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The Paulding County Sheriff's Office was called to respond to Ragsdale Elementary in reference to a suspicious person. Once deputies arrived, they located the individual and discovered that he was a construction worker that was legally on the property and carrying a measuring tape.
Deputies have returned to service.
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Deputy Gurley: Our detectives served that search warrant at 10:45 am. It was at Bags and Barks Boutique on Douglasville hwy. The complaint was initially by Cobb investigators with our sheriff’s office. After an investigation, a search warrant was executed. There was several boxes of suspected counterfeit merchandise which were taken into evidence from that location. Charges are pending in that case. Investigation is ongoing in that case. And again we do expect to file charges later on.
One correction to a typo above.... This is also to clarify some of the other speculations that have been circulating.
This complant was made to the Paulding County Sheriff's Office by a private investigator that was hired by one or more of the companies whose "name brand" was involved. That complaint initiated the investigation that ultimately led to an arrest.
These types of companies hire private investigators to track down counterfeit goods. They take action by getting the local law enforcement agency involved when they find items that they confirm are counterfeit.... as in this case.
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Community Message has been issued by the Paulding County Sheriff's Office.
Wednesday July 1, 2009 11:06 AM EDT
An armed robbery has occurred near you. Visit nixle.com for details and to report tips.
The Paulding County Sheriff's Office is releasing information about a recent armed robbery in Paulding County. A Nixle Advisory message was sent to Nixle users within a one mile radius of the incident location yesterday. That advisory can be viewed HERE. Here is an update...
The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an armed robbery that occurred yesterday, June 30, 2009, at the Chevron on the corner of Highway 92 and Brownsville Rd involving one suspect that was armed with a handgun.
The armed robbery occurred at approximately 11:00 a.m. The suspect was described by witnesses as follows (see the photo by viewing the alert online at the link below):
• Black male
• 6 ft. 1 in. – 6 ft. 3 in.
• Thin to medium build
• Wearing blue jeans, Gray hooded sweatshirt, white tennis shoes, and a blue bandana covering his face.
There were no shots fired during the incident. No one was injured on the scene. The suspect did leave with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Anyone with information about this armed robbery or the identity of the suspect is urge to call Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404-577-TIPS (8477). Tips leading to an arrest and indictment will be eligible for a reward up to $2,000.00 from Crime Stoppers. The caller may remain anonymous when calling Crime Stoppers Atlanta.
People with information may also contact the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office directly by phone at 770-443-3010 or by email at tips@paulding.gov.
For full details and to view the photo, go to http://local.nixle.com/alert/70669/
Contact Information:
Brandon Gurley
Public Information Office
770-443-3010 bgurley@paulding.gov
To manage your text and email settings, please log into your account at http://local.nixle.com/accounts/login/.
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I was hoping to see some of the local boys on there...Didn't see you Brandon?
I did a good job at staying behind the scenes on this one. However, all of the deputies in brown uniforms are Paulding County deputies. Several of the role players in civilian clothes are Paulding County Deputies as well. Others were volunteers from the local Georgia State Patrol post, Paulding County District Attorney's office, and other local government offices.
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Paulding County Announces the Media Release of
"Drive High, It’s Still DUI"
The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office is proud to announce the release of a new driver safety television ad that didn’t cost the taxpayers a penny, but it’s worth its weight in gold for the lives it could save on our highways.
“Drive High, It’s Still DUI” is an educational ad designed to make local viewers more aware of the problems associated with driving under the influence of many everyday prescription and over-the-counter drugs as well as what are commonly mislabeled as “recreational drugs.”
“It’s time we emphasize that a DUI charge can include more than driving under the influence of alcohol. Impaired driving can include all of these drug categories too,” said Paulding County Sheriff Gary Gulledge. “Drugged-driving can impair motor skills, reaction time, and judgment. Drugs can alter perception, attention, balance, coordination and other essential faculties required for safe driving.”
