Residents will see debut of a new look for Sheriff’s Office vehicles, a traditional black and white patrol car

The first two black and white cars, with sheriff’s deputies, from left, Lt. Chad Silcio, Capt. C.J. Arcement, Lt. Justin Meyers, Maj. Adolph Kreger, Maj. Mark Poche and Lt. Ray Whitfield.

One of the two new black and white patrol cars of the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office

St. Bernard Parish residents will be seeing the debut of a new look for Sheriff’s Office vehicles, which will be a classic black and white patrol car with the emblem of the department badge on the sides.

“I think people will like the look,’’ Sheriff James Pohlmann said. “I wanted something very traditional, which this is.’’

“For many years, this color scheme has been identified with law enforcement,’’ Sheriff Pohlmann said.

Two black and whites, both Chevrolets recently purchased, hit the streets of the parish Nov. 19. As more vehicles are bought to upgrade the Sheriff’s Office fleet of about 150 cars, trucks and sport utility vehicles, the new colors will become common in the parish, the sheriff said.

“We will phase this in as we purchase new vehicles,’’ some of which are due to arrive near the first of the year, Sheriff Pohlmann said.

When parish voters approved a property tax increase last Spring, the sheriff said one of the reasons it was needed was to upgrade and maintain the fleet, which was showing its age.