On this episode OPSO is getting ready to roll for Carnival season. As residents and visitors prepare to hit the parade routes, OPSO is finalizing the second annual Operation Mardi Gras plans to provide security along the routes. We hear from Major Silas Phipps, the Director of OPSO’s Compliance and Accountability Bureau who shares about supporting the agency's road to federal compliance. He also discusses managing the logistics for the large-scale Mardi Gras operation to welcome more than 200 officers and deputies from 18 different agencies to New Orleans to support with parade route security.