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Official Q& A

Sheriff Jim Johnson

SS: How can people keep from being victims of auto and home burglaries?

JJ: The biggest thing is to lock your vehicle. Don’t leave anything inside your vehicle - your laptops or things like that, that they can see. Every single one of these vehicles broken into was unlocked. There’s not any house that doesn’t have windows and it doesn’t take much to break a window. I can’t say that there is some foolproof method to guarantee you won’t get broken into shy of building a concrete house. Burglar alarms help. These houses still get hit, but when they get hit they are the least impacted by the amount of time spent in the house. Homes that are well lit and have someone watching over them when you’re gone are less likely. Some common sense approaches will help. Don’t let your newspaper or mail pile up, be careful about posting on social networks. If you post that you’re in another state, they know it will be a little while and your address is probably on there too.

SS: What’s something unexpected you saw this year.

JJ: I don’t know how you would categorize it, but there was a case where we caught two individuals responsible for kidnapping and aggravated assault on a victim that they set on fire. We just took the case to the grand jury. Heinous crimes to that degree are just not seen here. You had several violent crimes. There was a murder of an individual in the Auburn community. There were several aggravated offenses - more violence than you normally saw. We fortunately caught most of them, but there is the Parker case where he was shot several times and it’s still unsolved. I think what will solve that case is someone coming forward or another crime that can be linked. We just saw some heinous crimes.

SS: What are some trends y’all are being told to look out for and preparing for?

JJ: The drug problem has changed. You’re seeing now, with the Internet and technology, the availability of being in contact with each other has become a big part of criminal activity. Drugs have changed to the point that it seems to be easier to be able to get the drugs into our county. We just recently had a commercial delivery service that gave us some information and we were able to intercept a package with a sizable amount of drugs coming in from another state. They’re mailing pseudoephedrine, prescription marijuana and the biggest thing we’ve seen is prescription medication. The reason for that is the availability of it. It’s in every home and easy and legal to get. We’re having a lot of burglaries where we’re seeing prescription medication stolen and that’s something the everyday person doesn’t keep an inventory of. How many people go home and realize they have four Xanax missing out of a bottle on the shelf?

SS: We’ve talked about the possibility of a new jail or working towards that. Talk about that.

JJ: I was working here – not as the sheriff – in 1995 when we decided to build this facility. The day that we moved in it, it helped with the problems we had in 1997 – going from a 50-bed facility to a 202-bed facility. We’ve now outgrown it. This jail is where the department is, where my office is, where records are, it’s the whole thing. A lot of times when you talk about expanding the jail, they think about the incarceration part, which is at a point where we have to do something as far

as incarceration, but it will be for the entire sheriff ’s department. The government monitors room for the inmates and how we treat them, but they don’t see if the investigators have enough room in their office. I’m looking at it for everybody. My employees don’t have enough room. I’ve got investigators in a small office where they can’t even interview victims. The phases they’re looking at are the Justice Court is out of room, the sheriff ’s office and jail are in need of something.

The only morgue we have is in the local hospital and it’s limited and they have their own use for hospital patients. They don’t need outside help filling that up. We’re looking at all of those. Tupelo is in need of a police department so there has been conversation of putting it all together. Another thing that ties in to this is the amount of incarceration we’re seeing from mental health. There is no long-term mental health facility anymore. These people are in and out, in and out, in and out.

We’ve seen a flood of it in the past two years. I’ve dealt with this personally with a parent. I know the personal pain a family deals with when a mentally unhealthy person is in the home. A jail is no place for someone with mental problems.

SS: Can you think of a specific moment in the past year where you were really proud of your deputies or staff?

JJ: We had a situation – and it seems minor – but it tells you what kind of people I have working here. They’re here because they love what they do. I had some deputies called to a drowning and this individual couldn’t swim. They didn’t stand on the bank and keep the crowd back. They jumped in the water and it was cold and dove to the bottom and got him out. The didn’t wait on gear or anyone else and he lived for some time because of their actions. How many times do you go home everyday and your house wasn’t broken into or your family slept safe at night. It’s because of the men and women out here protecting. I’m proud of my deputies for jumping in the lake, but the thing I’m most proud of is the job they do every day.