“That’s why many prescription drugs come with a warning against operating heavy machinery, including motor vehicles, for a specific period of time after use,” said Director Bob Dallas of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. “How many people take drugs and then drive is a scary question, because no one knows for sure. What we do know is that our studies show drugs are used by 10-to-22 percent of drivers involved in crashes,” said Director Dallas. “And scarier still, many of those drivers take drugs in combination with alcohol before they climb behind the wheel.”
“Someone killed or injured in a drugged-driving crash is just as dead or maimed as from an alcohol-related crash,” said Paulding County District Attorney Drew Lane. “The deadly effects are the same. And so are the DUI charges, jail time, fines, and court costs.”
We know that vehicle crashes are still the leading cause of death of our young people, age 16-to-20 years old. And we know that because teens are our least experienced drivers they run a higher risk of being involved in a crash. “When this lack of experience is combined with the use of illegal or prescription drugs it makes drugged-driving a public health concern that places not only the driver at risk, but everyone else who shares the road,” said Paulding County Probate Court Judge Deborah Andersen. That’s why we decided to make this public service ad we call, “Drive High, It’s Still DUI”.
The “Drive High, It’s Still DUI” PSA project was coordinated by the Paulding County District Attorney’s Office, Probate Court, and Sheriff’s Office working in partnership with Georgia State Patrol Post 3 in Cartersville, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic (H.E.A.T.) Team, and the Governor's Office of Highway Safety.
Aside from its no-nonsense approach to this seldom explored side of Georgia’s impaired driving problem, the other remarkable aspect of Paulding County’s new public service ad is that no taxpayer dollars were spent to make this highway safety PSA. Although the ad has all the features of a first-rate commercially produced public service message for TV, the entire production was planned and produced for public service broadcast based on a zero-dollar budget and the work of local volunteers.
Paulding County government is commending Comcast Spotlight cable for volunteering their commercial inventory resources to broadcast our new driver safety television ad during their summer schedule... Without charge.
Paulding County also thanks local TV and film producer Jason Sirotin who also volunteered his time and production team resources to write, shoot and edit the ad for the Paulding County Courts... At no cost.
Adding to that collaboration, employees from Paulding County Public Safety, the District Attorney’s Office, Probate Court, Supervision Services and Georgia State Patrol volunteered as extras and came in on their days off to play the role of offenders in the criminal justice system. The few professional character actors involved worked for the satisfaction of listing a community relations project on their resumes.
In order to keep other costs down, the video was kept on a tight production schedule, completing all videotaped sequences during two consecutive Saturdays. Instead of paying to build or rent sets, rooms at the new Paulding County Courthouse were adapted at no cost for multiple location shots before those facilities were open to the public. A scheduled police road check provided the background scenes for the real-life local law enforcement officers (representing the role of sheriff’s deputies, State Troopers, and a H.E.A.T. enforcement team) as they simulated a Driving Under the Influence of Drugs arrest for the educational ad.
At a time when law enforcement everywhere is being asked to do more and more with less and less, the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office is proud to be a part of this community highway safety education project. -
2009 Georgia Police and Fire Games
SWAT Competition
(Paulding County, GA) The Georgia Police and Fire Games SWAT competition will be held at the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office Training Center (600 County Services Lane Dallas, GA 30132) on Thursday, June 18, 2009. The events are expected to begin around 8:00 a.m. and will last until approximately 1:00 p.m.
Admission to the SWAT competition is FREE. Concessions will be sold during the event to help support the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office Cops for Kids program. Spectators will need to bring their own chairs and shading (i.e. sun umbrellas, tents, etc.). You may also want to consider ear plugs or other hearing protection for yourself or your children. Some of the events will consist of “live fire” drills that will be conducted in a controlled and safe environment.
We look forward to your attendance as you come out and help cheer on your local Paulding County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team.
