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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 104
BY SENATOR DORSEY-COLOMB
A RESOLUTION
To commend Sergeant Carolyn R. Stapleton on her retirement and many accomplishments,
with Crime Victims Assistance of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office.
WHEREAS, Carolyn R. Stapleton has led a very successful career in assisting crime
victims and their families through traumatic times; and
WHEREAS, a graduate of Baker High School, she was hired by the East Baton
Rouge Parish Sheriff's office in 2001, graduated from the Louisiana State University Law
Enforcement Basic Training Academy in 2002, graduated from the Louisiana State Victim
Assistance Academy in 2007, and completed the National Victim Assistance Academy
Leadership Institute in 2008, and received her National Advocate Credential as a
Comprehensive Victim Intervention Specialist through the National Organization for Victim
Assistance; and
WHEREAS, Sergeant Stapleton has made a life of helping others not only a career
but a hobby and way of life; and
WHEREAS, she has attended court hearings with victims to ensure that their rights
were upheld; and
WHEREAS, she would often make hospital visits to comfort families and assist in
funeral preparation; and
WHEREAS, her clients knew that they could depend on her to check on them and
to help them through their life-changing situations lending any assistance that she possibly
could; and
WHEREAS, during her tenure with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office,
Sergeant Stapleton has held numerous victim impact panels for the community and
mandated prison pre-release programs; and
WHEREAS, since the time of her initial employment with the sheriff's office, she has
worked in two capacities, as Crime Victims Assistance Coordinator and Grants and Training
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WHEREAS, Sergeant Stapleton has also pursued and successfully encouraged
legislation which was authored by Senator Francis Thompson and Senator Bodie White
which expanded the Crime Victim Reparations Board to include further assistance to
families of incest victims allowing the claimant to receive loss of support, and to make
available lost wages to parents of children victims of crime, when the parent had to lose
work to take care of the child; and
WHEREAS, she has earned numerous awards for her accomplishments including,
the National Sheriff's Association Victim Services Award, and National Community
Awareness Award which was presented by the Office of Crime within the Department of
Justice; and
WHEREAS, Sergeant Stapleton also founded and coordinates both the Evening of
Remembrance and Flowers on the Lake for victims of crime in East Baton Rouge Parish,
which is hosted annually by the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office; and
WHEREAS, the Evening of Remembrance recognizes victims and surviving family
members of victims of homicide in a very sentimental ceremony and Flowers on the Lake
recognizes all victims and those who have survived any type of crime by placing a flower
in the lake on behalf of themselves and their loved ones; and
WHEREAS, Sergeant Stapleton has certainly touched the lives of countless people
in the state of Louisiana as she has not only been a resource but also a friend to victims and
their families during devastating and extremely difficult times in their lives.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend Sergeant Carolyn R. Stapleton on her retirement, many
accomplishments, and sincerely thanks her for her involvement with Crime Victims
Assistance of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Sergeant Carolyn R. Stapleton.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE