Results of Annual Robbery Prevention Mobilization for the Holidays Released by Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office

Lake Charles, Louisiana – On January 3, 2022, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office revealed the results of their annual Robbery Prevention Mobilization for the Holidays (RPM). Between November 25 and December 26, 2022, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office deployed the Annual Robbery Prevention Mobilization (RPM) in an effort to deter crime and assist shoppers in the Prien Lake Mall parking lot seven days a week from noon until one hour past mall closing. Deputies also aided shoppers at the Southgate Shopping Center on Ryan Street and the shopping areas on Derek Drive.

Deputies were prepared to help shoppers find their cars, jump start their cars if the battery died, change a flat, aid employees and shoppers by taking them to their car after dark, and provide any other assistance they could.

Deputies responded to the following incidents during the 2022 holiday season RPM:

• 1,168 assistance calls
• 595 total business checks
• 6 unlocked vehicles
• 1 medical emergency
• 4 shoplifting incidents
• 30 suspicious persons
• 6 misdemeanor summons
• 2 fights
• 5 vehicle-traffic related incidents

Deputies from the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office performed this special detail to help the public during the hectic holiday season. They were not recruited by the mall, nor were they working as mall security. The presence of law enforcement on the grounds, on the other hand, is supposed to dissuade criminality in the parking lots.