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According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office’s Public Information Officer Eddie Langlinais, due to the current uprise in COVID-19 cases, the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office will also be suspending fingerprinting services to the public until further notice.

The Abbeville Police Department is having to make changes to its everyday operations due to the COVID-19 virus.
The police department issued a press release on policy changes due to COVID.
“Abbeville Police Chief William Spearman and The Abbeville Police Department remain committed to the safety of the citizens of Abbeville.
The health and well-being of each citizen is always a concern. With this in mind, the Abbeville Police Department will be altering operations within the agency.

As the Delta variant’s grip on Louisiana continues to tighten, officials with the city of Abbeville are encouraging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
That is especially true for city employees who have not yet done so, as the effect on the city’s health insurance plan could eventually become too immense.
“We have a rising and threatening variant infection in our community,” Councilman Brady Broussard Jr. said. “It is in our city, our parish and across the nation.”