What: Georgia Police and Fire Games SWAT Competion
Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Paulding County Sheriff’s Office Training Center
600 County Services Ln
Dallas, GA 30132
• Located on the gravel driveway next to the Paulding County landfill
From Hiram:
• Take Highway 92 north toward Highway 41.
• Go straight on to Cedarcrest Road from the red light at Highway 92 and Dallas Acworth Hwy (there will be a Kroger on your right and a shopping center with a Wendy’s and Starbucks on your left).
• Turn left at the first red light on to Seven Hills Blvd (there will be a CVS and a Publix at that red light).
• Go approximately 2 miles to County Services Lane and turn right.
• Go up the hill to the gate and turn right on the gravel driveway prior to the gate. That long driveway will lead you to the training center and event location.
• Stay to the LEFT when the driveway forks.
From Dallas:
• Take Dallas Acworth Hwy north toward Highway 41.
• Turn left on to Old Cartersville Rd (will be at a red light with a Publix and a Rite-Aid on the corner)
• Turn right on Ivey Gulledge Rd
• Go to the 3-way stop sign and turn left on to Seven Hills Blvd
• Turn left on to County Services Lane
• Go up the hill to the gate and turn right on the gravel driveway prior to the gate. That long driveway will lead you to the training center and event location.
• Stay to the LEFT when the driveway forks.
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I understand that - however it's easier for kids to write what they know than to phone it in. Plus, the perception with youth is that all phone can be traced whereas email cannot (yes, I'm aware that it can be). I'm just saying, give kids another way to get in touch that they will perceive as "safer".
Our "anonymous tip" email address has been published on several other occasions. However, it was not published in this particular case. The only way for a "tip" to be eligible for the reward is if the tip is submitted to Crime Stoppers Atlanta. The tip can be sent directly to the Paulding County Sheriff's Office via the email address. That tip would NOT be eligable for the reward if sent by email.
Our tip email address is tips@paulding.gov.
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Reminder: High School graduation at EPHS, SPHS, PCHS, & HHS will be held Fri. & Sat. -- Expect traffic delays...
The Paulding County Sheriff's Office wants to remind you that high school graduation is happening this weekend at the following locations and times:
• East Paulding High School - 3320 East Paulding Dr Dallas, GA 30157
Friday, June 5, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
** Expect delays from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and again from 9:00 p.m. to
10:00 p.m.
• South Paulding High School - 1364 Winn Rd Douglasville, GA 30134
Friday, June 5, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
** Expect delays from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and again from 9:00 p.m. to
10:00 p.m.
• Paulding County High School - 1297 Villa Rica Hwy Dallas, GA 30132
Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.
** Expect delays from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and again from 12:00 p.m.
to 1:00 p.m.
• Hiram High School - 702 Ballentine Dr Hiram, GA 30141
Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.
** Expect delays from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and again from 12:00 p.m.
to 1:00 p.m.
**** Expect traffic delays before and after these events. Please consider an alternate route around these locations during the event times if you are not attending the event in order to avoid unnecessary delays in your commute.
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Fox 5 did a special report on Nixle last month. Here is their report....
FOX 5 Special: Online
Cops
Updated: Wednesday, 06 May 2009, 11:33 PM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 06 May 2009, 9:59 PM EDT
Chris Shaw
Edited By: Leigha Baugham | myfoxatlanta.com
ATLANTA (MyFOX ATLANTA) - More and more police departments in Georgia are turning to new internet tools to keep you safe. One website created by an Emory University graduate bills itself as the next Twitter , but for police departments.
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There are two different scenes being worked. Two different alerts were sent out to those who have registered for the alerts.
Alert 1: For full details, go to Alert 1727
Alert 2: For full details, go to Alert 1729
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I am in the city of Dallas, but off of Happy Valley Church Road and it says it doesn't exist and our community was built in 2005-2007 and doesn't recognize my home address. I tried three different ways for an address and nothing.
