JERRY MONIER

    Jerry Monier, Jr. presently serves as a Plans, Training and Exercise Officer with the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospital-Office of Public Health-Public Health Emergency Preparedness Response Section.  Monier presently manages the day to day operations of the Section, and serves as the Chief Planner and Operations Officer for the Section.  In emergency situations, Monier supervises and manages the Statewide OPH-Emergency Operations Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

   Prior to his employ with the State, Monier served as a Lieutenant with the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office in Thibodaux, Louisiana.  As a Lieutenant, Monier supervised the Support Services Division of the Sheriff’s Office.  Sections under Monier’s supervision included Emergency Response, School Resource Officers, Weed and Seed, Community Policing Section, K9 Section, Crisis Management Unit and Mounted Section.  Monier is a Hazardous Materials Technician, and has provided training on modifying the Incident Command System, into educational and other non traditional response partners.

    Monier has served as an Advisor to Louisiana Attorney General Richard Ieyoub’s Office.   As an Advisor the AG’s Office Monier developed a Statewide School Based Crisis Response Plan, and provided instruction to the State Department of Education and Law Enforcement Agencies, in developing collaborative community based approaches to School Shootings and other School based crisis.  Monier has also served as an advisor to the US Department of Education in developing national templates for community based partnerships in School based Community Policing and crisis response.

   Monier has also served as a local law enforcement advisor to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana in New Orleans.  As an advisor to the US Attorney’s Office, Monier assisted in the development of strategic plans for homeland security initiatives in Rural Parishes and jurisdictions.  He has also worked on developing collaborative approaches for industry and local law enforcement.

Monier was also instrumental in developing the River/Bayou Parishes Mutual Aid and Assistance Task Force.  This Task Force was the first such organization developed in the State of Louisiana.  Through Cooperative Agreements between the 6 Sheriff’s Offices and 6 Parish Office’s of Emergency Preparedness in the River/Bayou Parish Region of Louisiana, all organizations agreed to pool financial and personnel resources to develop a comprehensive response plan for the Region.  This Program has been used as a model for other Regions within the State as well as on a National Level.  Monier was awarded the 2003 Dedication Award by the Louisiana Emergency Preparedness Association for his efforts in developing this Initiative.