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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> �oF LoOlsr DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> e��;. , �,°.�9,y LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> N `` ' � P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> * %���� ''�'���� * BATON ROUGE, LA 70821 <br /> c�'�'FIDEN�f� �22�J�219-.rJ60� <br /> �•..,a,..•� FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> July 8, 2025 <br /> Shawanda Robinson <br /> Probation/Parole Officer <br /> Office of Juvenile Justice <br /> 660 North Foster, Suite B 100 <br /> Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2025-328 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Ms. Robinson: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its meeting on July 3, 2025, considered your request for <br /> an advisory opinion as to wliether the Code of Governmental Ethics ("Code") prohibits you from <br /> serving as an employee of the Office of Juvenile Justice while also serving as a reserve deputy <br /> with the Abbeville Marshal's Office. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You are currently employed as a Probation/Parole Officer with the Office of Juvenile Justice. You <br /> would like to simultaneously serve as a reserve deputy with the Abbeville Marshal's Office. You <br /> ask whether holding both positions may result in any potential violation of the Code. <br /> LAW <br /> La. R.S. 42:1111A prohibits a public employee from receiving anything of economic value, other <br /> than compensation and benefits from the goven�unental entity to which he is duly entitled, for the <br /> performance of the duties and responsibilities of his office or position. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1102(2)(a). "Agency" means a department, office, division, agency, commission, <br /> board, committee, or other organizational unit of a governmental entity. <br /> (i) For public servants in the twenty principal departments of the executive branch of <br /> state government, the office in which such public servant carries out his primary <br /> responsibilities; except that in the case of the secretary, deputy secretary, or <br /> undersecretary of any such department and officials carrying out the responsibilities <br /> of such department officers it shall inean the department in which he serves; and <br /> except that in the case of public servants who a.re members or employees of a board <br /> or commission or who provide staff assistance to a board or commission, it shall <br /> mean the board or comnlission. <br /> Page 1 of 2 (BD 2025-32R) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />