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AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA CALL THIS MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, TO ORDER AND CAYA, ARE WE IN, UH, COMPLIANCE WITH FOIA? YES, MA'AM.
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? CERTAINLY.
ALL ACCOUNTING FOR AND, UM, DO WE HAVE, UH, AN APPROVAL OR AGENDA TODAY? UM, AND SO CAN WE GET AN APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR MEETING? UM, APRIL 17TH, 2023? YES, MA'AM.
MR. MR. BROWN WHAT? MS. BRYSON? MS. BECKER? YES.
MOTION CARRIES AND APPEARANCE BY CITIZENS.
UM, I SEE NO ONE HERE JOINING US TODAY, BUT CAYA, IS THERE ANYONE WHO HAD INDICATED THEY WOULD BE HERE? NO, MA'AM.
AND WERE THERE ANY MESSAGES OR NOTES? NO, MA'AM.
WELL, ON TO NEW BUSINESS AND WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME, UM, UH, JEFF PARDY FROM THE BUFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UM, SOUTHERN ENFORCEMENT BRANCH COMMANDER TO THE PODIUM FOR A QUARTERLY REPORT.
I'M A MAJOR WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, LIKE YOU SAID, THE SOUTHERN BRANCH COMMANDER OVER HILTON HEAD ISLAND.
UM, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS THIS MORNING.
THIS IS JUST A SHORT POWERPOINT OF, UH, OF THE DATA THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED.
BUT BEFORE WE GET STARTED, THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK OVER THERE AT SHELTER COVE.
UM, I, I THINK IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SITE IN YES, MA'AM.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE, UH, VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK.
ID JUST LIKE TO THANK ALL THE VETERANS, IF THERE'S ANY, ANY OF 'EM IN THE ROOM.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE REPORT YOU DO FOR US.
AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF WHAT WE HAVE HERE ON HIP HEAD ISLAND.
AND TO GET STARTED WITH THE REPORT, UM, WE'LL START WITH THE CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS.
UH, WE HAD, UH, ONE MURDER THIS QUARTER.
DARRELL GRANT WAS MURDERED ON THE 16TH OF MARCH.
UM, THE LAST 20 20, 20 21 AND 2022.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS ARE DOWN BY TWO.
AS YOU CAN SEE, ROBBERIES ARE DOWN AS WELL AS THE RAPES.
UM, THE, UH, THE MURDER INVESTIGATION IS STILL UNDERWAY.
COULD YOU REPEAT WHAT MURDER THAT WAS AGAIN, SIR? YES, SIR.
WHERE, WHERE AND WHAT WAS IT? THAT WAS, UH, RIGHT THERE AT, UM, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE OAKS.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH IT? FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA? YES.
UM, SO THAT WAS THE ONE, THE MURDER WE HAD, UH, THIS QUARTER, UH, THIS IS SOME OF OUR INVESTIGATIVE TEAM.
JUST TO KIND OF LET YOU KNOW ON THE, ON THE LEFT, YOU'VE GOT LIEUTENANT CALEND.
HE'S OUR LIEUTENANT OVER THE SOUTHERN BRANCH.
YOU'VE GOT STAFF SERGEANT ERIC SACK.
HE'S NEW TO THE INVESTIGATIVE TEAM HERE ON HILTON HEAD.
THEN YOU'VE GOT STAFF SERGEANT DOUG SEIFERT.
I'M SURE SEVERAL OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH DOUG.
THEN YOU HAVE SERGEANT ZACHARIA, KUSHMAN, SERGEANT SETH REYNOLDS, AND THEN OUR VICTIM'S ADVOCATE SERGEANT, STAFF SERGEANT JOHN ADAMS. JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S,
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WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE HERE ON HILTON HEAD, HELPING US WITH THESE CRIME REPORTS AND TRYING TO PUT THESE CASES TOGETHER.THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU HAVE THE CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY.
UH, AS YOU LOOK AT THE BURGLARIES, IT LOOKS LIKE THE BURGLARIES ARE UP A FEW.
UM, THE LARSONS ARE DOWN AND THE AUTO THEFTS ARE DOWN ON THESE BURGLARIES.
I KIND OF TRIED TO DIG THROUGH THESE TO SEE WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO, TO HELP RESOLVE THESE.
UM, 11 OF THOSE ARE RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES.
AS I GO THROUGH THE RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES, I FOUND THAT SEVERAL OF 'EM WERE, WERE GARAGES THAT WERE LEFT OPEN THAT WOULD CONSTITUTE A RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY.
