Minden

From I-20, take Exit 47. Follow north on Sibley Road to Industrial Drive. Turn right on Industrial Drive. The office is the first building on the right.

MID’s 11 field agents supervise an average of 1,650 cases. Approximately half of these cases are located in Webster Parish. This district completes an average of 70 investigations monthly for criminal justice agencies and collects over $65,000 in fees and restitution monthly. As a large rural district, extended travel is a necessity in supervising cases. The agents travel in excess of 2,200 miles monthly.

Each Halloween, the Minden District requires all registered sex offenders on supervision to report to the Minden District Office from 5:00 to 8:30 p.m. During the period of time they are here, they will all sign new updated contracts. Each offender will produce his/her driver’s license and state ID card that indicates he/she is a sex offender. Additionally all new laws pertaining to sex offenses that have taken effect since the previous year will be addressed with each offender.

Minden District, in conjunction with Camp Minden, provides training to at risk teens at the Youth Challenge Program. The training is primarily a prevention program to help reduce and prevent sexual offenses. It is an informative one and half hour “shock and awe” campaign to at risk teens. MID has three agents and a supervisor involved in the program and, to date, they have educated approximately 1,200 teens from across the state.