 La R.S. 39:1310 The mayor and the board of aldermen cannot exercise the inherent powers and authority of the elected chief of police Dear Mayor Green: Your request for an Attorney General's Opinion has been assigned to me for research and reply. You have requested an opinion from this office regarding the authority of the Mayor and the Board of Alderman over a police employee in the Village of Elizabeth. BACKGROUND In your request, you have provided certain background facts, which we incorporate below. The Village of Elizabeth is a Lawrason Act' municipality with an elected Chief of Police position. Until November 1, 2019, Shane Ware served as the duly elected Chief of Police for the Village of Elizabeth. On that date, Shane Ware resigned as Chief of Police. Thereafter, the Board of Aldermen for Elizabeth appointed Scotty Paul to fill the position of Chief of Police until a special election could be called. However, on April 9, 2020, Scotty Paul resigned the office of interim Chief of Police. Because of a lack of qualified candidates for the office of Chief of Police, the Board of Aldermen has not appointed a replacement for Scotty Paul. For that reason, there is no acting Chief of Police for the Village of Elizabeth. Currently, the Elizabeth Police Department employs one officer. Because there is not a Chief of Police in Elizabeth, the authority of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen over [the} officer... is undefined. Based on this background information, you have requested an opinion from this office on the following questions: ' See La. R.S. 33:321, et seq.

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