UM, TWO OF THEM WERE A MOTOR HOME, AND ONE OF 'EM WAS A, A FUGITIVE THAT WE WERE CHASING THAT HE HAD, HE WAS TRYING TO EVADE US AND HE ENDED UP BREAKING INTO SOMEBODY'S HOUSE HIDING FROM US.
AND WE ENDED UP PICKING HIM UP ON THAT.
THE, UH, THE BUSINESSES, A COUPLE OF 'EM WERE UNOCCUPIED HOTEL ROOMS WHERE PEOPLE WERE KIND OF TAKING A UP RESIDENCY IN THERE, FOR LACK OF BETTER TERMS, BUT THEY BROKE IN THERE TO STAY HOTEL ROOMS. UM, ONE OF THEM WAS AT, UH, CHAPLAIN PARK WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY DID THE, UH, THE BURNING THERE.
I'M SURE YOU GUYS WERE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
THEY BROKE INTO THE BATHROOM AND STOLE OUT OF THAT.
THAT CONSTITUTES A BURGLARY AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN, AND THEN THE THEFTS JUMPED BACK OVER TO THE AUTO THEFTS.
A LOT OF THEM WERE ACCUSER LEFT IN 'EM, AND THE OTHER FOUR WERE, THEY WERE LIKE MOPEDS AND ELECTRIC TYPE VEHICLES.
UM, AND, AND NOT ON THIS, I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT CUZ IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEAL WITH DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
NOT ONLY HERE ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND, BUT BUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AS HIS AUTO BREAKINS.
AND IF WE CAN ENCOURAGE OUR, THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY HERE TO, TO, TO PROMOTE LOCKING YOUR CAR DOORS.
WE HAD 32 CAR BREAK-INS THIS QUARTER.
UM, AND, AND THE OTHER THREE, IF YOU DIG DOWN INTO THOSE, IT'S WHERE PEOPLE ARE LEAVING VALUABLES IN PLAIN VIEW, WHICH ARE GIVING SOME FOLKS SOME MOTIVATION TO GO IN AND GET 'EM.
BUT, BUT AGAIN, I GO BACK TO THE 29 UNSECURED VEHICLES, THAT, THAT WAS A PROBLEM.
AGAIN, NOT ONLY HERE ON HILTON HEAD AND NOT BUFORD COUNTY, BUT THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTHEASTERN IN THE COUNTRY, PEOPLE LEAVING THEIR CARS OPEN.
AND, AND IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MAKE CASES ON THESE BECAUSE WE'RE LIMITED WITH, WITH EVIDENCE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
I HAVE THE LAST QUARTER OF 2020, I'VE GOT 81, 83 AND ONE 13 COPY HOURS GIVEN FROM OUR CHART COMPARES FIRST QUARTER TO FIRST QUARTER, YEAR AFTER YEAR RATHER THAN THE PAST QUARTER.
UM, MS. GRAYSON IS REFERRING TO FOURTH QUARTER LAST, YEAH.
INCREASE FROM ONE QUARTER TO ANOTHER, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE.
AND IN TOTAL OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY, UH, FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF TWENTY TWENTY THREE, A HUNDRED FORTY ONE FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 20 22 96.
SO I'LL HAVE TO DIG INTO THAT AND GET YOU AN ANSWER.
I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL TO KNOW RATHER THAN, I MEAN, IT'S NICE TO KNOW YEAR OVER YEAR, BUT I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO COMPARE WHERE WE WERE THREE MONTHS AGO TO JUST SURE.
I'M GONNA SKIP ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.
UM, THIS IS ONE OF OUR CANINE HANDLERS AND OUR CANINE FRIEND HERE JUST TO RECOGNIZE, UH, SEAN
HE'S BEEN PROMOTED TO SERGEANT THIS QUARTER.
UH, HANNAH'S DOG HAD BEEN OUT.
THEY'RE OUT IN THE STREET HELPING US DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, IN JULY, UH, BY JULY ONE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER, UH, PATROL DOG HANDLER HERE HELPING US ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
HE, UH, WE GOT HAVE TRAININGS GONNA START IN JUNE WHERE OUR DOG'S GONNA BE INTRODUCED TO ANOTHER HANDLER, AND HE SHOULD BE ON THE ROAD READY TO WORK FOR US.
MAY I ASK A QUESTION? SO, I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE HIGHLIGHTING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT AND CERTAINLY NICO.
UM, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE NEXT, UM, CANINE.
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ARE THESE FOLKS THAT USE THE HILTON HEAD ISLAND COUNTY OFFICE AS THEIR MAIN HEADQUARTERS? SERGEANT SW, HAMMERER AND SERGEANT TIMMY? BOTH.ALL THE, SO WHEN THEY GET CALLED, THEY GET CALLED OUT OF HILTON HEAD.
