[StBernard] St. Bernard sheriff plans news Arabi substation

[Westley Annis]

>The St. Bernard Parish Council during its Tuesday meeting gave its blessing

>to use the site as a substation. 


Question:  Does the Sheriff have his own budget?  If so, was this just some
type of  pro forma action?

JLY




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	St. Bernard sheriff plans news Arabi substation
	Posted by St. Bernard bureau May 16, 2007 1:38PM
	The St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office will develop a new
substation in
	Arabi. 
	
	The Sheriff's Office recently spent $35,000 to purchase property and
a
	building at 1601 Aycock St., at the corner of West Judge Perez
Drive, said
	Col. Richard Baumy, a Sheriff's Office spokesman. 
	
	The St. Bernard Parish Council during its Tuesday meeting gave its
blessing
	to use the site as a substation. 
	
	"We've always had a substation in the front part of the parish,''
said
	Councilman Mark Madary, who represents the area. 
	
	And Dave Peralta, chief administrative officer for parish
government, said
	the substation would go a long way in drawing residents back to the
	flood-scarred area. "This is a real good plan,'' he said, noting
that the
	increased police presence will make area residents comfortable. 
	
	Baumy said the Sheriff's Office will rennovate the brick building on
the
	site. He said the old Arabi substation, at Angela and West Judge
Perez, was
	destroyed in the flooding during Hurricane Katrina. 
	
	Baumy said it would be several months before the substation opens,
but that
	when it is operational some 65 Sheriff's Office personnel will work
out of
	it.