SBSO NEWS RELEASES

Participants in a past Citizens Police Academy class watch a video that calls on them to make a split-second decision on whether to use lethal force on a criminal suspect.… Continue Reading »»

A 64-year-old New Orleans man apparently died by drowning while fishing in St. Bernard Parish waters Sunday morning, Sheriff James Pohlmann said. David LeBlanc Jr. died after falling into the… Continue Reading »»

St. Bernard Parish schools start Monday, Aug. 9, and Sheriff James Pohlmann is reminding drivers to think safety, including, obeying school zone speed limits in the mornings and afternoons. “Besides… Continue Reading »»

Children at Camp Conquer, which is the summer camp at Christian Fellowship Worship Center in Violet, got to enjoy the Sheriff’s Office robot, remote control car, airboat S.W.A.T. trucks and… Continue Reading »»

Aaron Johnson was among the volunteers who came to St. Bernard Parish to gut the battered homes of residents and otherwise help them after the flood of Hurricane Katrina. Ten… Continue Reading »»

Children who graduated the Sheriff’s Office Junior Deputy Academy on July 20 had different favorite things they saw and learned. Jacob Brupbacher, 12, of Meraux said he liked the session… Continue Reading »»

Last January a girl called the Sheriff’s Office Communications Division and reported her friend, another girl, had tripped and fallen on a Chalmette street, hurting herself. But the dispatcher handling… Continue Reading »»

St. Bernard Parish residents organizing prayer vigil for law enforcement at 7 p.m. on Tuesday on steps of the Courthouse in Chalmette A prayer vigil for law enforcement officers organized… Continue Reading »»