THEY'LL BE, THEY WORK THIS AREA, BUT IF THEY GET CALLED TO TO BEAUFORT, THEY'RE GONNA GO TO BEAUFORT AS WELL, BUT THEY'RE HERE.
ACTUALLY, THERE'S GONNA BE A THIRD ONE AS WELL.
UH, AND TIMMY'S BEEN HERE FOR NINE YEARS, ASSIGNED TO THE SOUTHERN BRANCH PRETTY MUCH.
HI, HEAD AND NICO'S BEEN HERE FOUR YEARS WITH THEM.
I KNOW, UM, MR. ALFRED HAD MENTIONED, UH, LAST TIME WE WERE OUT THERE WITH MAJOR VANCE, HE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WRECKS.
AND THESE ARE FIRST QUARTER COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
THE, UH, COLLISIONS ARE UP A LITTLE BIT, UH, WITH INJURIES AND WITHOUT, UH, THE HIT AND RUNS ARE DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
AND, UH, THE FATALITIES ARE UP.
WE HAD ONE FATALITY OF THIS QUARTER, JANUARY 15TH.
UH, WE HAD A PEDESTRIAN THAT WAS RUN OVER IN THE AREA OF, UM, 2 78 UP TOWARDS, UM, PARKERS.
UM, SIX YEAR OLD MAN FROM MICHIGAN WAS RUN OVER.
IT WAS, IT WAS LATE IN THE NIGHT.
THE DRIVER THAT RAN HIM OVER DIDN'T SEE HIM TILL THE LAST MINUTE.
IT WAS, IT WAS DARK AND HE DIDN'T SEE HIM.
HIGHWAY PATROL WAS WORKING THAT WRECK.
BUT THAT, THAT'S THE INFORMATION I CAN SHARE WITH YOU ON, ON THAT ONE.
UH, GOING BACK TO, UH, I THINK IN 2022, WE HAD SIX TOTAL FATALITIES.
THERE WAS ONE ALSO IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
THREE OF 'EM WERE PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES, AND THE, THE COMMON FACTOR IN THOSE WAS DARKNESS.
UH, TWO WERE RUN OVER AND IT WAS DARK.
AND THEN I THINK YOU QUESTIONED, UM, MAJOR VANS ABOUT BICYCLES.
UH, LAST YEAR WE HAD ONE BICYCLE FATALITY GUY WAS RUN OVER.
IT WAS, UH, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
IT WAS ACTUALLY RIGHT AT MIDNIGHT.
AND THEN THE OTHER TWO FATALITIES FROM LAST YEAR WAS, ONE WAS FOR SPEED AND ONE WAS FOR DUI.
UM, AND AGAIN, THIS QUARTER WE, UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD ONE, UM, TO JUMP BACK TO THE BICYCLES, UM, THIS QUARTER WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY BICYCLE ACCIDENTS.
LAST YEAR, WE HAD, UH, NINE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, THERE WERE FOUR IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
UM, ONE IN THE THIRD, ONE IN THE SECOND, AND THREE IN THE FIRST.
I I WAS, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, TRYING TO PROVIDE A HEAT MAP OR SOMETHING FOR WRECKS COLLISIONS.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.
BUT IF YOU TRY, IF YOU START LOOKING AT THE COLLISIONS IN THE REPORT THAT YOU GUYS WERE PROVIDED, THE MAJORITY OF THE COLLISIONS ARE ON, THEY'RE 2 78.
I THINK THERE WERE 77 ON 2 78.
IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA BE, UH, P AVENUE THROUGH IMP MENTA BAY.
THAT WAS THE NEXT HIGHEST, WHICH WAS, IT'S A, IT'S A BUSY AREA, BUT 2 78 IS THE KEY.
UM, MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE A QUESTION HERE.
UM, I THINK, UH, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM A LOT OF RESIDENTS, THEY, THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT A COUPLE THINGS WITH REGARD TO VEHICLE TRAFFIC ON THE ISLAND.
ONE IS THE MOUNT OF VEHICLE VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, BUT PRIMARILY IT'S, IT'S SPEEDING AND RUNNING RED LIGHTS.
UM, NOW I CERTAINLY DON'T EXPECT YOU TO BE AT EVERY RED LIGHT ON THE ISLAND, BUT, UM, CAN YOU, CAN YOU HELP THE COMMUNITY KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DOES WITH REGARD TO PATROLLING, ESPECIALLY 2 78, SINCE THAT'S WHERE THE HEAT MAP SHOWS THE ACCIDENTS ARE, AND BECAUSE RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW MUCH ARE THEY PAYING AND FOR WHAT SERVICE? SO CAN YOU HELP US OUT WITH THAT? WELL, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AND SPEED IS, IS KEY ON 2 78.
