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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> oN d"S" DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> ;a P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> * * BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> COrorioeNc� (225)219-5600 <br /> «o»• FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> January 12, 2026 <br /> Chief Carolyn Henderson <br /> 263 North Common <br /> Shreveport, LA 71101 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2025-641 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Chief Henderson: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its January 9, 2026 meeting, considered your advisory opinion <br /> request as to whether the Code of Governmental Ethics (the "Code") permits a paramedic- <br /> firefighter, Terrance Davis Jr.,to transfer to a station in which his father, Caption Terrance Davis <br /> Sr., is an EMS Supervisor. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> Captain Terrance Davis Sr. has been employed by the Shreveport Fire Department ("SFD") since <br /> February 14, 2000 and currently serves as an EMS Supervisor at Station 19. Mr. Davis directly <br /> reports to Assistant Chief, Tommy Carpenter, and Chief of EMS, Chief Alamand. Mr. Davis' son, <br /> Terrance T. Davis, Jr., has been employed with SFD since October 1, 2022 and serves as <br /> firefighter-paramedic at Station 14. Paramedics and firefighters are assigned to specific stations <br /> and report to the House Captains of that station. The House Captain of Station 19 is Captain <br /> Vaughn Tonsman. For disciplinary matters, a House Captain would be the immediate Supervisor <br /> and thereafter the next chain of command would be the Battalion Chief assigned to that station. <br /> If a complaint is filed against an employee at SFD, the complaint is submitted online and handled <br /> as follows: Chief of EMS, Deputy Fire Chief, Assistant Fire Chief, and then to the Battalion Fire <br /> Chief or Fire Captain if it is a behavioral issue, or an EMS Supervisor if it is an EMS issue. While <br /> an EMS Supervisor does not have the ability to discipline an employee, their role may involve <br /> investigating a complaint that occurred. <br /> LAW <br /> La.R.S.42:1102(18)(a)defines"public employee"to mean anyone,whether compensated or not, <br /> who is: <br /> (i) An administrative officer or official of a governmental entity who is not filling an elective <br /> office. <br /> Page 1 of 3 (BD 2025-629) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />