Captain Rhonda Goudeau
Communications Commander
3773 Harding Blvd.
Baton Rouge, La 70807
Phone: (225) 389-5073
Fax: (225) 389-2366
Email Communications 

Captain Rhonda Goudeau began her law enforcement career as a Reserve Deputy in January of 1982. That same year, she began full-time as a deputy in the Communications division. In the past 30 years she has worked her way up to Captain and Commander over Communications. She is also the team leader for the Critical Incident Stress Management Team which provides peer support to the deputies and their families when they have been involved in difficult incidents. As a member of the Southern Law Enforcement Foundation, she is called upon to help Law Enforcement personnel state-wide after critical incidents. Captain Goudeau holds instructor certifications in Public Safety Telecomunications and as a Communications Training Officer. She has three children and ten grandchildren.

Communications
The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office Communications Division is dedicated to providing outstanding service to the citizens of this parish.

The process of screening and prioritizing calls for assistance and then accurately dispatching to suit the public's specific needs are the foundation of our daily duties. Our center is connected via computer network to the Baton Rouge City Police, EMS, Baton Rouge Fire, Baker, and Zachary communications in an effort to promote inter-operability between agencies. We are currently located at the Advanced Traffic Management, which houses City Police, Fire and EMS.

Currently the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office is cooperating with the parishes that form the State of Louisiana's Region II, as well as the State of Louisiana, in the use of a 700/800MHz digital radio system that incorporate new tower sites established by parish and city agencies, and existing state run tower sites to form a statewide radio system. In addition to providing for the day-to-day operations of the Sheriff's Office, this new system provides a gateway for inter-operable communications between participating agencies, during special events or emergency incidents that require multi-agency and/or multi-parish response. The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office is dedicated in being one of the first agencies in Region II to use this system for day-to-day operations and to also take full advantage of the system's inter-operable capabilities.