JUST ANNOUNCED A NEW PRESIDENT, PHIL CLARK HERE.
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DARREN JONES HERE. MARTY HUDSON HERE. DAVID WEI.LI HERE.BRANDI JAMES IS ABSENT. AND TODD LORD PRESENT.
SO WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP. OKAY.
NEXT UP ACC REVIEWED COMPLAINTS SINCE THE LAST BOARD MEETING.
THE ACC HAD A CLOSED SESSION TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS TWO POLICE COMPLAINTS PURSUANT TO MARYLAND CODE GENERAL PROVISIONS 3-305B1. DISCUSS COMPLETED COMPLAINT INVESTIGATIONS FROM DENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, CASE NUMBER 2020 5-006 AND 2020 25 009. REVIEW OF THE COMPLAINTS FILED AGAINST SPECIFIC POLICE OFFICERS AND DETERMINE WHETHER AND DETERMINE WHETHER TO RECOMMEND DISCIPLINE.
REVIEWED BY THE ACC AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3-305B 13.
COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIFIC STATUTORY AND REQUIREMENT, AND MARYLAND CODE PUBLIC SAFETY DASH 3-104H.
REQUIRES THE ACC TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY RELATED TO MATTERS BEING CONSIDERED BY THE ACC UNTIL FINAL DISPOSITION DETERMINATIONS. ONE COMPLAINT REVIEWED BY THE ACC RESULTED IN THE OFFICER INVOLVED NOT BEING ADMINISTRATIVELY CHARGED AND EXONERATED OF THE ALLEGATIONS. THE OTHER COMPLAINT RESULTED IN TERMINATION.
THESE COMPLAINTS INVOLVE THE ALLEGATION OF USE OF FORCE, FAILURE TO OBEY, A DIRECT ORDER OF A SUPERVISOR, RELATIONSHIPS, ON DUTY, DISHONESTY, INTEGRITY AND CONDUCT.
IN ADDITION, ACC ATTORNEY STEWART BARROLL, ACC ADMINISTRATOR KIM RADER AND FROM THE DENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, LIEUTENANT JEFFREY JACKSON, SERGEANT JERRY STIVERS AND CAPTAIN JAMIE SECHREST.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, REMINDER TO TURN IN FOR THE.
I'M SORRY FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS TO TURN IN THEIR COUNTY ISSUED LAPTOPS.
THE ONLY QUESTION, I GUESS KIM WAS JUST RAISED.
DO WE HAVE A WAY THAT THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE EMAILS FROM THE COUNTY EMAIL.
YES, WE CAN WORK WITH IT ON THAT. SO JUST LET ME KNOW WHICH MEMBERS NEED HELP WITH IT.
OKAY, SO YOU'RE ABLE YOU'RE ON. OH, YEAH. THAT'S WHY I GOT RID OF THE LAPTOP.
OKAY. OKAY. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE ABOUT THAT COMMUNICATION BILL.
YEAH. OKAY. NO PROBLEM. I'LL HAVE THEM CALL YOU.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. FIRST UP, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT READOUT REPORT.
ALRIGHT, SO SINCE THE LAST MEETING, WHICH WAS NOVEMBER 20TH, 2025.
CAPTAIN, IS YOUR MIC TURNED ON? I'M SORRY. IT'S 11.
KIM. CAN WE DO IT WITHOUT IT ALL? I HAVE COME OVER HERE.
THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. HAVE YOU COME TO THE SIDEBAR? ALL RIGHT. THANKS, SIR. ALL RIGHT. SO SINCE THE LAST MEETING.
WE ATTENDED THE TOWN OF RIDGELY CHRISTMAS PARADE, WHICH WAS DECEMBER 5TH.
THE TOWN OF FEDERALSBURG CHRISTMAS PARADE ON DECEMBER 8TH. ON THE 13TH OF DECEMBER WE ATTENDED THE WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA AS WELL AS THE TOWN OF RIDGELY, WINTERFEST. ON THE 14TH OF DECEMBER WAS THE SHOP WITH A COP EVENT WITH THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES.
WE DID A PRESENTATION AT THE NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ABOUT CAREERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
ALSO THAT INCLUDED THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE, THE IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT.