Try using road names and not Highway numbers when you enter cross streats. Also use the "&" symbol between the road names. (i.e. Villa Rica Hwy. & Jimmy Campbell Pkwy Dallas, GA)
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Try using road names and not Highway numbers when you enter cross streats. Also use the "&" symbol between the road names. (i.e. Villa Rica Hwy. & Jimmy Campbell Pkwy Dallas, GA)
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You have the thread??? I pulled up Brandons postings and did not see it there. TIA
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I had to choose a close location, Nebo Rd & Dallas Nebo Rd, Hiram because it wouldn't recognize my address.
Now it says that there are no locations in the system for me???
How do I get Paulding County?
The notifications are sent out within a certain mile radius of where the incident is taking place. We can choose how large of an area to send the notification out to when we send the message. If we are looking for a missing person in a certain area, we have the option of only notifying people that live within that area. We can also send the notification out county wide if we choose.
The reason that nothing is showing up for you is because we have not had any incidents take place recently in your area that we sent out notifications on. Also, if your home is fairly new, the address may not be recognized on the mapping system. You may have to choose an intersection to list that is near your home. That way you will receive the notifications that are in your area.
Again, I have checked and there is no way to view all of the messages that we have issued. You will only be able to see the ones that are in your area.
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Public Information Release:
The Paulding County Sheriff’s OfficeReaches out to Citizens Online
(Paulding County, GA) The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office is launching a new Community Information Service designed to deliver important and timely information to residents in our area using the latest technology.
This service, created by Nixle, LLC delivers trustworthy and important neighborhood-level public safety and community event notifications by web, e-mail, and cell phone.
Nixle is completely free, simple, and trusted.
Residents of Paulding County can now take advantage of Nixle! Nixle is a community information service that alerts you to public safety threats and community events via web, e-mail, and cell phone. Sign up at www.nixle.com to register.
Register now and learn more at www.nixle.com. Then share this new service with friends and neighbors to spread the word!
We are very excited to have you experience it for yourself.
Nixle is a new community information service provider built exclusively to provide secure and reliable communications. Its authenticated service connects municipal agencies and community organizations to residents in real time, delivering information to geographically targeted consumers over their cell phones (via text messages), through e-mails and through Web access. Nixle is offered at no cost to all governments, their agencies and organizations, nongovernmental organizations and consumers.
“This service will allow us to share important information with our citizens very quickly,” said Sheriff Gary Gulledge. “We wanted to find a way to get ‘time sensitive’ information in to our communities…We found it!”
For now, Paulding County residents will be able to receive police-related information via Nixle. Channels providing other kinds of information are expected to be introduced in the future.
Craig Mitnick, the founder and CEO of Nixle, said Nixle differs from current services such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, which provide unauthenticated platforms for connections. Nixle solves that problem by providing a single standardized service for consumers to receive immediate and credible neighborhood-level public safety and community information.
“Nixle is a first-of-its-kind tool for communities that need to provide critical information to their residents,” said Craig Mitnick, founder and CEO. “When it comes to public safety information, you have to trust the source. Residents of Paulding County can rest easy that the local messages they receive are authentic.”
About Nixle
Nixle is a community information service provider built exclusively to provide secure and reliable communications. It is the first authenticated and secure service that connects municipal agencies and community organizations to residents in real time, delivering information to geographically targeted consumers over their cell phones (via text messages), through e-mails and via Web access. Nixle has secured a partnership with Nlets (the International Justice and Public Safety Network), allowing local police departments nationwide to send immediate alerts and advisories. Privately funded Nixle, which has offices in New Jersey and California, is free to all governments, their agencies and organizations, nongovernmental organizations and consumers. For more information, visit www.nixle.com.
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PCSO is working on setting up an email broadcasting system for events like you are talking about.
Citizen's will be able to sign up with their email address to receive bulletins about events such as Amber alerts and other situations
and I think you'll be able to set it or it's set for a given area around your address.
It's not in place yet, that I'm aware of, but they are working on it.
