NORTHWESTERN STATE rm. UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA 

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN 

NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY 

NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS POLICE 

AND 

AVOYELLES PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE 

AVOYELLES PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 

TUNICA-BILOXI TRIBAL POLICE DEPARTMENT 

Pursuant to La. R.S. 17:3399.14, as amended by Act 439 and 472 of the 2021 Regular 

Session of the Louisiana Legislature, this Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") is a 

collaboration between the Avoyelles Parish Sheriffs Office, Avoyelles Parish District Attorney, 

Marksville Police Department, Tunica-Biloxi Tribal Police Department, Northwestern State 

University Police Department, (the "Law Enforcement Group"), and Northwestern State 

University (the "Institutions"), each represented by the authorized signatory below. 

The law requires that all public institutions ofhigher education shall enter into and maintain 

a written memorandum of agreement with local law enforcement agencies, including the campus 

police department, ifany, the local district attorney's office, and any law enforcement agency with 

criminal jurisdiction over the campus, to clearly delineate the responsibilities and share 

information, in accordance with applicable state and federal confidentiality laws, including but not 

limited to trends regarding power-based violence committed by or against students of an 

institution. 

With signature to this MOU by all parties, representatives are demonstrating a commitment 

to the requirements of La R.S. 17:3399.14. This agreement shall be reviewed annually by each 

institution's chancellor/president, Title IX coordinator, and the executive officer of the criminal 

justice agency, and shall be revised as considered necessary. 

Nothing in this MOU entered into by the Parties shall be construed as prohibiting a victim 

or responsible employee from making a complaint to both the institution and a law enforcement 

agency. 

The parties agree as follows: 

1. Northwestern State University Police Department, Avoyelles Parish District 

Attorney's Office, Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office, and Tunica-Biloxi Tribal Police 

Department agree to: 

a. Designate a liaison to serve and work with the Institutions, including each 

Institution' s campus security and Title IX Coordinator, and to serve as the agency's contact person; 

b. Maintain communication and contact with the Institutions and Title IX 

Coordinators at the Institutions, to the extent able to do so without jeopardizing their own 

investigation, including meeting with their Title IX Coordinators or others to assist those 
institutions in resolving power-based violence committed on their campuses by or against students 

of an institution, and to promote the proper methods of preservation of evidence; 

c. Notify the respective Institutions, to the extent able with respect to any 

confidentiality requirements imposed by law, ofany report of power-based violence committed on 

their campuses by or against students of an institution; 

d. Coordinate investigations with the Institutions, to the extent able to do so without 

jeopardizing their own investigation, to assure that any reported incident involving power-based 

violence committed on their respective campuses by or against students of an institution is fully 

investigated; 

e. Assist in the development and implementation of training for use by the Parties 

hereto related to sharing information and conducting investigations into power-based violence 

committed on their campuses by or against students of an institution; 

f. Share general information with the Institutions about power-based violence 

committed within the jurisdiction ofthe parties hereto with the goal of promoting and improving 

campus safety; 

g. Include on its police reports information related to the status of the alleged victim 

as a student of an Institution; and 

h. Develop and support policies and procedures to establish and maintain meaningful 

communication between all signatories to this MOU. 

2. Northwestern State University agrees to: 

a. Designate a liaison to serve and work with the Law Enforcement Group, and to 

serve as the Institution' s contact person; 

b. Maintain communication and contact with the Law Enforcement Group, to the 

extent able to do so without jeopardizing their own investigation, including meeting with their 

Title IX Coordinators or others to assist those in resolving power-based violence committed on 

their campuses by or against students of an institution, and to promote the proper methods of 

preservation of evidence; 

c. Notify the Law Enforcement Group, to the extent able with respect to any 

confidentiality requirements imposed by law, of any report ofpower-based violence committed on 

their campuses by or against students of an institution; 

d. Coordinate investigations with the Law Enforcement Group, to the extent able to 

do so without jeopardizing their own investigation, to assure that any reported incident involving 

power-based violence committed on their respective campuses by or against students of an 

institution is fully investigated; 

e. Assist the development and implementation oftraining with the Law Enforcement 

Group, for the sharing of information and conducting investigations into power-based violence 

committed on their campuses by or against students ofan institution; 

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f. Share general information with the Law Enforcement Group, where applicable, 

about power-based violence committed on their campuses by or against students ofan institution, 

with the goal of promoting and improving campus safety; and 

g. Develop and support the policies and procedures to establish and maintain the 

communication between all signatories to this MOU. 

3. Term: This MOU shall be reviewed annually and revised as needed. 

This Memorandum of Understanding is hereby accepted and adopted by the following 

authorized representatives: 

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Sheriff David Dauzat 

Avoyelles Parish Sheriffs Office 

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ChiefHarold Pierite, Sr. Tu2D~ent 

Dr. Marcus Jones, Preside1 

Northwestern State University 

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Charles Riddle III Date 

Avoyelles Parish District Attorney's Office 

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