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AND IT WAS A COUPLE OTHER AGENCIES THAT WERE INVOLVED. I JUST DON'T REMEMBER WHO. FEBRUARY 8TH, WE DID A PRESENTATION AT THE GREATER IMPACT CHURCH IN GREENSBORO.YOU KNOW, IF, IF THAT WAS TO OCCUR BEFORE LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRIVED FEBRUARY 27TH WE DID THE GREENSBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL READ ACROSS AMERICA AND THEN MARCH 2ND WE ATTENDED THE GRAND OPENING AT AARON'S PLACE HERE IN TOWN IN DENTON.
FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 187 ARRESTS.
THREE OF THOSE WERE FELONIES, 184 OF THOSE WERE MISDEMEANORS.
EIGHT WERE DUIS. FOR STAFFING, WE DO HOLD A 50 TOTAL SWORN PERSONNEL.
AT THE, AS OF TODAY, WE DO HAVE THREE VACANCIES.
THREE. WE DID HAVE THREE PEOPLE IN THE ACADEMY.
WE DID LOSE ONE. SO WE ARE DOWN TO TWO IN THE POLICE ACADEMY.
AND THEN WE HAVE THREE THAT ARE GOING IN THE JULY CLASS TO SALISBURY.
FOR ANY POLICY UPDATES. SOME OF THESE WERE VERY MINOR, WHICH WERE GRAMMATICAL CHANGES AS WELL AS JUST SOME STRUCTURE CHANGES AND SOME CHANGES THAT WE MADE IN PERSONNEL. SO WE DID UPDATE OUR 308 POLICY, WHICH WAS K9'S.
324 WHICH WAS REGISTERED OFFENDERS FOR SEX OFFENDERS.
THOSE WERE ALL STATE MANDATED UPDATES. WE, WE THAT CAME OUT IN MAY OF LAST OR YEAH, MAY OF LAST YEAR AND WE JUST HAD SOME CHANGES WITH SOME LEGAL COUNSEL TO BEFORE WE GOT THAT PUSHED OUT 900 TEMPORARY CUSTODY OF ADULTS THAT WAS ALL MANDATED THROUGH LEXAPRO, WHICH WERE STATE AND FEDERAL UPDATES, 1002 SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS AND PROMOTIONS.
THAT WAS JUST A STRUCTURE CHANGE FOR THE AGENCY.
1033 AUTOMATED TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS THAT JUST COVERS UP THE COUNTY AND THE AGENCY FOR TICKETS THAT ARE RECEIVED ON WHILE ON DUTY FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. 1034 REQUEST FOR LEAVE. THAT'S A NEW POLICY.
WE ADDED. 1035 FOR NEPOTISM. THAT'S A NEW POLICY WE ADDED IN.
OTHER THAN THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? I GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS. DO DOES THE TOWN MUNICIPALITIES THAT YOU'RE COVERING IN FEDERALSBURG.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE A. NOW THAT THE WEATHER'S GETTING WARMER, A FOOT PATROL OR BIKE PATROL? YEAH, YEAH, WE HAVE BIKE PATROL IN BOTH PARTS OF THEM.
AND THEN PRESTON IS, IS PART TIME. SO IF SOMEBODY DOES, THEY JUST GRAB ONE ON BEFORE.
IS IT JUST VOLUNTARY WHEN THEY WANT TO DO IT? OR IS THERE LIKE A MANDATED SET OF HOURS? NO. SO WE JUST LEAVE IT UP TO THEM, TO THE ONES THAT WORK SPECIFICALLY IN THAT TOWN, LIKE CORPORAL FERGUSON.
HE, YOU KNOW, HE DOES IT CORPORAL BEANS DOWN IN FEDERALSBURG AND THEN ANY OVERTIME ASSIGNMENTS THAT WE PUSH OUT, THEY'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO IT AS WELL. AND ONE OTHER SPEAKING OF OFFICER FERGUSON, I GOTTA TELL YOU, HE'S A. I'VE RAN INTO THAT GUY. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES.
AND AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HE INTERACTS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AMAZING. OH, WE APPRECIATE THAT. HE HE IS ALWAYS TALKING TO THE KID.
I SEE HIM ALWAYS TALKING TO THE KIDS. HE'S ALWAYS OUT IN THE PUBLIC.
AND THE SAME FOR THE TOWN OF FEDERALSBURG. OKAY. SO NOTHING CHANGED? NO.
GOTCHA. AND, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION IS PIGGYBACKING OFF OF THAT, DO YOU GOT DO YOU HAVE ANY POLICY ON YOUR REPORT OR IN YOUR COURT? DO YOU GIVE COMMENDATIONS TO YOUR OFFICERS? WE DO.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.
