Live PD coming to Slidell

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The Slidell Police Department uses its Facebook page to convey all manner of information to the public: A search for a suspect. Promoting the accomplishments of its officers. Even wishing folks well during holidays.

This week the department asked the public to weigh in on another issue: Should the Slidell PD bring in a television show to chronicle its work?

The department said the producers of the A&E Network's "Live PD'' recently reached out to Chief Randy Fandal to see about filming in Slidell. And on Tuesday (Dec. 19) the department posted a note on its Facebook page: Give us at least 1,000 likes and we'll give it a go.

(Spoiler alert: As of Wednesday morning, 15 hours after posting the news release, the post had over 2,100 likes. It's a go.)

Detective Daniel Seuzeneau, a police department spokesman, said the department had actually been talking with A&E for several months about the show and wanted to see how residents might respond.

A former public information officer for the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office, Seuzeneau said he had developed a rapport with the show's producers when they filmed sheriff's patrols earlier this year for the series.

"But the chief really embraced it and said, 'Give it a shot.'''

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Seuzeneau said the police department isn't so much interested in the show's ratings as it is in giving people a look at what officers encounter every day -- and showing the department in a favorable light.

"It will absolutely be great for the department and the city,'' he added.

Seuzeneau said work on Slidell's episodes could begin some time after the first of the year.

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