PORT BARRE, La. ( KLFY ) — Transparency from his office and keeping the people of Port Barre informed are two top priorities for Police Chief Deon Boudreaux. With those in mind, Boudreaux created “Chief’s Corner,” a weekly live show that he streams on social media.

“We don’t have a newsletter for the town. A lot of people don’t have a means to get the information from us unless we go to their house or call them up. So, I was like, you know what? A lot of people do have Facebook,” Boudreaux said.

Boudreaux said the idea behind his show began in 2018 after seeing a daily live show put on by local musician titled “Mornin’ Joe with Gautreaux” and wanted to bring that idea into his community.

“My show is just to reach out to the people I serve in our community to inform them of things that’s going on inside of our community. And that’s how I started at first,” Boudreaux said.

The show would evolve over the years to include guests and touch on topics like charitable events, hurricane preparedness, even hunter safety.

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“The first year, I would get between several hundred to maybe a thousand views. This year, some of those are at almost 7,000 views. So, I mean, it is getting out there. It is reaching the people that needed to be reached,” Boudreaux said.

As support for the show only continues to grow, Boudreaux said he has no plans of slowing down.

“I don’t get paid for it. It’s nothing extra for me. I don’t benefit from it. It’s just another way for me to communicate with my community, my constituents. You know, I work a lot at night, so there’s a lot of people I don’t really get to get to see face to face,” he said.

“I figure with this here, everyone has social media now. They get the information that we have. So, things that’s going on in Port Barre or charitable events outside of Port Barre, I’ll do it on Chief’s Corner,” he continued.

Anybody that would like to watch Chief’s Corner can see it live every Monday at 6 p.m. on the Chief’s Corner Facebook page.

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