THERE WAS NO WELL THEY DID SO SHERIFF BOUNDS DID START A PROGRAM RIGHT BEFORE HE RETIRED.
WHEN SHERIFF BAKER TOOK OFFICE. WE, WE HAVE, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH IT.
WE'RE TRYING TO REVAMP IT. LIEUTENANT PAUL CAME OVER FROM EASTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HE'S TRYING TO REWORK THE PROCESS TO MAKE IT A LOT EASIER AND STREAMLINE IT TO.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO STREAMLINE TO MAKE IT A LOT EASIER FOR, FOR THE BOARD. CERTAINLY WELCOME THEM TO COME IF YOU WANT TO BRING THE OFFICER IN FOR COMMENDATION. I KNOW THIS BOARD WOULD APPRECIATE.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. A LOT OF NEGATIVE STUFF.
YEAH. SO ONCE WE GET THROUGH THAT PROCESS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, LIKE SOME OF THESE OTHER AGENCIES HAVE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A NIGHT, YOU KNOW, AT A, AT SOME, SOME PLACE, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT'S DINNER.
IT'S AN EVENT. SURE. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER.
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DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.THANKS. THANKS. HAVE YOUR OFFICER STAY SAFE OUT THERE, PLEASE.
ALRIGHT. NEXT UP. IS LIEUTENANT JACKSON FROM DENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MR. CHAIRMAN, SEND ME TO THE WOLVES TONIGHT. OH, YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
THEY'VE BEEN BUSY OVER THERE. I HAVE BEEN BUSY WITH.
I'M DOING AN INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW, AND I'VE BEEN BUSY WRAPPED UP INTO THAT.
AND MY PHONE GOES OFF AND I WENT, THERE'S A MEETING TONIGHT.
I GOT TO GO. AND THEY GAVE ME NO JUST YET. THEY GAVE ME NO INFORMATION.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT TO PRESENT ON TO YOU. I UNDERSTAND THINGS HAPPEN, RIGHT? I WILL TELL YOU THERE. THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS.
AS YOU KNOW, YOU JUST SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE ACC.
IF YOU COULD JUST HAVE A SEAT THERE IN FRONT OF THE DON'T LIKE ME.
STAND UP, I LIKE STANDING. I'M TRYING TO I'M TRYING TO LEAVE.
THE AC, THE, THE COMMENT THAT WAS THAT, THAT THE ACC PUT ON THAT FINDING WAS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
WELL, TO, TO, TO THE POINT THAT I WAS MAKING WITH CAPTAIN HELMER, DO YOU GUYS HAVE SAME QUESTION? DO YOU GUYS HAVE A COMBINATION WHERE YOU GET THEY HAVE A A A PROGRAM.
CERTAINLY IT HAS IT HAS THEY'VE SLOWED IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
YEAH. SO IF YOU DO HAVE ANYBODY, PLEASE BRING THEM IN IF THEY FEEL SO INCLINED.
IF YOU HAVE ANYBODY WITH ACCOMMODATION, IF YOU WANT TO BRING THEM IN, IF THEY FEEL SO INCLINED, BRING THEM IN. YEAH. AS TO YOUR REPORT, IF YOU WANT TO JUST MAKE A, MAKE A RECORD OF THE REPORT AND GIVE IT TO.
IT'S LIKE WE USE THESE REPORTS FOR THE END OF THE YEAR AND THEY'LL DO ANOTHER ONE.
IT'S JUST WE'VE BEEN BUSY. I'M DOING I'M WORKING ON A COMPLAINT FOR ANOTHER SOMEBODY ELSE NOW.
OKAY. IT'S THERE FOR ME. AND HOW'S YOUR STAFFING OVER THERE? THEY'RE WE'RE SHORT. WE'RE WE'RE SHORT TWO. 212.
WE SHOULD BE SHORT TWO. OKAY. AND ACTIVELY RECRUITING.
AND IT'S, IT'S TOUGH TRYING TO GET SOMEBODY TO WANT TO BE THE POLICE TODAY.
IT'S TOUGH TO FIND ANYBODY TO DO ANYTHING AND NOT FOR.
I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT DENTON IS OFFERING, WHAT OUT HERE PAYS 95% OF YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE, NOT JUST NOT JUST THE EMPLOYEE. I'M TALKING FAMILY PLAN 95% OF YOUR FAMILY PLAN.
