Rapides Parish
Sheriff William Earl Hilton
- Business Address: P.O. Box 1510; Alexandria, LA 71309
- Street Address: 701 Murray Street; Alexandria, LA 71301
- Business Phone(s): 318-473-6704; 318-473-6700
- FAX: 318-449-5455
- Prison Phone: 318-473-6750
- Prison FAX: 318-473-6817
- Sheriff's Secretary: Gwen Rylee Rivet
- Deputy Sheriffs: 409
- Part-time Deputy Sheriffs: 25
- Reserve Deputy Sheriffs: 65; 12 Mounted Patrol
- Chief Criminal Deputy: William Robinson
- Chief Civil Deputy: Sherrie Eddlemon
- Chief Deputy Tax Collector: Harry Vermaelen
- Chief Juvenile Officer: Mike Wiley
- Parish Prison Wardens: Vernon Creecy; Jimmy Chevalier and Karla Ryder
Personal Information
- Year Assumed Office: 1992
- Spouse: Billie Faye Gunter
- Professional and Civic Affiliations: Louisiana Sheriffs' Association, President; Oliver Masonic Lodge #84; 32 Scottish Rite Mason, Shreveport Consistory; E1 Karubah Shrine Temple, Shreveport; Cenla Shrine Club, Alexandria; National Sheriffs' Association; Professional Police Investigators' Association, Charter Member; Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement; Louisiana Drug Policy Board; Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics, State Chairman; Federal Correctional Relations Board; Northwest Criminalistics Laboratory; Louisiana Sheriffs for Better Law Enforcement, Past President; Red River Law Enforcement Attakapas Council; ROCIC, Regional Organized Crime Information Center; Chamber of Commerce; Renaissance Home for Youth; Central Louisiana High School Rodeo Association, Charter Member; Rapides Cattlemen's Association, Past President; United Way, Board of directors; The Food Bank of Central Louisiana, Board of Directors; Central Louisiana Coalition of Prevent Homelessness; Salvation Army, Advisory Board; Junior League of Alexandria, Advisory Board; and Chaired fundraising efforts for the DARE Program, Heart Fund, March of Dimes and Red Cross