Promises made / Promises Kept
Community Involvement:
- Dollar General
- Participate in over 100 plus community events.
- Pack the Patrol car
- Wooten’s reading crew
- Deputies assigned to different organizational boards, such as foodbank and Kids First.
- Flag Program
- Fundraisers for schools / Donations
- CAT team grant currently applied for.
- Operation Toy Soldier with Twifords
- Wreaths across America 6 years
- Sponsor a parks and rec youth team every year.
- Sheriff’s App
- Port Discover
- Stable Housing Improvement Project
- ECSU Criminal Justice Advisory Board
Mentor/Educate Youth
- Literacy Program for Elementary Age
- PAL / Van / Sponsorships
- SRO’s build relationships with youth
- Summer events to educate youth on the sheriff’s office, example, drone talk at library tech week and talk at parks and rec.
- After summer school special events for the kids to mentor and interact with them, such as kick ball, splash bash.
- Dream Hunt and Fish with youth
Safe Schools
- 4 more SRO positions and for a total of 9. All through grants and county support.
- Classes for staff on shooter drills.
- Completed safety analysis on all schools with EM for Central Office.
- Involved with the safety and security council with ECPPS.
- Yearly SRO conference for new laws and trainings such as SOLO training.
- Implemented a strict threat assessment protocol for all school threats.
War on Drugs
- We had 1 narcotics agent when I took office, we now have 5 thanks to COPS grant and staff moving.
- We have partnered with the SBI, FBI and HSI to obtain more resources to get this poison out of this county. Our deputies are sworn in as TFO’s with the agencies.
- Through grants and seized funds we have also increased our tech game to better help our agents. Such as equipment, surveillance items and software, for information on someone of interest, type programs.
- We have seized a huge amount of various drugs and guns.
- We have successfully federally charged and put in prison 21 drug dealers, anywhere from approximately 6 to 25 years and working a sixth as we speak. It may not seem like a lot but with months and months of case work per suspect its good. With people now federally sworn we will have many more very soon.
- We are also involved with PORT and Albemarle Overdose Prevention Coalition.
- Partnership with Beloved Haven to combat human trafficking.
Office
- Implemented a SO-AT team
- Drone program
- Social media
- Body cameras
- AED’S for all patrol cars.
- Approximately 25 grants obtained in excess of $800, 000.00, for positions and much needed equipment at no cost to tax payers.
- Abundance of advanced training
- 8 certified instructors, general and firearms.
- 100% FEMA and CPR compliance.
- New uniforms
- New look for cars
- Recognition programs
- 12 week FTO program
- Night time differential
- Paid holidays
- On call pay
- Reimbursement for IVC trips for other counties.
- 50 free printers from highway safety programs.
- Traffic unit trailer
- Partnership with NC Governor Highway safety program.
- Implemented a much needed new policy for my office.
- Created a full ranking structure.
- New tasers.
- Sex offender check program.
- Virtual training for deputies before each shift.
- DAC
- Approximately 90% of my deputies have their advanced or basic law enforcement certificate.
- Implemented the Atlas program.
- EAP and FMRT contracts put in place for the mental and physical health care of the deputies.
- Overall increase in personnel to include SRO’s, Investigators, patrol and a 4 deputy unit for the security at our courthouse, 2 special deputies at DSS, and a 6 Deputy division at Sentara Albemarle Hospital, all happening now through 2026.
- Also partner with ECPD on a regular basis to work cases together and assist them whenever needed.
- We help with Project Life Saver, example would be setting individuals up with Project Life Saver and also changing batteries for the equipment.
- Offer part time security for citizens needs.