Might want to PM Cpl Gurley, as he's the one spear-heading the operation.
He's been putting a lot of work in to getting this thing going and I'm sure he'll be happy to see people such
as yourself eager to use a tool like this...
We are using Nixle to provide this service to our citizens. We have been testing it for the last several weeks. Several of our Neighborhood Watch members have signed up and are receiving email and text message alerts from us. Someone posted on here when we had the missing child that they received the text message alert about the missing child. That was sent by the sheriff's office using Nixle since an Amber Alert was not issued by the state.
We are also using Nixle to post locations of traffic accidents that cause congestion or road closures. This will help with planning your route to/from work or school so you can avoid these areas. We will not include details about the incidents. We will give you what you need to know so that you can avoid the delays. I sent out a press release today to the local papers.
Sign up today to receive your Paulding County Sheriff's Office Alerts.
Public Information Release:
The Paulding County Sheriff’s OfficeReaches out to Citizens Online
(Paulding County, GA) The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office is launching a new Community Information Service designed to deliver important and timely information to residents in our area using the latest technology.
This service, created by Nixle, LLC delivers trustworthy and important neighborhood-level public safety and community event notifications by web, e-mail, and cell phone.
Nixle is completely free, simple, and trusted.
Residents of Paulding County can now take advantage of Nixle! Nixle is a community information service that alerts you to public safety threats and community events via web, e-mail, and cell phone. Sign up at www.nixle.com to register.
Register now and learn more at www.nixle.com. Then share this new service with friends and neighbors to spread the word!
We are very excited to have you experience it for yourself.
Nixle is a new community information service provider built exclusively to provide secure and reliable communications. Its authenticated service connects municipal agencies and community organizations to residents in real time, delivering information to geographically targeted consumers over their cell phones (via text messages), through e-mails and through Web access. Nixle is offered at no cost to all governments, their agencies and organizations, nongovernmental organizations and consumers.
“This service will allow us to share important information with our citizens very quickly,” said Sheriff Gary Gulledge. “We wanted to find a way to get ‘time sensitive’ information in to our communities…We found it!”
For now, Paulding County residents will be able to receive police-related information via Nixle. Channels providing other kinds of information are expected to be introduced in the future.
Craig Mitnick, the founder and CEO of Nixle, said Nixle differs from current services such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, which provide unauthenticated platforms for connections. Nixle solves that problem by providing a single standardized service for consumers to receive immediate and credible neighborhood-level public safety and community information.
“Nixle is a first-of-its-kind tool for communities that need to provide critical information to their residents,” said Craig Mitnick, founder and CEO. “When it comes to public safety information, you have to trust the source. Residents of Paulding County can rest easy that the local messages they receive are authentic.”
About Nixle
Nixle is a community information service provider built exclusively to provide secure and reliable communications. It is the first authenticated and secure service that connects municipal agencies and community organizations to residents in real time, delivering information to geographically targeted consumers over their cell phones (via text messages), through e-mails and via Web access. Nixle has secured a partnership with Nlets (the International Justice and Public Safety Network), allowing local police departments nationwide to send immediate alerts and advisories. Privately funded Nixle, which has offices in New Jersey and California, is free to all governments, their agencies and organizations, nongovernmental organizations and consumers. For more information, visit www.nixle.com.
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While it's not intended to start an 'open season' mentality, the law was designed to deter would-be criminals. If you know you're likely to get a butt full of buck-shot for breaking into a car, you may be less likely to do so.
This is the same idea behind Kennesaw's law that you must own a gun--compare those crime statistics to the areas where guns by private citizens are outlawed.
Personally, I don't think that someone's life is worth all the stuff that they took from our cars. However, you go into a crime like that knowing that there are consequences. I have little sympathy for thieves that find themselves in that situation and face the ultimate consequence.
