Lieutenant Margaret Lias
School Drug Task Force
100 St. Ferdinand Rm. 124
Baton Rouge, La 70802
Phone: (225) 389-5142
Fax: (225) 389-5470
Email S.D.T.F.
Lieutenant Margaret Lias became a deputy at the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s office on August 4, 1989 as a radio dispatcher. In March 1993, Lieutenant Lias became the first African American Female to serve in the uniform patrol division. While there she received the rank of corporal. She has always had a passion for kids and a determination to help in the fight against drugs and violence in our schools and community. Because of these goals, she eagerly accepted the position as a detective with the School Drug Task Force Division. She is the widow of Norris Lias. Together they have a son and grandson.
School Drug Task Force
School Drug Task Force came into being in 1991 from an agreement between then Mayor Tom Ed McHugh, Chief of Police Wayne Rogillo, and former Sheriff Elmer Litchfield. The mission was to monitor and eradicate crimes such as drugs, weapons and assault in the school systems within East Baton Rouge Parish. Agents were chosen from both the Sheriff's Offcie and the Baton Rouge Police Department and numbered five, which included a secretary.
Though small in number, these agents have averaged well over one-hundred and fifty (150) cases each year ending in arrest and seizure of weapons and drugs. With the emergence of shooting throughout the country in school, the Task Force has stepped up the monitoring of these type of acts in an effort to head off any potential threat to our children and school staff. The area of investigation includes all public, private and parochial schools.