During the holiday season the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office Special Crimes Apprehension Team (SCAT) will be working undercover at various retail outlets in Ouachita Parish keeping a vigilant eye for those desiring to commit thefts or other criminal activity victimizing area shoppers and businesses.
This unique patrol involves members of this unit wearing plain clothes and driving unmarked vehicles to frequent retail stores and parking lots that are busy with holiday shoppers.
The SCAT Team deputies patrol the parking lots of the retail outlets and also enter the store and move about with customers, watching for suspicious activity, such as potential shoplifters, robbers and other criminal activity.
The special patrol continues through the Christmas-New Year’s Holiday Season.
