City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish / Police Department

Agency file

Police Department

Source file: Open Data BR — City-Parish Employee Salaries / ingested Jun 18, 2026

The Police Department provides law enforcement and public safety — patrol, criminal investigation, and emergency response.

In 2025, this agency had 856 employees with median total compensation of $62,518; the highest distinct record was $179,832.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $50.7M
Employees: 856
Median total: $62,518
Highest record: $179,832

What the records show

Compensation analytics

These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.

Salary distribution

$0$127,809+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 856 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($62,518) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $44,157 (75%)
Overtime — $7,959 (13%)
Other — $7,080 (12%)
Benefits — $0 (0%)

What an average paycheck here is made of — base salary versus overtime, other pay (bonuses, allowances), and benefits. A large overtime or other-pay share means take-home often exceeds base salary.

Pay percentiles

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$5,198

$35,760

$62,518

$83,760

$98,719

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $98,719 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $5,198. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Police Officer

383 · $63,241

Police Sergeant

118 · $89,474

School Crossing Guard

93 · $5,053

Police Lieutenant

59 · $99,537

Police Community Officer I-42 Hrs

42 · $43,231

The most common job titles in this department by headcount, with the median total compensation for each. Click a title to see everyone who holds it.

Trend

Year over year

How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 2 published years.

Year	Total payroll	Employees	Median pay
2024	$53.4M —	874 —	$61,092 —
2025	$50.7M ▼ 5.0%	856 ▼ 2.1%	$62,518 ▲ 2.3%

Compare

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Record list

Employees

Page 1

Leonard Harry

Police Lieutenant/Police Department

2025 total comp

$116,757

Sub-department: Police-Operational Service Bureau
Base pay: $75,831
Overtime: $29,520
Other pay: $11,406
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $116,757
Middle name: K

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5000
Education Pay: $3,750
Employee Refund: $456
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 5015
Pay Location Code: 5040
Total Overtime Hours: 468.5

At Police Department, Leonard Harry serves as a Police Lieutenant within Police-Operational Service Bureau. Their 2025 pay totaled $116,757.

Billy Walker

Police Sergeant/Police Department

2025 total comp

$116,091

Sub-department: Police-Uniform Patrol Bureau
Base pay: $69,889
Overtime: $37,729
Other pay: $8,473
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $116,091
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5000
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Field Training Pay: $496
Job Code: 5010
Pay Location Code: 5020
Shift Differential Pay: $777
Total Overtime Hours: 678.67

Billy Walker holds the role of Police Sergeant at Police Department within Police-Uniform Patrol Bureau. In 2025, their total compensation was $116,091.

George Martrain

Police Sergeant/Police Department

2025 total comp

$115,736

Sub-department: Police-Criminal Investigation
Base pay: $69,889
Overtime: $34,827
Other pay: $11,020
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $115,736
Middle name: D

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5000
Education Pay: $3,000
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 5010
Pay Location Code: 5070
Police Suit Allowance: $800
Shift Differential Pay: $20

George Martrain is a Police Sergeant at Police Department within Police-Criminal Investigation. 2025 total compensation came to $115,736.

Jordon Lear

Police Sergeant/Police Department

2025 total comp

$115,690

Sub-department: Police-Criminal Investigation
Base pay: $69,889
Overtime: $35,271
Other pay: $10,530
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $115,690
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5000
Education Pay: $1,125
Employee Reimbursement: $1,373
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 5010
Pay Location Code: 5070
Police Suit Allowance: $800

Jordon Lear is a Police Sergeant at Police Department within Police-Criminal Investigation. 2025 total compensation came to $115,690.

Dustin Conde

Police Sergeant/Police Department

2025 total comp

$115,593

Sub-department: Police-Special Operations
Base pay: $70,561
Overtime: $36,509
Other pay: $8,523
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $115,593
Middle name: P

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5000
Education Pay: $1,125
Employee Reimbursement: $176
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 5010
Pay Location Code: 5060
Shift Differential Pay: $22

Dustin Conde is a Police Sergeant at Police Department within Police-Special Operations. 2025 total compensation came to $115,593.