As for your quoting of the law, the part that you highlighted refers to a homeowner shooting at someone just trespassing on their property (a misdemeanor). Breaking and entering is considered a felony, esp. when you total the amount of stuff that was taken.
The law requires citizens to act in good faith. If someone is breaking into a car with the homeowner at home, they're going to assume that they will use deadly force to take their stuff. As such, that homeowner would be protected under the law if they in turn returned that deadly force.
Ummm, okay.
What exactly made you assume that the car doors were unlocked?
I caution you to be very careful and seek further legal advice (preferably from an attorney) before using the type of deadly force that you are referring to.
The new law allows you to use "force" to protect your property. There are several levels of force that are NOT considered deadly force. In order for you to use force that is likely to cause death or great bodily harm (deadly force), the evidence must show that the force was used to protect yourself or a third party from death or great bodily harm or to prevent the commission of a FORCIBLE FELONY (definition given in previous post).
Deadly force is not authorized to stop ANY felonly. Forgery is also a felony in the state of Georgia. Thefts over $500 are felonies in Georgia. However, the law requires that the act be a FORCIBLE FELONY before deadly force is authorized. Again, this does not limit you from using other levels of force to protect your property under the new law that was listed above.
Also, I expect to release an update by Tuesday in reference to recent developments in these cases.
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There were NO "hard hit" areas last night of entering autos. I would like to think that it is because people are now more aware of this problem and have taken the appropriate steps (i.e. locking car doors) to prevent this crime. There were only 3 entering auto reports received from over night. None of them were from the areas where we have seen the increase.
Please continue to spread the word to other family and friends of the steps that they can take to reduce their risk of becoming a victim. I hope to continue to see this decrease in entering auto crime throughout the weekend and coming weeks.
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Attention Paulding County Citizens:
By now, I would hope that you are all taking the necessary precautions (removing valuable and locking vehicles) to protect yourselves from becoming victims of entering autos. However, this crime continues to take place involving UNLOCKED vehicles.
Autumn Creek subdivision off of Due West Rd fell victim to several entering autos last night. All of the vehicles were UNLOCKED. Ivey Springs subdivision off of Ivey Gulledge Rd fell victim to several entering autos over the weekend. All of the vehicles were UNLOCKED. Our investigations division received around 8 reports last weekend (April 24-26) of entering autos from the Bentwater area. All of the vehicles that were entered were left UNLOCKED. There are several other locations throughout the county that has seen an increase in this problem. This is not isolated to one part of Paulding County.
The trend that continues to be used is that these suspects seem to walk around in the neighborhoods after dark pulling door knobs until they locate an unlocked vehicle. They do not want to run the risk of making a lot of noise breaking windows or locks on the cars and jeopardize being caught. They want to get in and out as quickly and quietly as possible.
It is increasingly important that we get this information out to more of our neighbors. I urge you to forward this email to all of your contacts that live in Paulding County. I also urge you to talk to your neighbors about this increasing risk and urge them to join the Paulding County Neighborhood Watch website so that they too can be “informed.”
As always, we ask that you as citizens remain vigilant in preventing crime in your neighborhoods. Always remember to lock your car doors even when parked in your driveway. Also, remove all valuables from your car each night. We have reports of expensive valuables that were stolen from these unlocked vehicles.
· Park your cars in your garages if possible but remember to close and lock your garage doors.
· Use your outdoor lighting wisely if you leave your vehicles parked in your driveway.
· You can position your flood lights to shine directly on the area of the driveway where your car is parked.
· Use motion sensor lights to help control and limit an increase in your electric bill from your use of outdoor lighting.
These thieves do not want to be put on “display” for all of your neighbors to possibly see as they steal from your car that is illuminated by your flood lights. They will wisely use the “cover of darkness” to conceal their movements.
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Reminder.....
Tonight is the last night of the 2009 Cyber Safety Summit.
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I have added a 5th email review of last night's summit to my above post.