SS: What can community members do to help the sheriff ’s office?

JJ: We have built, I hope, a good relationship with the county and community where they trust us.

And we hope to continue to do that, and we ask to continue that working relationship and keep up with what’s going on in the community and in your area. If there is a problem you have that we can help you with, let us know and let us come and try to do some preventive programs to keep it from getting worse. Stay involved with your community, you know your neighborhood better than we do. Photo by C. Todd Sherman | Daily Journal

Police Chief Tony Carleton what their needs are. I welcome that because we want to be able to meet the needs of the public because if there is a need there, it is certainly one of our goals - we want to meet it. We want to make sure we’re in deep with that and encourage neighbors to get in touch with their association and get involved.

SS: What are some ways people in the community can get engaged with the department and help you out?

TC: I’m available, they can get in touch with me and talk. We have a person, Sgt. Katarsha White, is our COP officer. She’ll come out and meet you and answer any questions you have. She is sort of a liaison between the investigations or patrol or anything like that. If they have a problem with speeders or lighting, it’s a way for the neighborhood association to get back to the city and say, “Hey, we think there should be a ‘Slow Driving. Children at Play’ sign here.” Of course, it still has to get through the traffic committee but that’s how we determine what people’s needs are.

SS: In the past year there have been some violent crimes in communities around the country. Will that lead to increased critical response training here?

TC: We try to prepare for active shooters like that. We train for that every year. We just want to make sure we take a fresh look so that we’re not missing something.

Safe & Secure: How far away is the animal control officer from starting patrol?

Tony Carleton: We just got our animal control officer finished with the police officer training program. He came to us as a certified officer and we finished him on patrol so he can function as a patrol officer. Currently, (Ken Haws) is in Atlanta going through the first phase of the animal control officer course, and when he completes that we’re looking to get him on the street and get him going. By the time this comes out, he should be on patrol. If there is someone who has a problem with an animal the still need to contact the humane society. What this officer’s primary goal is - he is there for vicious animals. If there is an attack or something like that, he is there to respond in those situations. He’s also here to go and enforce the codes the city has set forth. His job is not to call if my neighbor’s dog has run across my garden or is in my flower bed. We’re going to answer vicious animal calls. We’re really excited about him coming on board and helping patrol out as well. (Officers) may come to a situation where there is an animal that’s barking or they can’t get to where they need to go. If they have to go into a house and there is an animal, they will have him.

SS: You’re also undergoing the accreditation process through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. How is that going?

TC: No, we’re finished now and we’re waiting to hear back an official approval. We’ve met a lot of criteria, especially for the past three years. We’ve been building up for this to make sure we have standards in place that meet the needs of the public and meet the needs of the department. Our day-to-day operations and procedures come into play. There are certain requirements and restrictions we have to meet in order to complete this process.

SS: Your school resource officers are all trained in active shooter response, correct?

TC: Correct. Superintendent Gearl Loden and I have met and discussed this. Not to speak for him, but we’re of the same opinion – that we want to make sure we can provide the best, safe school environment we can. We took a fresh look, discussing different situations, and this summer when school is out we will certainly do some more training in the schools - but not just schools, any business, the mall, anywhere like that. We want to make sure first responders are well trained and ready to respond.

SS: Do you expect to expand the school resource officer program or is it at a good spot right now?

TC: I don’t know that we will expand. We certainly won’t decrease. But, until we’ve read some more studies about what’s happened in Connecticut, right now I think we’re OK. It’s certainly of the stuff we’ve talked about. We haven’t taken anything off the table as far as this discussion goes.

We’ve worked to get some guys updated on active shooter training and want to be as prepared as we can be.

SS: Everyone is excited about and has been talking about the new Police Athletic League Building.

