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Litchfield was a native of Meridian in eastern [[Mississippi]] He graduated from the [[University of Mississippi]] at Oxford in 1950. He served nearly two years in the [[United States Marine Corps]].​ He launched his career in law enforcement with the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] in 1951, with duties as a special agent in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]],  [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]],  and eventually in [[New Orleans]] and Baton Rouge. He retired from the FBI in 1979 and then served with the Louisiana State Commission on Law Enforcement until he was elected sheriff.​<ref name=death/> Before his tenure as sheriff, Litchfield was the executive director of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice.​

Litchfield was a native of Meridian in eastern [[Mississippi]] He graduated from the [[University of Mississippi]] at Oxford in 1950. He served nearly two years in the [[United States Marine Corps]].​ He launched his career in law enforcement with the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] in 1951, with duties as a special agent in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]],  [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]],  and eventually in [[New Orleans]] and Baton Rouge. He retired from the FBI in 1979 and then served with the Louisiana State Commission on Law Enforcement until he was elected sheriff.​<ref name=death/> Before his tenure as sheriff, Litchfield was the executive director of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice.​

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Colonel Greg Donald Phares (born 1956), the chief criminal deputy, succeeded Litchfield as acting sheriff. Phares, a Republican was defeated in the November 17, 2007, general election by the Democrat,<ref>[http://www.sidgautreaux.com Sid Gautreaux Sheriff<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Sid J. Gautreaux, III, the veteran police chief  in Baker, Louisiana. Gautreaux polled 40,624 (52 percent) to Phares' 38,224 (48 percent) in an election with a 31 percent turnout.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns: East Baton Rouge Parish, November 17, 2007.</ref> In the primary, Phares had led Gautreaux, 46-37 percent, but the combined overall Democratic vote was then 51 percent.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns: East Baton Rouge Parish, October 20, 2007.</ref> Gautreaux became sheriff immediately because the election was a combination general election and a [[special election]] for the months left in Litchfield's term.​

Colonel Greg Donald Phares (born 1956), the chief criminal deputy, succeeded Litchfield as acting sheriff. Phares, a Republican was defeated in the November 17, 2007, general election by the Democrat,<ref>[http://www.sidgautreaux.com Sid Gautreaux Sheriff<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Sid J. Gautreaux, III, the veteran police chief  in Baker, Louisiana. Gautreaux polled 40,624 (52 percent) to Phares' 38,224 (48 percent) in an election with a 31 percent turnout.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns: East Baton Rouge Parish, November 17, 2007.</ref> In the primary, Phares had led Gautreaux, 46-37 percent, but the combined overall Democratic vote was then 51 percent.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns: East Baton Rouge Parish, October 20, 2007.</ref> Gautreaux became sheriff immediately because the election was a combination general election and a [[special election]] for the seven months left in Litchfield's term.​

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Phares declared Litchfield "one of the finest law enforcement officers I’ve ever worked for." Litchfield announced in 2004 that he would not run again and that he strongly supported Phares as his successor. The two met in 1973, when Phares was serving as a city police detective, and Litchfield was an FBI agent. They worked together on a [[bank robbery]] case.​<ref name=death/>

Phares declared Litchfield "one of the finest law enforcement officers I’ve ever worked for." Litchfield announced in 2004 that he would not run again and that he strongly supported Phares as his successor. The two met in 1973, when Phares was serving as a city police detective, and Litchfield was an FBI agent. They worked together on a bank robbery case.​<ref name=death/>

==Accomplishments and honors==

==Accomplishments and honors==