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Attention Neighborhood Watch members:
I wanted to thank those of you who took time to come to the Cyber Safety Summit last night. I look forward to seeing and meeting more of you Wednesday night at East Paulding High School. We received a lot of positive feedback after the summit as well as emails. I feel like that this summit has already made the impact that we hoped it would make. I mentioned last night that we as law enforcement will not be able to stop crime from taking place. However, when a partnership between local law enforcement and the citizens in the community is built a significant impact on crime can be made for that area. This summit is just another step and tool being used to build and improve that relationship and partnership with the citizens of Paulding County. Hopefully, the information that we are able to provide you with will allow you to engage your children or grandchildren in conversations about the potential dangers on the internet.
I apologize to last night’s crowd that we were not able to offer the “live chat” session with an Internet Crimes Against Children detective. This session would have allowed you to see how quickly potential predators begin trying to “chat” with the child on the internet…..(potentially) YOUR CHILD! Hopefully, we will have the problems corrected by Wednesday night so that we can provide that live chat session for the members in attendance. You will be shocked at how quickly adults begin to engage the minor in conversation in an attempt to exploit them.
I wanted to thank the members that have sent emails expressing their appreciation for the summit and how important they felt that it was that more parents and families receive the intended message. I have included five of the emails below. There is still room for you to RSVP for Wednesday night’s session to confirm your seating. However, it is not required that you RSVP to attend.
Cpl. Brandon Gurley
Email 1:
My husband & I attended the Cyber Safety Summit Monday (4/27) at the Paulding Co High School.
WOW! This was a VERY informative event and we are so glad we took the time to attend. I would love to encourage you to attend the Cyber Safety Summit @ East Pauding if you did not attend Monday night (4/27). It will be well worth your time!!
We were informed on things that absolutely gave us a wake up call. Sometimes we just think we have it all together, and nothing like these things will ever come home to us...I know from experience that none of us are exempt from tragedy. May I encourage you to take a couple of hours to find out what your children/grandchildren may be involved in.
Thanks to our law enforcement officers and other community workers that took the time after being on their jobs all day to share this most valuable information to the public. It's public education like this that may prevent a heartache to a family while possibly preventing the death of a loved one. Thank you so much for sharing.
Email 2:
Corporal Gurley:
You guys did a great job tonight. As I told Sheriff Gulledge, you have started something good here, and I hope to see it spread like wild fire. I have nine and eleven year old daughters, and I don't want to see their lives impacted by any of the things that we heard tonight. Thank you for putting the summit together. Paulding County needs to hear the message.
Email 3:
Brandon,
I would like to echo the responses that you have already received and say what a great job everyone did last night at the Cyber Safety Summit. I hope that the word will continue to spread and together, as a community, we can begin to educate both parents and children alike on potential dangers of the internet and of dangerous games our children are playing such as the “choking game”.
I also wanted to see if there’s any way you could send me one of the packages that were distributed after the meeting. Unfortunately, I had to leave before the end so I was unable to pick one up.
Email 4:
I attended the Cyber Summit last night and will attend the one at East Paulding High on Wednesday evening at 7. I urge you to attend. Please forward this email to everyone in your address book that has children. The danger is real and it only takes a couple of hours of education to combat it!!
Email 5
Thank you so much for putting this summit together. While I knew about online dangers and had heard about some of the dangerous games kids were playing, it didn’t hit me how serious these problems are until hearing the firsthand, local experiences last night. What courage and love it took for those dads to share their stories and I know they will save lives.
Please keep continuing your outreach into our community by hosting these summits. Hopefully, participation will continue to grow. We are all better parents and our kids are much safer when we are informed.
Thank you!
9/11 Ceremony
in Paulding County NEWS
Posted
(Paulding County, GA) On Friday, September 11, 2009, the Paulding County Sheriff's Office and the Paulding County Fire Department will hold a ceremony at Mt. Tabor Park honoring the men and women who gave their lives...MORE
Photos from last year's ceremony
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