Chad Kuber

Police Lieutenant/Police Department

2025 total comp

$115,107

Sub-department: Police-Criminal Investigation
Base pay: $74,689
Overtime: $31,268
Other pay: $9,150
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $115,107
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5000
Education Pay: $1,125
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 5015
Pay Location Code: 5070
Police Suit Allowance: $800
Shift Differential Pay: $25

Chad Kuber works as a Police Lieutenant for Police Department within Police-Criminal Investigation. Chad earned $115,107 in 2025.

Belford Johnson

Police Lieutenant/Police Department

2025 total comp

$115,047

Sub-department: Police-Operational Service Bureau
Base pay: $75,831
Overtime: $30,881
Other pay: $8,335
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $115,047
Middle name: D

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5000
Education Pay: $1,125
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 5015
Pay Location Code: 5040
Shift Differential Pay: $10
Total Overtime Hours: 507.5

Belford Johnson works as a Police Lieutenant for Police Department within Police-Operational Service Bureau. Belford earned $115,047 in 2025.

Darren Moses

Police Sergeant/Police Department

2024 total comp

$114,533

Sub-department: Police-Criminal Investigation
Base pay: $85,424
Overtime: $13,454
Other pay: $15,655
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $114,533
Middle name: L

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5000
Employment End Date: Oct 31, 2024
Employment Status: Inactive
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 5010
Pay Location Code: 5070
Police Suit Allowance: $500
Severance Pay: $12,455

Darren Moses works as a Police Sergeant for Police Department within Police-Criminal Investigation. Darren earned $114,533 in 2024.

Timothy Ballard

Police Lieutenant/Police Department

2025 total comp

$114,205

Sub-department: Police-Criminal Investigation
Base pay: $75,831
Overtime: $27,019
Other pay: $11,355
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $114,205
Middle name: B

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5000
Education Pay: $3,000
Employee Refund: $191
Employee Reimbursement: $164
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 5015
Pay Location Code: 5070

Timothy Ballard works as a Police Lieutenant for Police Department within Police-Criminal Investigation. Timothy earned $114,205 in 2025.

Brian Norris

Police Lieutenant/Police Department

2025 total comp

$113,964

Sub-department: Police-Special Operations
Base pay: $75,831
Overtime: $29,020
Other pay: $9,112
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $113,964
Middle name: O

Source-specific fields

Commander Pay: $1,008
Department Number: 5000
Employee Refund: $668
Employee Reimbursement: $214
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 5015
Pay Location Code: 5060

Brian Norris holds the role of Police Lieutenant at Police Department within Police-Special Operations. In 2025, their total compensation was $113,964.

Justin Becnel

Police Sergeant/Police Department

2025 total comp

$112,396

Sub-department: Police-Administration
Base pay: $69,889
Overtime: $30,987
Other pay: $11,520
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $112,396
Middle name: B

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5000
Education Pay: $3,000
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 5010
Pay Location Code: 5010
Police Suit Allowance: $1,000
Shift Differential Pay: $320

Justin Becnel is a Police Sergeant at Police Department within Police-Administration. 2025 total compensation came to $112,396.

Joseph Welda

Police Officer/Police Department

2025 total comp

$112,110

Sub-department: Police-Uniform Patrol Bureau
Base pay: $61,874
Overtime: $43,014
Other pay: $7,222
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $112,110
Middle name: L

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5000
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 5005
Pay Location Code: 5020
Shift Differential Pay: $22
Total Overtime Hours: 863.5
Unique ID: 0x72546DFC81DF135BCE74C51980C2C5ABE2DD1150

Joseph Welda is a Police Officer at Police Department within Police-Uniform Patrol Bureau. 2025 total compensation came to $112,110.