ST. MARTIN PARISH, La. ( KLFY ) — The deputy chief of the St. Martinville Police Department is on administrative leave after he allegedly threatened a resident. This comes nearly a decade after serving time for use of excessive force at another law enforcement agency.
In 2015, Cody Laperouse pleaded guilty to striking a handcuffed man twice at a festival in New Iberia. At the time, he was a deputy with the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office.
After serving a day in prison, one year of supervised release, and doing 200 hours of community service, he hopped back into law enforcement as a patrol officer at the St. Martinville Police Department. He’s now in the spotlight again.
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“He was actually a good cop. He just, like I said, let his anger get to him, and it cost him his job and probably his career,” said St. Martinville Police Chief Ricky Martin.
Martin said the alleged threat incident happened on Aug. 26. Martin said Laperouse came to the department, looking for a man being questioned by detectives regarding an investigation involving Laperouse’s mother.