New Mobile Emergency Operations Center will lead two parades, including Nemesis on Saturday, and a deputy on board will use the sheriff’s Facebook page to post live updates for the public
The new Sheriff’s Office mobile command post will lead the Knights of Nemesis parade for the first time on Saturday at 1 p.m. and a deputy on board will post live parade location updates on the department Facebook page for the first time.
“I look forward to showing our residents and others on the parade routes the Mobile Emergency Operations Center, or Command Post, we acquired last fall through a federal grant,’’ Sheriff Pohlmann said.
“Some of you may have seen it being driven through the parish for use during a tropical storm last October or at the Jerry Rathburn 911 Center in Chalmette. It suits our needs well as a command post and will become a fixture in parish parades.
“The new center will be the lead unit in both the 9th anniversary parade of the Knights of Nemesis, starting at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22, and the Irish, Italian, Islenos parade at noon on Sunday, April 6,’’ Sheriff Pohlmann said
The Operations Center will coordinate the running of the parades as well as road closings as it moves along the route, he said.
And, as the Operations Center rolls along Judge Perez Drive in both parades, inside the vehicle Capt. Angie Huff will post live updates on the parades’ location on the Sheriff’s Facebook page. Capt. Bret Bowen will be driving the Mobile Emergency Operations Center.
It’s the first time such live updates for the location of the beginning of a parade have been posted by the Sheriff’s Office. Also look at the sheriff’s Facebook page for updates on the latest news involving law enforcement in St. Bernard Parish.
“We hope people, especially children, find it to be fun and helpful to know when a parade will approach their location,’’ Sheriff Pohlmann said.
The Mobile Emergency Operations Center was acquired through a federal grant and was delivered in September 2013.
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