SO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OFFERING IT. IT'S JUST SO WELL, PUBLIC SAFETY IN GENERAL IS TOUGH TO FIND PEOPLE, GOOD PEOPLE. CERTAINLY WE THANK YOU GUYS OVER THERE.
DENTON PD, YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GOOD JOB. YEAH.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE. YEAH. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
I'LL SAY SOMETHING. THEY'LL GET A REPORT. THEY'LL GET OUT.
I KNOW, I KNOW, THEY JUST PUT OUT. WE GOT A LOT OF STUFF COMING UP BECAUSE THE SPRING'S COMING.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF EVENTS THAT JUST GOT PUT OUT.
ALL THE ALL THE EVENTS ARE COMING AND WE APPRECIATE IT, SIR.
ALRIGHT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR LIEUTENANT JACKSON? THANK YOU JACK. TAKE CARE. THANK YOU. LET ME TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT.
NO, NO, I JUST FEEL BAD. ALRIGHT. NEXT UP CHIEF LENNOX.
HOW YOU DOING, SIR? FROM GREENSBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
TO GIVE HIS REPORT. TAKE IT AWAY, SIR. ALL RIGHT, SO THE THE GREENSBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE HAD A BASKETBALL PROGRAM THAT WE PUT ON FOR THE YOUTH.
THAT GRANT DID NOT COME THROUGH THIS YEAR. WE DO A CAR SHOW.
I THINK IT'S IN JULY AND THEY RAISE SOME FUNDS.
IT'S USUALLY ABOUT $12,000. IT'S 12 WEEK BASKETBALL PROGRAM.
AND THEN AT THE END, THEY HAVE A, A BIG TOURNAMENT.
SO SINCE THE GRANT DID NOT COME THROUGH, IT IS NOW THE GREENSBORO COMMUNITY BASKETBALL PROGRAM.
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SAME EXACT CONCEPT. HOWEVER, IT'S JUST NOT FUNDED BY THE GREENSBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR.WE DO THAT. IT'S MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY LAST WEEK IT WAS TWO DAYS.
HOWEVER, THERE'S BEEN A LARGE AMOUNT OF, OF KIDS.
SO THEY HAD TO MAKE IT THREE EVENINGS AND LARGE AGE GROUP FROM AGE SIX TO AGE 15.
I TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, THOSE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, WHEN YOU PLAY THEM, YOU GOT TO COME PRETTY TOUGH.
DO YOU PLAY THEM? OH YEAH. YOU GET OUT THERE.
OH, YEAH. YEAH. YOU HANG WITH THEM. I DO, I DO.
BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, I'M NOW AT THE AGE OF 50.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO, YOU KNOW, AND THEY FAILED PRETTY HARD.
YOU KNOW, I THINK, HEY, I'M A POLICE OFFICER, YOU KNOW, AND THOSE KIDS ARE VERY COMPETITIVE.
THAT'S A NICE PROGRAM THAT WE'VE I THINK IT'S THE THIRD A WEEK.
IT'S PRETTY NICE, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF ENGAGE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM GIFT CARDS AND ACTUALLY HAVE THE KIDS PICK OUT GIFTS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FAMILY MEMBERS. BUT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DOES A GREAT JOB WITH, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THAT ON.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. THAT GOES FOR THE SHOP.
SO THAT'S. SO WHEN FOLKS SEE YOU AROUND WITH YOUR FACIAL HAIR THAT THAT IS BENEFITING.
YOU KNOW, WE DID ALLOW THEM TO KEEP THEIR FACIAL HAIR UNTIL DECEMBER FOR THE EVENT.
THAT'S AWESOME. YEAH. SO I THINK THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR.
WE'VE DONATED TO THE TO THE EVENT. I THINK IT'S SOMEWHERE OVER.
IT'S OVER 30,000. YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. GOOD DEAL.
YOU KNOW, CAROLINE COUNTY AMAZING. GREAT. THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING THAT.
EXCELLENT FOR ME. SORRY. NO, NO, NO. IT'S FINE.
SO THEN WE HAVE JUST MOVED INTO THE OLD, OLD WELL L.T.
JACKSON, HE KNOWS THAT WAS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHEN HE WAS THERE.
SO WE'RE BACK DOWN AT 104 EAST SUNSET AVENUE, RIGHT NEXT TO TAYLOR GARAGE.
AND ON THE ON THE FRONT SIDE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS.
