DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (WAFB) – An emergency board meeting is scheduled Tuesday evening after a recording was leaked to the WAFB I-TEAM that appears to capture Livingston Parish Fire Protection District 5 Fire Chief Joe Koczrowski using the N-word during a recent meeting.
A high-ranking member of Livingston Parish District 5 who was in the meeting confirmed the recording is authentic and said it is from a meeting held a couple of weeks ago.
The recording was made as the chief was discussing new developments in Denham Springs. In the audio, the speaker—believed to be Koczrowski—is heard discussing a new townhome development coming to Denham Springs and how the rent might not be affordable. “Unless a [N-word] can afford $2,600 a month rent,” the speaker says.
WAFB spoke with Koczrowski and asked whether he recalls using a racial slur during a meeting…