Sheriff’s Office participates in Home Depot kids workshop and safety event on Oct. 4

Posted: October 4th, 2014 | Filed under: News Releases
Alex Ricouard, holding a hammer, and Elyce Ricouard of Chalmette, make something together during the Home Depot kids workshop and safety event on Saturday Oct. 4, which drew a large number of parents and children to an event which featured equipment on display from the Sheriff's Office, the Fire Department and Acadian Ambulance.

Alex Ricouard, holding a hammer, and Elyce Ricouard of Chalmette, make something together during the Home Depot kids workshop and safety event on Saturday Oct. 4, which drew a large number of parents and children to an event which featured equipment on display from the Sheriff’s Office, the Fire Department and Acadian Ambulance.
Jighra Funches and Betty Fynches of Violet work on something together in the workshop area.

Jighra Funches and Betty Fynches of Violet work on something together in the workshop area.
Sheriff James Pohlmann, with Olivia Cavalier, Noah Wagner and Isabelle Lulei, who are sitting on the sheriff's bomb robot, used to check out suspicious items to see if they contain an explosive.device.

Sheriff James Pohlmann, with Olivia Cavalier, Noah Wagner and Isabelle Lulei, who are sitting on the sheriff’s bomb robot, used to check out suspicious items to see if they contain an explosive.device.
Capt. Gerald Kimble, left, shows the Sheriff's Office airboat to, from left, Jace Landry of Chalmette and Nathan Scallan of Chalmette, with Stanley Scallan at right.

Capt. Gerald Kimble, left, shows the Sheriff’s Office airboat to, from left, Jace Landry of Chalmette and Nathan Scallan of Chalmette, with Stanley Scallan at right.
Alex Ricouard of Chalmette has fun with the bomb robot, doing his version of the "The Robot'' dance moves.

Alex Ricouard of Chalmette has fun with the bomb robot, doing his version of the “The Robot” dance moves.
Smoke pours from the open door of the Fire Department mobile safety house as a family enters as Fire Dept. Capt. Rory Miller stands at left. The house is used to teach children how to drop and roll during a fire to avoid smoke inhalation.

Smoke pours from the open door of the Fire Department mobile safety house as a family enters as Fire Dept. Capt. Rory Miller stands at left. The house is used to teach children how to drop and roll during a fire to avoid smoke inhalation.
Catherine O'Neill of Arabi pets the head of Daren the Lion, mascot of the D.A.R.E. drug resistance education program taught in schools by the Sheriff's Office. In the background operating the remote control car is Sgt. Darrin Miller of the D.A.R.E. program.

Catherine O’Neill of Arabi pets the head of Daren the Lion, mascot of the D.A.R.E. drug resistance education program taught in schools by the Sheriff’s Office. In the background operating the remote control car is Sgt. Darrin Miller of the D.A.R.E. program.