Blaming staff shortages and an unsafe building to work in, the Broward Sheriff’s Office will no longer send deputies to work at the state’s Department of Justice’s Juvenile Assessment Center.

they are required by a judge to be sent to a juvenile detention center. However, without such a center in the parish, Bellard says costs have continued to add up for parish government.

St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard said the goal is to find a suitable location and begin construction this year.