WE ARE WE DID GET TOGETHER WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO A, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A GRAND OPENING, LIKE A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY. AND THAT WILL BE MARCH 26TH BETWEEN 4 AND 6 P.M.
SO THAT WILL BE THERE AT THE NEW TOWN OF GREENSBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE ALSO ENGAGE IN A YOUNG GENTLEMAN'S CLUB AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
IT'S AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM. THEY DO HAVE A FEMALE CLUB AND A MALE, YOU KNOW, CLUB.
WE DO THE MALES AND EACH WEEK THEY MEET EVERY TUESDAY FROM 4 TO 530 AND THEY KIND OF GO OVER THINGS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHEN YOU MEET SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW HOW TO SHAKE THEIR HANDS, YOU KNOW HOW TO, HOW TO DRESS. YES. YOU KNOW, HEY, HOW ARE YOU? I DON'T KNOW YOUR NAME. I SAID, YOU KNOW, EYE CONTACT. YOU KNOW, WE DO TRY TO TEACH THEM, YOU KNOW, HOW TO DRESS FOR, LIKE, A JOB INTERVIEW, YOU KNOW? YOU HAVE TO LOOK GOOD, YOU KNOW, TO FEEL GOOD.
IS THIS A PROGRAM THAT YOU DEVELOPED, OR IS THIS LIKE. NO, NO, NO.
DOCTOR JAMES ORR HE'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
HE RETIRED AND HE STILL VOLUNTEERS. I THINK HE'S, HE STARTED THAT I'VE BEEN HERE THREE YEARS AND I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN GOING ON, YOU KNOW, SINCE THEN. AND THEN THE SRO DEPUTY, DREW DURHAM.
HE'S THERE AS WELL. AND HE ACTUALLY FACILITATES THAT.
SO IT'S A REALLY NICE PROGRAM. AND THEY HAVE A GIRLS SITE AS WELL.
SO THAT'S EVERY TUESDAY BETWEEN 4 AND 530. SO WE'RE INVOLVED IN THAT.
AND IS THAT JUST ISOLATED TO GREENSBORO OR IS THAT.
JEFF. ARE THEY DOING THAT IN DENTON? YEAH. NO, I ONLY HEAR ABOUT IT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY OTHER SCHOOL UP THERE. I KNOW DOCTOR WARRICK HAS WORKED OUT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS. I'M PRETTY SURE HE'S BEEN DOING IT SINCE.
AT LEAST HE'S BEEN THERE. THAT'S GREAT. YEAH, IT'S A NICE PROGRAM.
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ARE INVOLVED WITH THAT? I'D PROBABLY SAY 15 TO 20 BOYS AND ABOUT THE SAME AS AS YOUNG GIRLS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE.SOME OF THOSE ATTENTION SPANS ARE VERY SHORT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO HARD TO HARD TO KEEP THEM ENGAGED.
YOU KNOW YOU KNOW. BUT DEPUTY DREW, PASTOR DOUG MORLEY, YOU KNOW, HE'S ALSO INVOLVED.
WE DID ENACT TWO NEW POLICIES. WE HAVE GPS TRACKERS ON OUR ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND PUBLIC WORKS.
THE TOWN MANAGER HAS A TOWN VEHICLE AND THAT ALSO HAS A GPS.
I GUESS THERE WAS A STUDY AND IT SAVED SOME INSURANCE MONEY.
SO THEY PUT IT ON THERE AND THE TOWN COUNCIL GETS A MONTHLY REPORT.
SO IF YOU ACCELERATE HARD TO KNOW. IT CAPTURES THAT IF YOU BRAKE HARD.
IF YOU SPEED. SO ALL THAT IS ACTUALLY CAPTURED YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT WAYS TO SAVE A FUEL MILEAGE.
SO WE ADOPTED A POLICY FOR THE GPS IN OUR NEW POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE NEW SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS. SO THERE'S A POLICY THAT WAS ENACTED FOR THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS JUST SO EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T ABUSE IT, YOU KNOW, LOOK ON THEM AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THOSE TWO POLICIES WERE ACTUALLY BRAND NEW TO OUR POLICY.
AND THOSE ARE ACTUALLY POSTED ON THE TOWN OF GREENSBORO WEBSITE FOR THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, TO LOOK AT ALL OF OUR POLICY AND, AND PROCEDURES.
EVERY TIME THAT THERE'S AN UPDATE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO REFRESH THAT.
