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A pandemic, hurricanes and the day-to-day challenges of their work made 2021 a tough year for sheriff’s deputies in Iberville Parish, but it did not put the brakes on one of their longtime traditions.
Staff Report A longtime holiday tradition almost became “The Christmas That Wasn’t” for the Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Office, until circumstances made Sheriff Brett Stassi reconsider. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic left Stassi uncertain about whether to do the annual Christmas donations to needy families, but it did not take him long to reconsider. “I was thinking of another plan, but we started getting calls from guidance counselors from the schools who were waiting for the paperwork,” he said. “The people from schools told us this tradition was needed more than ever.” Sta...