Changes

Hathaway standardized compensation and introduced incentive pay. Hathaway brought all divisions of the office into three functional components: (1) Administration, (2) Detention, and (3) Operations. He computerized the tax division, record keeping, and collections departments. He doubled the number of deputies on patrol. He created or expanded already existing special teams for hazardous materials, special response, search and rescue, and helicopter monitoring. He established substations at strategic locations.<ref name=ejbrock/>

Hathaway standardized compensation and introduced incentive pay. Hathaway brought all divisions of the office into three functional components: (1) Administration, (2) Detention, and (3) Operations. He computerized the tax division, record keeping, and collections departments. He doubled the number of deputies on patrol. He created or expanded already existing special teams for hazardous materials, special response, search and rescue, and helicopter monitoring. He established substations at strategic locations.<ref name=ejbrock/>

In 1982, Caddo sheriff's deputies responded to a call of an abandoned 36-hour-old infant boy weighing seven pounds, wrapped only in a towel, and in excellent condition. He was found in a carport at a house on Red Oak Lane along with an attached note asking that good parents be found. The child was taken to LSU Medical Center pediatric services for transition to proper authorities. Hathaway said, "We probably have to assume the baby was not hospital-delivered, if only because hospitals [then] usually keep newborns longer than thirty-six hours. On the other hand, if the baby were home-delivered and without the help of a doctor, there would be no record of birth." Chief deputy David Milton Almond (1937-2003)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=96144305|title=D. Milton Almond|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=December 28, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.policechiefmagazine.org/magazine/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_arch&article_id=184&issue_id=12004|title=International Association of Chiefs of Police Deaths|publisher=''Police Chief Magazine''|location=Alexandria, [[Virginia]]|date=January 2004|accessdate=June 22, 2014}}</ref> said that the abandonment was only the second such case that he had witnessed in his then seventeen years in law enforcement.<ref>Ray Waddle and Mike Silva (photo), "Newborn Boy Found in Carport," ''The Shreveport Times,'' February 24, 1982.</ref>

In 1982, Caddo sheriff's deputies responded to a call of an abandoned 36-hour-old infant boy weighing seven pounds, wrapped only in a towel, and in excellent condition. He was found in a carport at a house on Red Oak Lane along with an attached note asking that good parents be found. The child was taken to LSU Medical Center pediatric services for transition to proper authorities. Hathaway said, "We probably have to assume the baby was not hospital-delivered, if only because hospitals [then] usually keep newborns longer than thirty-six hours. On the other hand, if the baby were home-delivered and without the help of a doctor, there would be no record of birth." Chief deputy David Milton Almond (1937-2003)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=96144305|title=D. Milton Almond|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=December 28, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.policechiefmagazine.org/magazine/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_arch&article_id=184&issue_id=12004|title=International Association of Chiefs of Police Deaths|publisher=''Police Chief Magazine''|location=Alexandria, [[Virginia]]|date=January 2004|accessdate=June 22, 2014; information no longer on-line}}</ref> said that the abandonment was only the second such case that he had witnessed in his then seventeen years in law enforcement.<ref>Ray Waddle and Mike Silva (photo), "Newborn Boy Found in Carport," ''The Shreveport Times,'' February 24, 1982.</ref>

In 1987, Hathaway announced that his deputies engaging in undercover drug purchases had obtained thirty [[warrant]]s and made at least seventeen arres]s. All suspects were booked with distributing such substances as [[amphetamine]]s, [[marijuana]], [[cocaine]], and [[valium]]. One suspect was charged with the distribution of a false representation of a controlled dangerous substance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/11469462/|title=Undercover drug buys net arrests|date=October 9, 1987|publisher=''The Galveston Daily News''|location=Galveston, [[Texas]]|page=8|accessdate=June 21, 2014}}</ref>

In 1987, Hathaway announced that his deputies engaging in undercover drug purchases had obtained thirty [[warrant]]s and made at least seventeen arres]s. All suspects were booked with distributing such substances as [[amphetamine]]s, [[marijuana]], [[cocaine]], and [[valium]]. One suspect was charged with the distribution of a false representation of a controlled dangerous substance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/11469462/|title=Undercover drug buys net arrests|date=October 9, 1987|publisher=''The Galveston Daily News''|location=Galveston, [[Texas]]|page=8|accessdate=June 21, 2014}}</ref>