Sheriff’s Office and State Police thanked for taking part in the Michoud Assembly Facility Safety and Health Fair at NASA in November

Steve Hanberg of Jacobs Technology, center, presented plaques to Maj. Mark Poche, left. and Trooper Evan Harrell for the Sheriff’s Office and State Police’s participation in a Nov. 13 Safety and Health Fair at Michoud.

Employees at Jacobs Technology at NASA in eastern New Orleans thanked the Sheriff’s Office and State Police on Tuesday, Dec. 17, for taking part in a Michoud Assembly Facility Safety and Health Fair.

In a safety meeting at the facility, Maj. Mark Poche of the Sheriff’s Office and State Police Troop C Public Information Officer Trooper Evan Harrell were presented plaques for their departments’ participation by Steve Hanberg of Jacobs Technology. The fair was Nov. 13.

Harrell and Poche also participated in a presentation Tuesday on the effects and laws governing distracted driving, including texting or using cell phones while at the wheel.

Anyone who witnesses reckless driving on highways can call the nearest State Police troop by dialing *LSP or *577, Harrell said.

At the Nov. 13 Safety and Health Fair, SBSO deputies, including Poche, demonstrated equipment including its bomb robot – used numerous times to check out suspicious items found in public places – the department’s new mobile emergency command center obtained through a grant and its SWAT truck.

Harrell, during the safety fair, demonstrated State Police’s roll-over vehicle which shows how quickly someone not buckled in a seat belt is thrown from a vehicle in a roll-over accident.