TC: Oh yes. Certainly us getting in the new building is going to be a milestone. One of the biggest things we’re excited about is being located in a neighborhood and in a subdivision, somewhere that kids can walk from their house. We’ve been thankful for what we have, no doubt, but we certainly feel like we can expand. We’re getting quotes and bids right now but we don’t have a tentative date yet. It should get going this year.

SS: How was the community feedback? They had an opportunity to respond. Have you had access to the comments yet?

TC: Just by word of mouth, not by official letter yet. I haven’t heard anything negative. Everything was great and they were proud to see us doing this and working to meet some of those goals and standards.

SS: What are some trends you saw in enforcement or something that drew focus?

TC: Usually domestic violence is a high volume of calls. It’s the age and day we live in that it’s just that way. Disturbance calls too. It’s not a fortunate situation we have to be in but we still have to answer those calls. It’s one the officer has to be prepared for so he doesn’t let his gaze down and get taken advantage of.

SS: And it was a voluntary auditing process, right?

TC: Yes, we welcomed them in to evaluate us and show us what we need to get done.

SS: What do y’all expect to see in 2013 or what trends are you hearing about?

TC: They’re always creative about how they’re transporting drugs or using drugs.

That’s something the North Mississippi Narcotics Unit, they’re on top of that. A lot of times they get a lot of information before we do, but they’re real good about passing it down so the officers can use it on the street. That’s certainly something we look for. Bomb threats too. The (explosive ordnance disposal) unit has answered several calls for threats. We don’t look for that to change, but then again, you have a lot of guys that come out of World War II that are going away now and some of them leave relics from the war and a family member will say, “Oh, I don’t know anything about this,” so we’ll get called.

SS: When do you expect to hear back from them?

TC: Either the end of February or beginning of March.

SS: You’ve said you want to dig back into the neighborhood associations and the community in your community policing effort.

TC: The (community-oriented policing) concept is still out there. A lot of times when people come into a new neighborhood or area, they don’t necessarily go and greet their neighbors, and we certainly want to come alongside of them and help them and encourage them to hang over that backyard fence and get to know one another so they’re able to protect each other.

SS: What is your role in a neighborhood association?

TC: Each time there is a meeting we try to have someone there to answer questions and let them know what kind of calls we’re receiving in the area. It also gives them an opportunity to tell us

SS: What’s a big moment y’all had last year in the department. A moment you were real proud of your officers.

TC: To knock on wood, we’ve had every bank robbery solved last year. Those guys, the patrol officers, street crimes unit and investigations, have worked well together and all come out together to make sure we track down each one. Those guys really work hard out there and don’t take their job lightly. Photo by C. Todd Sherman | Daily Journal

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Safe & Secure: What were some trends you saw last year as far as enforcement goes?

Jim Johnson: We saw an increase in burglaries – home burglaries – comparing it to years past.

You’ve always had some here and there, but we had several instances where there was a rash of multiple burglaries. And not just homes but vehicles as well. We were fortunate enough that the more they committed, the more evidence we had and more information we garnered – we were able to catch them. These particular individuals we caught in several instances were responsible for 10, 15, 20 and even 25 burglaries and that’s unusual. You would usually have more than one person involved, male and female, young and old. The car burglaries we dealt with spanned several weeks and many common denominators showed it was mainly in subdivisions with concentrated houses so they could hit house to house to house with a vehicle riding around picking them up.

Most of the vehicles were unlocked.

Monday, February 25, 2013

School Resource Officers

TUPELO – School resource officers have been a hot topic of conversation in the wake of the Connecticut school shooting.

The NRA argument says good guys with guns in schools prevent bad guys with guns.

The ACLU argues having armed guards or police in school encourages police to criminalize student behavior and contribute to the school-to-prison pipeline.

Corp. John Bramble, school resource officer with the Tupelo Police Department, said it’s much simpler than those arguments.

“We don’t walk around like storm troopers,” he said. “We want to have the kids feel like they can come and talk to us.”

Bramble said being in the schools helps foster relationships between students and law enforcement.

