LAFAYETTE, La. — The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana recognized Alexandria Police Department Chief of Police Chad Gremillion with the Freedom 250 Hometown Hero Award, citing his long record of public safety and community service.
According to the official May 27 release, the award was presented on May 20, 2026, as part of the Justice Department’s Freedom 250 celebration. The release said the award recognizes public officials who have shown steadfast commitment to service and who embody the spirit on which the nation was founded.
“Freedom 250 is an opportunity to recognize and reflect upon the values that define our Nation: service, sacrifice, and community,” U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Keller said in the release. Keller said Gremillion exemplifies those values through his dedication to public safety and service to Alexandria.
Decades of Louisiana law-enforcement service
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Gremillion began his law-enforcement career with the Alexandria Police Department in 1995, working as a patrol officer and in the traffic division.
In 1999, the release said, Gremillion graduated from the Louisiana State Police Training Academy and began serving as a Louisiana State Trooper assigned to Troop E. During his time with State Police, he served in uniform patrol, criminal investigations, the intelligence division, and the special victims unit.
The release also said Gremillion served as a federal task force officer and received the Louisiana State Police “Trooper of the Year” award and a lifesaving award, among other commendations.
After retiring from Louisiana State Police in 2023, Gremillion was appointed interim chief of the Alexandria Police Department by Mayor Jacques Roy, according to the release.
Community service beyond the badge
The U.S. Attorney’s Office also pointed to Gremillion’s community involvement, noting that he is a past board member of the Rapides Children’s Advocacy Center and Metanoia Manor for victims of human trafficking.
The same release said the Western District of Louisiana offices in Shreveport and Lafayette marked Freedom 250 with gift-in-kind charity drives, including clothing donations in Lafayette and more than 400 pounds of food collected in Shreveport for the Northwest Louisiana Food Bank.
For ThinBlueNews readers, the story is a quieter kind of law-enforcement recognition: not a single dramatic call, but decades of patrol, investigations, task-force work, leadership, and local service.
Sources and attribution
- U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana: award details, date, quote, career background, commendations, community-service details, and official source photo.
- The featured image is a ThinBlueNews graphic using an official DOJ / U.S. Attorney’s Office source photo. No incident scene is implied.
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