Knights of Columbus in Chalmette recognizes Sheriff’s Deputy, Firefighter and Paramedic of the Year; Deputy Dustin Gould, Firefighter Capt. Martin Nehlig and EMT Rhonda Serignet honored

Posted: November 16th, 2015 | Filed under: News Releases
Dep.ustin Gould and Rhonda Serignet are shown handing out key chains from the Sheriff's Office and other items to children.

Dep.ustin Gould and Rhonda Serignet are shown handing out key chains from the Sheriff’s Office and other items to children.
Grand Knight Russell Serpas Sr. presents a plaque to ,Deputy of the Year .Dustin Gould and at right is Maj. Adolph Kreger, head of the Patrol Division Gould works in.

Grand Knight Russell Serpas Sr. presents a plaque to ,Deputy of the Year .Dustin Gould and at right is Maj. Adolph Kreger, head of the Patrol Division Gould works in.
Children of the Joseph Rummel Knights of Columbus Council 5747 join in the celebration of the Deputy, Firefighter and Paramedic of the Year.

Children of the Joseph Rummel Knights of Columbus Council 5747
join in the celebration of the Deputy, Firefighter and Paramedic of the Year.
Representing the Sheriff's Office at the Knights of Columbus event were, from left, Sgt. Corey Beebe, Maj. Adolph Kreger, Deputy of the Year Dustin Gould, Chief Deputy Sheriff Richard Baumy and Sgt. Barry Johnson.

Representing the Sheriff’s Office at the Knights of Columbus event were, from left, Sgt. Corey Beebe, Maj. Adolph Kreger, Deputy of the Year Dustin Gould, Chief Deputy Sheriff Richard Baumy and Sgt. Barry Johnson.

The Knights of Columbus in Chalmette honored the St. Bernard Sheriff's Deputy, Firefighter and Paramedic of the Year on Nov. 15. Shown from left are Dennis Bourgeois, Deputy Grand Knight; honorees Dep. Dustin Gould, Rhonda Serignet of Acadian Ambulance and Firefighter Capt. Martin Nehlig and Grand Knight Russell Serpas Sr.

The Knights of Columbus in Chalmette honored the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Deputy, Firefighter and Paramedic of the Year on Nov. 15. Shown from left are Dennis Bourgeois, Deputy Grand Knight; honorees Dep. Dustin Gould, Rhonda Serignet of Acadian Ambulance and Firefighter Capt. Martin Nehlig and Grand Knight Russell Serpas Sr.


Archbishop Rummel Council 5747 of the Knights of Columbus in Chalmette recognized a Sheriff’s Deputy, Firefighter and Paramedic of the Year during a banquet on Sunday, Nov. 15 in its council hall on Paris Road.

Sheriff’s Det. Dustin Gould, a six-year veteran of the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office, was Deputy of the Year. Capt. Martin Nehlig, a 12-year veteran of the parish Fire Department, was named Firefighter of the Year.

And Rhonda Serignet, who has been with Acadian Ambulance eight years – the last seven of them working in St. Bernard Parish – was named Paramedic of the Year.

Grand Knight Russell Serpas Sr. said the Knights of Columbus gives the awards “to recognize the people who do so much for us..’’

The group also honored veterans at the event.

Maj. Adolph Kreger, head of the Patrol Division that Gould works in. said he is a good choice because “he is a fantastic employee’’ with several good arrests to his credit this year including disarming a man who pointed an assault rifle at him during a domestic case last Spring and a cocaine seizure and arrest.

A native of St. Bernard Parish, Gould has been with the Sheriff’s Office since 2009, working in corrections for four years and as a patrol deputy for two years.

Deputy Fire Chief Glenn Ellis lauded Nehlig, who works at the Verret station, for the job he has done in life-saving situations and in training rookie firefighters on rescue procedures and other protocols.

Serignet was praised by Alan Ashley, government and customer relations manager for Acadian Ambulance, for her work in St. Bernard Parish, including an incident in which she saved the life of a baby who wasn’t breathing properly.