Business Address: P. O. Box 1510; Alexandria, LA 71309.1510
Street Address: 701 Murray Street; Alexandria, LA 71309
E-mail Address: dhickman@bellsouth.net
Business Phone: 318.473.6704 and 318.473.6700
FAX: 318.449.5455
Prison Phone: 318.473.6816
Prison FAX: 318.473.6817
Number of Regular Deputy Sheriffs: 471
Number of Part-Time Deputy Sheriffs: 45
Sheriff's Secretaries: Gwen Rivet and Debbie Hickman
Chief Criminal Deputy: Ronnie Sellers
Chief Civil Deputy: Sherrie E. Eddlemon
Chief Deputy Tax Collector: Harry Vermaelen
Parish Prison Wardens: Vernon Creecy; Jimmy Chevalier; Karla Ryder and Sammy Thiels
Training Services: Ray Christy and Clay Brister
Personal Information
Year Assumed Office: 1992
Spouse: Billie Faye Gunter Hilton
Law Enforcement Training: LSU Basic Academy; LSU Law Enforcement Institute; Louisiana Sheriffs' Institute and numerous other professional state and national training programs
Professional and Civic Affiliations:
Louisiana Sheriffs' Association, Executive Board and Past President; Louisiana Sheriffs' Retirement System, Secretary-Treasure; National Sheriffs' Association; Professional Police Investigators' Association, Charter Member; Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement; Louisiana Drug Policy Board; Federal Corrections Relation Board; American Correctional Association; Northwest Criminalistics Laboratory, Board Member; Louisiana Sheriffs' for Better Law Enforcement, Past President; Red River Law Enforcement Planning District; Regional Organized Crime Information Center; Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics, State Chairman; Oliver Masonic Lodge #84; 32nd Scottish Rite Mason, Shreveport Consistory; El Karubah Shrine Temple, Shreveport; Cenla Shrine Club, Alexandria; Region VI Mental Health Advisory Council; Boy Scouts of America, Attakapas Council, Executive Board; Chamber of Commerce; Renaissance Home for Youth, Board of Advisors; Central Louisiana High School Rodeo Association; Rapides Cattleman's Association, Past President; Food Bank of Central Louisiana, Board Member; Central Louisiana Coalition to Prevent Homelessness; Salvation Army, Advisory Board; Chaired committee to obtain state funding for DARE education; Chaired fund raising events for the Heart Fund, March of Dimes, and Red Cross