The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Department has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Union Pacific Foundation.
Sheriff Bobby Guidroz says the money will be used to train St. Landry deputies and officers in small police departments in the region that work with the Sheriff's Office.
The foundation, originally known as the Union Pacific Railroad Foundation in Omaha, Neb., has distributed grants since 1959 in communities served by the company.