SO EVERYONE'S UP TO THE SAME PAGE. WE HAD EIGHT ARRESTS, ONE FOR VIOLATION OF A PEACE ORDER, ONE FOR ASSAULT, SECOND DEGREE, ONE FOR DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE.
FOR A BENCH WARRANT. FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR. AND ONE FELONY DRUG CASE.
WE ARRESTED A GENTLEMAN AND HE HAD ABOUT 70 PACKS OF HEROIN.
YES. HE SAID 70G. NO. 70 LITTLE PACKETS. YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S A LOT.
WHAT WAS THE STREET VALUE ON THAT? I DON'T KNOW THAT BECAUSE I DON'T I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU BUY IT IN BULK, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, CHEAPER, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO GO IN, YOU KNOW, TO BJ'S, YOU KNOW, TO GET A BIGGER THING YOU KNOW, WALMART YOU KNOW, LET'S NOT SAY YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, 5 TO $700 WORTH, YOU KNOW, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HE COULD, YOU KNOW, SELL IT INDIVIDUALLY FOR A LOT MORE.
BUT HE'S, HE'S A, HE'S A BIG TIME DRUG USER AND HE SAYS IT'S FOR PERSONAL USE, BUT WITH THAT LARGE AMOUNT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT SHOWS, YOU KNOW, THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE.
THAT'S A LOT. YES, YES. THIS QUARTER, NO DUI ARRESTS, OUR OUR STAFFING.
WE HAVE THREE FULL TIME OFFICERS AND ONE PART TIME CIVILIAN.
SHE IS MY ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT. WE DID RETIRE OUR POLICE K9, K9 MOSELEY.
SHE WAS THE ONE THAT CAME FROM FREDERICKSBURG.
SHE HAD CANCER IN 2018, LOST A LEG, AND SHE STILL WANTED TO COME TO WORK, BUT IT WAS YOU KNOW, SHE WAS 11 YEARS OLD AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, LIKE MOST POLICE CANINES, 8 TO 9 YEARS IF YOU GET TEN.
AND SHE STILL WANTED, YOU KNOW, TO, TO COME TO WORK, BUT DUE TO HER AGE AND IT'S JUST VERY HARD, YOU KNOW, FOR HER, YOU KNOW, TO GET AROUND. SO WE DECIDED TO RETIRE HER.
SO SHE'S LIVING HOME AND SHE'S NOT HAPPY, BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS TIME.
SO YOU HAVE NO NO VACANCIES. YOU JUST HAVE YOU HAVE THREE OFFICERS ON DUTY.
SO IN THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE IN JULY WE ARE ALLOWED TO HIRE A FOURTH OFFICER.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE FOUR.
SO WE'LL BE RECRUITING LIKE EVERY OTHER AGENCY.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS THEY BOTH SAID, IT'S VERY TOUGH. YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HIRE, I MEAN, ESSENTIALLY YOU COULD SAY, HEY, DO YOU WANT TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER? BUT THEN THE LIABILITY AND THE, AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY HARD. YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A ROUGH GO IN THE TOWN OF GREENSBORO.
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AND, YOU KNOW, OUR HIRING PRACTICES ARE JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.WE HAVE TO BE VERY PARTICULAR. SO IT'S VERY HARD TO EVEN, YOU KNOW, GET SOMEBODY TO, TO YOU KNOW, TO HIRE. AND IT'S A SMALL TOWN. WE CAN'T HIRE SOMEBODY AND PUT THEM THROUGH THE ACADEMY BECAUSE IT'S LIKE A YEAR TURNAROUND.
AND IF YOU WANT TO HAVE. SO IT'S VERY HARD, YOU KNOW, TO FIND A CERTIFIED OFFICER THAT YOU COULD JUST PUT ON THE ON THE STREET AFTER ABOUT SIX WEEKS OF FIELD TRAINING. SO IT'S TOUGH QUESTION FOR YOU.
WHO WAS WHO WAS DOING THE GRANT FUNDING FOR YOUR BASKETBALL PROGRAM? I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU'RE AWARE OF THE BRYAN BROTHERS FOUNDATION HERE ON THE SHORE.
I'LL GET YOU THE INFORMATION. BUT THEIR MAIN THRUST IS FOR KIDS.
AND LIKE I SAY, THEIR PRIMARY FOCUS IS IS KIDS THEY ALWAYS HAVE EVENT, I THINK IN APRIL OR MAY AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEIR CUTOFF IS FOR PUTTING IN FOR A GRANT, BUT I'LL GET YOU.
