Retired Coroner Don Smith was among several Bienville Parish public servants honored at 9th Annual KTAL “Salute The Badge” Awards Banquet at Bally’s in Shreveport, held on Tuesday, May 6. 

Sgt. Colton Bryant and Deputy Braeden Robinson of the Bienville Parish Sheriff’s Office were also recognized at the event. The deputies received awards for their life-saving efforts performed on a drug overdose victim in early April of this year. The BPSO is proud of these two young men who are deserving of the recognition they received.