Natchitoches Parish Sheriffs Office is a law enforcement agency that prevents unlawful activities and ensures individual rights. It has various departments, including patrol, criminal investigation, civil and tax, corrections and administration. The sheriff s office s civil and tax department collects property taxes and disperses the money to various taxing agencies. Its criminal investigations division is responsible for the investigation of formal misdemeanor and felony crimes throughout the parish. Natchitoches Parish Sheriffs Office s corrections division houses more than 360 minimum-to-medium security adult male inmates. Its detention site includes an education building, work release office, barn, storage compound for seized vehicles, and vegetable processing and mechanic facilities. The office s corrections division has an emergency response team that responds to inmate riot threats and assists in search and recapture operations. It is located in Natchitoches, La.