By Steve Neavling
Ticklethewire.com
Gregory Bovino, a 22-year-veteran of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, has been named the new leader of the agency’s New Orleans sector.
Bovino is tasked with heading up a sector that encompasses nearly 700 miles of coastal border in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky and the Florida Panhandle.
The sector includes border stations in Lake Charles, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Gulfport and Mobile.
Bovino said the key to running a successful sector is collaboration with local and state law enforcement.
“Collaboration and steady communication with our local partners and ensuring that this is ongoing is extremely important to us,” he told the Times-Picayune.