ABSOLUTELY. WELL YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW. YES, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.
MARTY. JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS. YES, SIR. WHAT'S YOUR HOURS OF COVERAGE? AND I MAY HAVE ASKED YOU THIS BEFORE, BUT THREE OFFICERS, WHAT'S YOUR HOURS OF COVERAGE AND DATES? SO OUR DAY SHIFT SINCE I'VE HIRED TWO OFFICERS. SO, YOU KNOW, BEFORE I WORKED 12 HOUR SHIFTS 6 A.M.
TO 6 P.M. AND THEN 12 P.M. TO 12 A.M. BUT I'VE HIRED TWO OTHER OFFICERS.
SO NOW I AM ADMINISTRATIVE HOURS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 8 TO 4.
AND I, I DON'T LIKE IT. YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, ALTERNATE AND BE OUT THERE.
SO I WORK 8 A.M. TO 4 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
AND THEN MY OTHER TWO OFFICERS THEY WORK A TEN HOUR SHIFT 6 P.M.
TILL FOUR OR 2 P.M. UNTIL 12 A.M.. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO SHIFTS.
SO I'VE JUST GOT A LITTLE, LITTLE WINDOW IN THERE THAT'S, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW CAPTAIN HELMER, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, CAN ATTEST THE SCHEDULE AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A NIGHTMARE, YOU KNOW, TRAINING OR, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WANTS OFF AND IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WITH MINIMUM, YOU KNOW, COVERAGE, IT, YOU KNOW, IT DOES PUT A STRAIN ON EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, TO INCLUDE THE CAROLINE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE WHO HAVE TO COME, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE NOT THERE.
SO IT'S VERY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEY DO A GREAT JOB AND, YOU KNOW, COVERING IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD, BUT THEY DO HELP OUT QUITE A BIT. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THANKS TO THE BUCHANAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
AND ONE OTHER QUESTION I HAD FROM A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY WAS ASKING ME. I DIDN'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS. SO THE SPEED, THE SPEED CAMERA THAT YOU GUYS HAVE IN TOWN. YES.
IS THERE A CERTAIN BY LAW TIME THAT IT'S ACTIVE? NOT ACTIVE. IS IT ACTIVE ON SATURDAY NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT? IS. OH, I CAN LOOK ON HIS FACE. OR ARE WE GOING TO BE FULLY TRANSPARENT? I MEAN, I GUESS THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY WAY TO BE.
IT'S FULLY TRANSPARENT. I MEAN, I'M THE POLICE CHIEF. I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD SAY IT, BUT SO THERE ARE CERTAIN HOURS DURING THE WEEK THAT IT IS ACTIVE. DO YOU KNOW THOSE HOURS? YES I DO.
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO KNOW. NO, LOOK, LOOK, IT'S IN THE LAW.
TO 8 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. HOLIDAYS TOO.
YEP. AND YOU STILL RUN RADAR DOWN THERE AT NIGHTTIME? IF THERE'S TRAFFIC. SO YOU CAN. I CHOOSE NOT TO RUN RADAR IN THE ZONE OF THE SPEED CAMERA.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF IT IF IT CAPTURES THEM AND THEN I CAPTURE THEM.
SO I USUALLY, YOU KNOW, TELL THE GUYS, LOOK, THE SPEED CAMERA IS GOING TO DO ITS THING.
THERE'S PLENTY OF OTHER AREAS, YOU KNOW, TO RUN RADAR.
SO I DO DISCOURAGE THEM, YOU KNOW, FROM BEING, YOU KNOW, I WENT TO SCHOOL AND SAME THING I WAS TELLING THE OTHER GUYS, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ACCOMMODATION, CERTAINLY BRING THEM IN IF THEY FEEL SO INCLINED TO COME IN.
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I KNOW TRACY'S VERY ACTIVE AND DOING A LOT OF THINGS, AND SHE MIGHT BE WILLING TO DO SOMETHING COUNTY WIDE THAT IF WE HAD A BUNCH OF ACCOMMODATIONS, THAT MAYBE THEY ORCHESTRATE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, FIRST RESPONDERS NIGHT OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WE COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THE PUBLIC GETS TO RECOGNIZE ALL YOU GUYS BECAUSE LIKE I SAY, YOU DON'T GET IT. YOU DON'T GET ENOUGH PUBLIC RECOGNITION, NO RECOGNITION.ACTUALLY, I FORGOT ONE OTHER EVENT. IF YOU LOOK ON THE TOWN OF GREENSBORO THEIR WEBSITE THEY'RE HAVING, IT'S KIND OF LIKE COFFEE WITH A COP, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO OF OUR TOWN COMMISSIONERS YOU KNOW, BE AVAILABLE. I THINK IT'S SATURDAY. I'LL HAVE TO GET THE EXACT DATE WHEN I SEND DO THE REPORT AND JUST FOR PUBLIC TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, COME IN AND SIT DOWN, TALK TO THE, YOU KNOW, CASUAL CONVERSATIONS.
