Lafayette’s new Police Chief Toby Aguillard has some big plans for the department this year.

Aguillard is working to add a downtown detail for entertainment and nightlife.

He has a list of 13 goals he hopes to achieve in 2017.

One of those changes is directed at improving downtown.

Aguillard plans to implement a downtown detail that would help improve police presence during nightlife and entertainment events downtown.

Aguillard said having officers work that area as their regular assignment will help better police the area and save money.

We’re using a lot of overtime dollars to have those officers there on weekends. So in the long run it will be cheaper because you won’t have to be paying overtime. This will be a regular assignment for these officers.”

The chief also is looking to add two police substations on the southside of town possibly near the Costco shopping center.

Some other goals include providing all uniformed officers with body cameras, setting up a child pornography department, and rebuilding the LDP building.

Aguillard said all of his goals for the year are geared towards making their department a more community friendly agency.