“We want the kids to tell us if they saw something, even if it’s nothing,” he said. “We want them to feel comfortable coming to us because if they don’t, something bad could ultimately happen.”

Bramble said the students and school staff are more comfortable coming to the school resource officers because they are an established presence in the school.

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“I think the presence here helps and I think people think twice,” he said. “We do K9 searches. Do we want to find anything? No, because we don’t want anything to be here and we don’t want to have to put people in jail. But our presence here deters that kind of behavior.”

The officers handle a range of different things every day from a stolen cell phone to a criminal investigation that could lead to felony charges.

In Tupelo, four resource offers are on duty during school hours. An officer is always stationed at Tupelo High School and Tupelo Middle School and the other two officers float among the city’s 11 other schools.

Tupelo Schools Superintendent Gearl Loden said having the officers increases the level of safety and order on each campus.

“When they’re in and out of the buildings, they’re helping young people to understand the role of the police and their support,” he said. “From a safety standpoint, they’re a great asset to have.”

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Monday, February 25, 2013

Online Safety

Technology develops at a rapid pace this day and age, a pace young people seem more adept at adapting to than their parents.

Investigator Bobby Bean, of the Lee County Sheriff ’s Office, said parents need to be aware of how the Internet works and how their children are using it.

“Facebook is just like going to a bar or club when we were 18 or 22, he said. “You go to do what? Meet girls, meet friends and have a good time. When you go into these places like Facebook or chatrooms, it’s a chance you’re taking and you have to make common sense decisions as to what information you put out there.”

Bean said if someone posts their workplace or their weekend plans without restricting who can see the information, nothing is stopping anyone from showing up there, regardless of their intentions.

“I tell parents to go into the security settings and tighten them up,” he said. “Lock everything down where it’s only available to your friends.”

Bean said if there is no security on a social media site, anyone can see when someone posts that they are out of town.

“Criminals use social media too, and if they know you’re not home, they can probably find your address on your Facebook and come rob you,” he said.

To change a child’s security settings, the parents need the password and login information, something Bean said every parent should have.

“Parents should have their child’s password on all their accounts,” he said. “If not, the child is probably hiding something. If you want to make a child mad, make them give you all their passwords. It’s better that than find out later there is a 35-year-old man who’s had sexual encounters with your 15-year-old daughter and it’s all on Facebook.”

He said once something has been put online, it’s hard to take down. The rate at which people can download and replicate information makes it hard to remove all evidence of a post, picture or video.

Young people are not only in danger if they post personal information online. Online threats, if made specific enough, can lead to criminal prosecution.

“If someone says ‘I’m fixing to whoop your butt,’ that’s one thing, but if they say, ‘I’m going to get you tomorrow at school,’ that’s more specific,” Bean said. “If (the threats) are specific they can be charged.”

Online harassment and posting of injurious messages involve relatively new cyber laws in Mississippi that can be enforced in real life.

To protect online information, Bean said the most important thing to do is change your password often and make sure it is a difficult password.

Bean said when he gets a seized cell phone he has to crack, the first password he tries is the last four digits of their social security number or their birthday turned around backwards.

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Jarico Q. Sloan (M) D.O.B. - 04/14/1993 Height - 6’ 2” Weight - 160 lbs.

Wanted for: Felony Shoplifting

Timothy T. McBride (M) D.O.B - 11/17/1979 Height - 5’ 4” Weight - 115 lbs.

Wanted for: False Pretense x 2

Herman L. Pannell II (M) D.O.B. - 07/11/1962 Height - 5’ 5” Weight - 180 lbs.

Wanted for: Aggravated Assault

Terry Gene Smith (M) D.O.B. - 04/25/1984 Height - 5’ 11” Weight - 145 lbs.

Wanted for: Burglary of a Dwelling

Robert Eugene Thomas (M) D.O.B. - 06/03/1964 Height: 6’ 1” Weight: 185 lbs.