WE DID THAT AT EASTON POLICE. YOU KNOW, WE DID THE COFFEE WITH A COP WHERE, YOU KNOW, A BUNCH OF OFFICERS COME AND JUST KIND OF HAVE A, YOU KNOW, CASUAL CONVERSATION. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY THAT.
BUT TWO COMMISSIONERS WANTED TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BE THERE.
SO I THINK THAT THAT'S NICE AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING.
APPRECIATE IT. STAY SAFE OUT THERE, MY FRIEND.
I'LL GET YOUR PHONE. EXCELLENT. YES. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
OPEN DISCUSSION PERIOD FOR BOARD MEMBERS. THIS IS WHERE YOU GUYS GET TO BE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. YOU HAVE THE EMAIL THING? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING EITHER. OKAY. YOU'RE GOING TO GET WITH KIM ABOUT.
SHE'S GOING TO GET DON TO CALL ME. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? I'M GOOD. OKAY. THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD KIM TRIAL BOARDS WHEN THERE IS A TRIAL BOARD, STILL HAVE A JUDGE PROBLEM? YEAH.
RIGHT. WHEN THERE'S A TRIAL BOARD, WHO'S WHO'S BY THE LAW RESPONSIBLE FOR POSTING THAT TRIAL BOARD TO THE PUBLIC? IS IT THE LCA? IS IT THE P A B? NO, IT DEFINITELY WOULD BE.
IN MY OPINION, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, SINCE WE ARE NOT INVOLVED IN THE TRIAL BOARD PROCESS OTHER THAN APPOINTING A CIVILIAN, WHICH WE DO HAVE, AND THEN WE PROVIDE THE NAME TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND THEN THEY HANDLE IT ALL FROM THERE.
SO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WOULD WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY TO MAKE NOTIFICATIONS TO WITNESSES, COMPLAINANTS AND SUCH. CORRECT. IS THAT RIGHT? BASED ON WHAT THEIR POLICIES, THEIR INTERNAL POLICY TRIAL BOARD PROCESS POLICY IS, I WOULD BELIEVE.
AND AND THAT SHOULD BE I MEAN, THAT SHOULD BE ON BEHALF OF THE LEGAL COUNSEL ON EITHER SIDE.
SO FOR THE THE ONES REPRESENTING THE SHOULD MAKE SURE THEIR THEIR RIGHT.
LEGAL COUNSEL SHOULD BE ISSUED JUST AS WELL FOR THE OFFICER OR DEPUTY OR TROOPER OR WHOEVER.
IS THAT POSTED TO THE PUBLIC SOMEWHERE? IS THERE A POSTING OF THAT? I'M NOT 100% SURE. I KNEW THE ONE TRIAL BOARD THAT WE HAD.
IT'S BECAUSE I FOLLOWED UP WITH IT SINCE IT WAS OUR FIRST ONE.
AS FAR AS IT BEING POSTED SOMEWHERE, THAT IS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO RIGHT AT THE MOMENT.
I BELIEVE BY LAW IT HAS TO BE CORRECT. YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE.
IT WAS MORE OF AN INTERNAL SINCE WE WERE FOLLOWING THE CASE.
SO I'M NOT 100% SURE THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S THE ABS RESPONSIBILITY TO POST THAT.
NO, NO, NO, IT WOULD BE IT'S NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
RIGHT. SO THAT'S ALL. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
YEAH. JUST JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT IN OUR EYES.
SURE. CROSSING OUR T'S. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? DO I HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WE HAVE MISS CINDY IN HERE FROM OUR TRIAL BOARD.
SHE'S OUR TRIAL BOARD. CIVILIAN MEMBER. WELCOME, WELCOME.
AND HER HUSBAND? ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY, MISS CINDY? NO. SO. ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. SEEING NONE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE GOOD OF THE BOARD? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED.
SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES.
WE'RE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.