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|office=[[Sheriff]] of Caddo Parish, [[Louisiana]]

|office=[[Sheriff]] of Caddo Parish, [[Louisiana]]

|term_start=July 1, 2000

|term_start=July 1, 2000

|term_end=July 1, 2024

|term_end=March 1, 2024

|preceded=[[Donald E. Hathaway]]

|preceded=[[Donald E. Hathaway]]

|succeeded=Henry L. Whitehorn, Sr.<br> (pending court ruling)

|succeeded=John "Jay" Long (interim)<br>

|birth_place=Clarksville<br>Montgomery County<br>[[Tennessee]]

|birth_place=Clarksville<br>Montgomery County<br>[[Tennessee]]

|birth_date=September 25, 1951

|birth_date=September 25, 1951

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}}

'''Stephen Wayne Prator, Sr.''', known as '''Steve Prator''' (born September 25, 1951),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://voterportal.sos.la.gov/voter.aspx|title=Click Stephen Prator, September 1951|publisher=voterportal.sos.la.gov|accessdate=February 4, 2014}}</ref> of [[Shreveport]] is the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] since [[Reconstruction]] to serve as [[sheriff]] of Caddo Parish in far northwestern [[Louisiana]]. He began his sixth term in the office in the summer of 2020.

'''Stephen Wayne Prator, Sr.''', known as '''Steve Prator''' (born September 25, 1951),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://voterportal.sos.la.gov/voter.aspx|title=Click Stephen Prator, September 1951|publisher=voterportal.sos.la.gov|accessdate=February 4, 2014}}</ref> of [[Shreveport]] is the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] since [[Reconstruction]] to serve as [[sheriff]] of Caddo Parish in far northwestern [[Louisiana]]. He began his sixth term in the office in the summer of 2020. He stepped down four months early in his last term to accept a position from [[Governor]] [[Jeff Landry]] to serve on the Louisiana Board of Pardons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2024/03/01/john-long-sworn-in-as-interim-caddo-parish-sheriff/72808053007/|title=John Long sworn in as interim Caddo Parish sheriff|author=Ian Robinson|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=March 1, 2024|accessdate=March 2, 2024}}</ref>

==Background==

==Background==