Wanted for: Burglary x 2

Rashad Montez Williams (M) D.O.B. - 08/28/1991 Height - 5’ 9” Weight - 150 lbs.

Wanted for: Burglary of a Dwelling

Martavious Quashun Dillard (M) D.O.B. - 06/10/1995 Height - 5’ 11” Weight - 160 lbs.

Wanted for: Breaking and Entering

Randall Justin Duncan (M) D.O.B. - 10/29/1989 Height - 5’ 8” Weight - 129 lbs.

Wanted for: Breaking and Entering

Kenny Ethridge (M) D.O.B - 10/26/1970 Height - 5’ 8” Weight - 140 lbs.

Wanted for: Receiving Stolen Property

Frederick L Fells (M) D.O.B. - 02/26/1974 Height - 5’ 4” Weight - 115 lbs.

Wanted for: DUI 3

Cornelius Long (M) D.O.B. - 03/28/1991 Height - 6’ 1” Weight - 160 lbs.

Wanted for: Armed Robbery

James S. Winning (M) D.O.B. - 04/26/1960 Height - 5’ 10” Weight - 185 lbs.

Wanted for: Credit Card Fraud

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Rogelia Sanchez Roman (M) D.O.B. - 01/14/1967 Height - 5’ 4” Weight - 150 lbs.

Wanted for: Sexual Battery

Robert J. Hogan, Jr. (M) D.O.B. - 12/25/1982 Height - 5’ 9” Weight - 180 lbs.

Wanted for: Embezzlement Under Contact

Tisa M. McDonald (F) D.O.B. - 10/19/1971 Height - 5’ 7” Weight - 160 lbs.

Wanted for: Credit Card Fraud

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Monday, February 25, 2013

K9 Programs

Tupelo Police K9 handler Walter Wilkerson and Pele

Tupelo Police Officer Walter Wilkerson would just as readily trust his life to a dog as a fellow police officer.

In Wilkerson’s case, the dog is a highly trained K9 named Pele he has patrolled with for almost three years.

The Tupelo Police Department employs five K9 handlers and five dogs, all malinois. Four of the dogs are dual purpose tracking and narcotics locator dogs. The fifth dog is trained to sniff out explosives.

K9 officers are required to train 16 hours each month with their animal, in addition to the initial training and bonding process.

“That is in addition to our normal shift duties,” Wilkerson said. “Every one of our dogs stays at home with their handler so they’re maintaining them at home, too.”

Michael Summerlin is one of Tupelo’s five K9 officers.

“It’s a valuable asset to have on the side of the roadway,” he said. “Especially when it comes to things like drug trafficking and criminal apprehension. If you have a dog on the roadway with you and they see him in the car, they generally know what you’re there for.”

Summerlin said a K9 is great backup to have.

Wilkerson agreed, “At every traffic stop my dog has my back. When I get out of my truck, he’s barking. I keep the window rolled down as soon as I turn on the blue lights, and the people in the car know he’s there. I can’t tell you how many times that’s probably saved me from a confrontation, ‘Oh, he’s got a dog.’”

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Department has an agility course at the North Mississippi Law Enforcement Training Center. The handlers also use the schools and some local business owners’ buildings to train.

“We have access to the Carnation building where we do a lot of narcotics work,” Wilkerson said. “We use the wrecker services too, to hide narcotics in junk cars.”

The officers often use their dogs to find drugs, but they also can track fleeing criminals and even lost and disoriented citizens.

“We don’t have different calls or commands for a burglar or lost person who is mentally disabled,” he said. “When we go to track a person, the track command is the same, whether it’s a super bad guy or someone who’s lost their way - a small kid or something like that.”

Wilkerson said the dogs don’t know the difference so the handler has to pay extra close attention if they are tracking someone who can’t be bitten.

A single purpose dog can cost about $6,000, but the more often used dual purpose dogs can run upwards of $15,000.

The malinois has replaced the German shepherd as the most common police dog because of their sturdier hips and longer working life expectancy.

Wilkerson said you have to be dedicated and love working with animals to be a K9 officer.

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