Using routine traffic stops, Covington PD has removed 19 illegally possessed guns from our streets in the past six months. With a fully staffed and fully engaged department, I suggest you not speed, roll a stop sign or fail to use a blinker. There's a good chance you will be pulled over.

However, with our officers using discretion, most drivers receive only a warning.

One recent evening, PD made 33 traffic stops in a 12 hour shift with only three drivers cited / arrested (drugs or alcohol). The real purpose of the traffic stops is looking for bad guys.

Most of the guns were taken from either convicted felons (illegally in possession of a firearm) or possession of a firearm in the presence of Controlled Substances (CDS). This is big, people. Real Big.

Mega-Kudos to Chief Mike Ferrell and the officers of the CovPD.

The Prosperity Center is a one-stop financial stability center offering an array of programming to New Orleans and St. Tammany residents including financial education and coaching, credit building and counseling, benefits screening and income tax assistance. (Details of Services Offered)

Prior to its current location, FBCC was located on the corner of 23rd Ave and Jefferson Ave in what we know today as the Greater Covington Center. This building now includes City Hall, the Bogue Falaya Hall and the Fuhrmann Auditorium. The latter two are available for the public to rent for events. The Fuhrmann is home to OnStage, a series of professional acts from across the country that delight residents on an annual basis … without having to leave "the island". America's Got Talent's comedian Todd Oliver and his talking menagerie are next. (Details and Tickets)

And, before that location, FBCC was located across the street in the classic-columned church building adorned with beautiful stained glass windows. On a personal note, this is where I attended Sunday School and was baptized. Today it is home to Holy Family Homeschool Apostolate (serving our local home school community by offering educational experiences that support families). 

AND, from 1907 to 1948, FBCC was located on the very same corner

 ... dirt roads and a white picket fence. So Covington.

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