Meet the candidates running for Delcambre police chief 

DELCAMBRE, La. (KLFY) -- The spot for Delcambre's Chief of Police is up for grabs. Here's what to know about the three candidates running for the job.

Ivan McIntyre, Assistant Police Chief Brady Segura and Capt. Perry Shaw are looking to be the next chief of police.

Assistant Police Chief Brady Segura

Segura has worked at the police department for 31 years. He said he wants to continue working for the citizens of the city. Before working with Delcambre, Segura said he worked with the Erath police force.

“Delcambre is a great place to live, great community, a great place to raise your kids. We have our own problems like everybody else. But we are a community that works together and it works out great and I just want to continue working for the people of Delcambre,” he said.

If elected, Segura said he would like to add a juvenile officer, which would be someone who is trained to deal with juvenile cases. Additionally, Segura said he would like to focus on upgrading the police department's computer system, get up-to-date training for officers, and do something for the youth of Delcambre.

“We need to upgrade the computer system here at the police department to get up with the time and try to do something for the youth of the town. They don't have a whole lot to do here, maybe get with the council and the community and we could try to get something for it for the children, kind of keep them busy after school and on a summer break," he said.

“I think I have the experience and the knowledge to keep Delcambre moving forward and work with the community and just make it better," he continued.

Capt. Perry Shaw

Shaw said he can bring a lot to the Delcambre community with his 30 years of law enforcement experience.

Shaw said he has held various roles in law enforcement such as working in patrol and doing warrants in the fugitive sections. He also worked six years on drug enforcement, he said.

“I feel that I'm qualified to run a police department and I have some experience," he said.

"I also was in charge of fleet service and hazmat for the Iberia Sheriff's Office. With that bigger department and handling that many vehicles and equipment I feel that I'm qualified [and] that I can adequately run a police department," he continued.

He said he is an honest person who believes in professionalism and integrity. He wants the people of Delcambre to know that he will be "available anytime, day or night" for citizens to give him a call.

"I don’t want to be a chief that's in the office. Delcambre is a small community, so I want to be out there with my guys, working alongside them and making sure the people are kept safe and whatever they need done we can take care of it if possible," he said.

Shaw said he got together with the council and the mayor and was able to purchase four vehicles and new equipment for the police department with leftover grant money. He said he would like to bring a school resource officer to Delcambre High School.

“I'm planning on working with the grant writer to give us the police officer in the school to protect the children,” he said.

Shaw said he also wants to focus on communication with the community, to learn about citizens' issues and how to make them feel more safe.

“I think Delcambre is united and not divided and I think we're going to elect the right chief of police to be in the right position," he said.

Ivan McIntyre

McIntyre said he has lived in Delcambre with his family for more than a decade. He too has more than 30 years of law enforcement experience.

McIntyre said he has worked with agencies including the New Orleans Police Department and agencies in Iberia and Vermilion parishes.

Lastly, McIntyre said he lived in Delcambre for over a decade with his family. 

"I think that experience will do well and improve the department in ways that they've never seen before,” he said. “The biggest concerns with law enforcement is transparency, commonality, and understanding that the law enforcement that you receive will be fair, impartial and based upon your community standards and values and I think I've adopted the standards and values of our community, and that's the type of law enforcement I want to bring to them.” 

If elected, McIntyre said he would like to bring up the training and experience level of the department. He would also like to focus on the department's budget and bring school resource officers back into the schools.

"I just want to make people aware that now is the time for change. We've had basically the same thing for over 30 years now. I think I can bring that change and bring it in a way that everyone could appreciate it," he said.

TOPIC: Dealing with hurricanes

As Delcambre is a coastal parish, each candidate expressed how dealing with hurricane awareness is vital to the community. 

McIntyre said:

“Keeping in touch with the community, watching out for our flooding because we do flood regularly outside of hurricane season and making sure that we have enough manpower because of staffing, we have a very small department. So we count on the assistance that we receive from Iberia and Vermilion."

Segura said:

“As of right now we have a good working relationship with Sheriff Langlinais in Vermilion Parish and Sheriff Romero in Iberia, as well as the emergency preparedness side. They help us out a lot. If we have an emergency we can get resources from both places. If a hurricane comes we try to get the citizens out if we can and we just patrol during the storm and just try to take care of things with the aftermath."

Shaw said:

“If we do get a direct hit and we can see tidal surge up to close to 10 to 15 feet, depending on the size of the storm, but that's some of the challenges. But with Iberia Sheriff's Office and Vermilion Sheriff's office, we work well together with them and we can bring in resources to help the people. When that happens that’s why we always ask for an evacuation. Please leave, so those emergency personnel don't have to put themselves in danger.” 

TOPIC: Dealing with crime

On the other hand, when dealing with crime, each candidate expressed the crime level is low and that, thanks to the community, juvenile crime is not a major issue the police department battles. 

McIntyre said:

“Delcambre has the same crime as pretty much any other small town would have. Petty thefts. We’ve have drug use, but it's not overbearing. What we need to do is maintain monitoring, extra patrolling, spending time in the unit, actually riding around, checking in the neighborhoods and as far as juvenile crime, we really don't have a lot of that. Bigger cities will have issues with that. We're blessed with the fact that in a small community, pretty much everybody knows everybody else's family. They know their children. That enables us to identify and deal with any type of juvenile offenses that we may come across."

Segura said:

“There’s property theft crimes. No shootings. We haven't had a shooting here since before I started back in 1993 and juveniles, every once in a while we'll get a juvenile case and each officer who happens to be working, working the case.”

Shaw said:

"Juvenile crimes over here are really not bad. We deal with different types of juvenile crime. But we've been lucky enough and, fortunate that we didn't we don't have serious juvenile issues here but then again, those go back to parenting. Delcambre has a good tight-knit community, and takes care of their kids. They watch over their kids.” 

Early voting is now until Oct. 29. Election Day is Nov. 5.

You can find your voting information here. 

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