Changes

Fuselier's father, Charles Joseph Fuselier (1918-1979), resigned in 1978 as the St. Martin Parish sheriff. Charles A. Fuselier was elected sheriff in 1979 and took office in the summer of 1980, after the two-year interim period of Sheriff Allan B. Durand (1919–2006). Durand had been chief deputy under the first Sheriff Fuselier and continued thereafter as first deputy under Charles A. Fuselier until Durand's retirement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pellerinfuneralhome.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=1072392|title=LifeLegacy: Allan B. Durand|publisher=Pellerinfuneralhome.com|accessdate=December 8, 2013}}</ref> He was reelected in 1983 with more than 86 percent of the ballots cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10221983/10221983_50.html|title=Resultsfor Election in St. Martin Parish|date=October 22, 1983|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=December 8, 2013}}</ref> In his last contested re-election in 1995, Fuselier polled more than 65 percent of the vote over three opponents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10211995/10211995_50.html|title=Resultsfor Election Date: 10/21/1995: St. Martin Parish|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=December 8, 2013}}</ref> He was succeeded by Ronald J. "Ronny" Theriot (born 1946), an [[Independent voter|Independent]] and former major with the LouisianaState Police, who assumed the office on October 16, 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10042003/10042003_50.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/4/2003: St. Martin Parish|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=December 8,2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stmartinsheriff.org/about-us|title=About Us: Sheriff Ronald J. Theriot|publisher=Stmartinsheriff.org|accessdate=December 8, 2013}}</ref>

Fuselier's father, Charles Joseph Fuselier (1918-1979), resigned in 1978 as the St. Martin Parish sheriff. Charles A. Fuselier was elected sheriff in 1979 and took office in the summer of 1980, after the two-year interim period of Sheriff Allan B. Durand (1919–2006). Durand had been chief deputy under the first Sheriff Fuselier and continued thereafter as first deputy under Charles A. Fuselier until Durand's retirement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pellerinfuneralhome.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=1072392|title=LifeLegacy: Allan B. Durand|publisher=Pellerinfuneralhome.com|accessdate=December 8, 2013}}</ref> He was reelected in 1983 with more than 86 percent of the ballots cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10221983/10221983_50.html|title=Resultsfor Election in St. Martin Parish|date=October 22, 1983|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=December 8, 2013}}</ref> In his last contested re-election in 1995, Fuselier polled more than 65 percent of the vote over three opponents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10211995/10211995_50.html|title=Resultsfor Election Date: 10/21/1995: St. Martin Parish|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=December 8, 2013}}</ref> He was succeeded by Ronald J. "Ronny" Theriot (born 1946), an [[Independent voter|Independent]] and former major with the LouisianaState Police, who assumed the office on October 16, 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10042003/10042003_50.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/4/2003: St. Martin Parish|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=December 8,2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stmartinsheriff.org/about-us|title=About Us: Sheriff Ronald J. Theriot|publisher=Stmartinsheriff.org|accessdate=December 8, 2013}}</ref>

In 1983, Fuselier oversaw the completion of a new jail; in 1990, the installation of a parish-wide [[911]] system; in 1991, the creation of a sheriff's substation, and in 1995, the construction of a facility for juveniles.In 1996, he received the National Sheriff of the Year award, an honor for which he expressed "shock". Then [[U.S. Representative]] Jimmy Hayes of Louisiana's since disbanded 7th congressional district honored Fuselier in a speech delivered on thefloor of Congress. In his address, Hayes noted that Fuselier initiated a local partnership between the sheriff's office, the St. Martinville chief of police, and the [[American Association of Retired Persons]] to create the first TRIAD program in St. Martin Parish, seeks to prevent crimes against senior citizens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://capitolwords.org/date/1996/04/16/E530_honoring-sheriff-charles-a-fuselier-sheriff-of-the/|title=Honoring Sheriff Charles A. Fuselier, Sheriff of the Year|publisher=Capitolwords.org|accessdate=December8, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.is/20131209023046/http://capitolwords.org/date/1996/04/16/E530_honoring-sheriff-charles-a-fuselier-sheriff-of-the/#|archive-date=December 9, 2013|dead-url=yes|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 1999, the St. Martin Parish sheriff's officeunder Fuselier became the first in Louisiana to receive the imprint of the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.<ref name=fourhclubs>{{cite web|url=http://www.lanewsbureau.com/inst/2008RS/HCR/00/08RS-HCR35_Enrolled.pdf|title=A ConcurrentResolution|publisher=lanewsbureau.com|accessdate=December 8, 2013}}</ref>

In 1983, Fuselier oversaw the completion of a new jail; in 1990, the installation of a parish-wide [[911]] system; in 1991, the creation of a sheriff's substation, and in 1995, the construction of a facility for juveniles.In 1996, he received the National Sheriff of the Year award, an honor for which he expressed "shock". Then [[U.S. Representative]] Jimmy Hayes of Louisiana's since disbanded 7th congressional district honored Fuselier in a speech delivered on thefloor of Congress. In his address, Hayes noted that Fuselier initiated a local partnership between the sheriff's office, the St. Martinville chief of police, and the [[American Association of Retired Persons]] to create the first TRIAD program in St. Martin Parish, seeks to prevent crimes against senior citizens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://capitolwords.org/date/1996/04/16/E530_honoring-sheriff-charles-a-fuselier-sheriff-of-the/|title=Honoring Sheriff Charles A. Fuselier, Sheriff of the Year|publisher=Capitolwords.org|accessdate=December8, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.is/20131209023046/http://capitolwords.org/date/1996/04/16/E530_honoring-sheriff-charles-a-fuselier-sheriff-of-the/#|archive-date=December 9, 2013|dead-url=yes|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 1999, the St. Martin Parish sheriff's officeunder Fuselier became the first in Louisiana to receive the imprint of the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.<ref name=fourhclubs>{{cite web|url=http://www.lanewsbureau.com/inst/2008RS/HCR/00/08RS-HCR35_Enrolled.pdf|title=A Concurrent Resolution|publisher=lanewsbureau.com|accessdate=December 8, 2013}}</ref>

Though Fuselier's political career occurred while he was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], the office of the Louisiana Secretary of State in 2013 listed Fuselier and his wife, the former Lyndahl Hobgood (born June 1943), as [[Republican Party|Republican]] voters.

Though Fuselier's political career occurred while he was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], the office of the Louisiana Secretary of State in 2013 listed Fuselier and his wife, the former Lyndahl Hobgood (born June 1943), as [[Republican Party|Republican]] voters.