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%

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Record list

Employees

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Troy Lawrence

Police Lieutenant/Police Department

2024 total comp

$122,248

Sub-department: Police-Criminal Investigation
Base pay: $58,332
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $63,917
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $122,248
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5000
Employment End Date: Aug 29, 2023
Employment Status: Inactive
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 5005
Pay Location Code: 5070
Total Overtime Hours: 0
Unique ID: 0x92626B044482BD0EF69608EAAFFF39001DE30203

Troy Lawrence is a Police Lieutenant at Police Department within Police-Criminal Investigation. 2024 total compensation came to $122,248.

Iva Burrell

Police Criminal Information Spc II/Police Department

2025 total comp

$120,758

Sub-department: Police-Special Operations
Base pay: $50,691
Overtime: $68,889
Other pay: $1,178
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $120,758
Middle name: C

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5000
Education Pay: $1,125
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 5205
Pay Location Code: 5060
Shift Differential Pay: $53
Total Overtime Hours: 1,803

At Police Department, Iva Burrell serves as a Police Criminal Information Spc II within Police-Special Operations. Their 2025 pay totaled $120,758.

James Nauman

Police Lieutenant/Police Department

2025 total comp

$119,945

Sub-department: Police-Uniform Patrol Bureau
Base pay: $75,831
Overtime: $32,045
Other pay: $12,069
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $119,945
Middle name: K

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5000
Education Pay: $3,000
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 5015
Pay Location Code: 5020
Shift Differential Pay: $1,869
Total Overtime Hours: 515.17

At Police Department, James Nauman serves as a Police Lieutenant within Police-Uniform Patrol Bureau. Their 2025 pay totaled $119,945.

Duke Staples

Police Lieutenant/Police Department

2025 total comp

$119,347

Sub-department: Police-Uniform Patrol Bureau
Base pay: $75,831
Overtime: $34,779
Other pay: $8,736
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $119,347
Middle name: J

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5000
Employee Refund: $814
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 5015
Pay Location Code: 5020
Shift Differential Pay: $723
Total Overtime Hours: 579.5

At Police Department, Duke Staples serves as a Police Lieutenant within Police-Uniform Patrol Bureau. Their 2025 pay totaled $119,347.

Jason Dohm

Police Sergeant/Police Department

2025 total comp

$118,840

Sub-department: Police-Criminal Investigation
Base pay: $69,889
Overtime: $37,936
Other pay: $11,015
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $118,840
Middle name: A

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: $15

At Police Department, Jason Dohm serves as a Police Sergeant within Police-Criminal Investigation. Their 2025 pay totaled $118,840.

Randall Vosburg

Police Sergeant/Police Department

2024 total comp

$118,105

Sub-department: Police-Criminal Investigation
Base pay: $61,825
Overtime: $111
Other pay: $56,169
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $118,105
Middle name: J

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: $400
Severance Pay: $53,369

Randall Vosburg is a Police Sergeant at Police Department within Police-Criminal Investigation. 2024 total compensation came to $118,105.

Mark Cummings

Police Sergeant/Police Department

2025 total comp

$117,943

Sub-department: Police-Operational Service Bureau
Base pay: $69,810
Overtime: $37,166
Other pay: $10,967
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $117,943
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5000
Education Pay: $3,000
Employee Reimbursement: $362
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 5010
Pay Location Code: 5040
Police Suit Allowance: $400

At Police Department, Mark Cummings serves as a Police Sergeant within Police-Operational Service Bureau. Their 2025 pay totaled $117,943.

Joseph Dargin

Police Lieutenant/Police Department

2025 total comp

$117,228

Sub-department: Police-Criminal Investigation
Base pay: $75,831
Overtime: $32,943
Other pay: $8,454
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $117,228
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 5000
Employee Refund: $454
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 5015
Pay Location Code: 5070
Police Suit Allowance: $800
Total Overtime Hours: 540.17

At Police Department, Joseph Dargin serves as a Police Lieutenant within Police-Criminal Investigation. Their 2025 pay totaled $117,228.