YOU'VE GOT, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT I SEE IS YOU'VE GOT DISTRACTED DRIVERS, YOU'VE GOT DISTRACTED DRIVERS, YOU'VE GOT AGGRESSIVE DRIVERS, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT YOUR SUNDAY DRIVERS.
AND THEN YOU MIX THAT WITH PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.
THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE THEIR, THEIR QUICK TURN BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO PASS THE TURN.
I THINK WE'VE GOT A LOT OF REAR END ISSUES.
BEING OUT THERE AND BEING PRESENT I THINK IS THE BEST THING THAT WE CAN DO.
AND, AND WE'RE OUT THERE AND WE'RE PRESENT.
UM, THE TICKETS THE NEXT, UM, OKAY, THE NEXT SCREEN IS, IS TICKETS AND CITATIONS.
UM, BIGGEST THING IS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE.
AGAIN, I GO TO YOUR AGGRESSIVE DRIVERS, YOUR DISTRACTED DRIVERS, WHETHER IT BE, UH, PUTTING, UH, PLAYING ON YOUR PHONE, MESSING WITH THE RADIO, MAKING A PHONE CALL, TEXTING, EMAILING, PUTTING MAKEUP ON, COMBINING YOUR HAIR.
THOSE ARE PROBLEMS THAT WE DEAL WITH.
THOSE ARE WHERE OUR REAR END ACCIDENTS COLLISIONS
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COME INTO PLAY.BUT, UM, GOING BACK TO THE SPEED AND THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PART OF IT, UM, THE, THE NUMBERS FOR THE TICKETS, THEY'RE UP.
I THINK WE HAD 406 TICKETS FOR THE QUARTER, UH, LAST YEAR.
SO WE'VE BUMPED THOSE UP A LITTLE BIT.
OUR WARNINGS ARE, ARE UP AS WELL.
WE'RE OUT THERE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO BE OUT THERE TO BE PRESENT, TO BE A DETERRENT AND TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION.
AND, AND AGAIN, I I DRIVE THIS, UH, I DRIVE HERE EVERY MORNING FROM OUTS OFF OF HILTON HEAD AND THE DISTRACTED DRIVING IT, IT IS AN ISSUE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT YOUR AGGRESSIVE DRIVER COMPARED TO YOUR SUNDAY DRIVER, AND THOSE DON'T MIX EITHER.
THEY CAUSE PROBLEMS. UM, THE GRAPH OF THE ISLAND THAT YOU HAD UP A MINUTE AGO HAD BLACK DOTS SCATTERED ALL ALONG.
UH, I KIND OF HAD THE IMPRESSION THAT THE BULK OF THE, UH, AUTO COLLISIONS OCCUR NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO THE BRIDGE AND IN THE AREA OF THE OAKS, ACCURATE OR NOT.
WHEN I LOOKED AT THOSE NUMBERS, THE, THE KEY INTERSECTIONS THAT I FOUND ON THE, UH, ON, ON THE 2 78 WHERE THERE'S SPANISH WELLS AND GUMTREE, THAT THOSE WERE LIKE 20 SOMETHING OF THE 77 RECS WERE RIGHT IN THAT AREA.
AND THEN THE SECOND AREA IS GONNA BE YOUR PALMETTO BAY ROAD AREA, YOUR TRAFFIC CIRCLE DOWN THERE IN THAT AREA.
UM, AND THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE DIFFICULT AREAS.
AND THEN, AND THEN THE THIRD AREA, AS I WAS TRYING TO DIG DOWN INTO THIS, AND YOU GOT SQUIRE POPE AREA AND, UM, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S WAY BELOW, BUT THE BIGGEST IS THE 2 78 AREA.
AND THE MOST POPULAR AREA TO WRECK IS FROM GUMTREE TO TO SQUIRE POPE.
UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SEE THAT'S YOU'VE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT, AND THANK YOU BECAUSE IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS WHAT YOU'VE JUST DESCRIBED, IS THE CHART THAT IT'S, UM, THE AREAS AND EVEN THE STREETS.
I DON'T, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT YET, UM, YOU MIGHT FIND THAT DOCUMENT VALUABLES IN THE REPORT, NOT NUMBER, BUT YOU'LL FIND IT, IT'S EASY TO FIND.
AND I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT ADDITION.
THANK YOU FOR BREAKING IT DOWN THAT WAY.
IT IS SURPRISING THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE AREAS THAT WE FOCUS IN OUR MINDS AS BEING WORST OF THE WORST, BUT CLEARLY 2 78 IS, UM, THERE'S ACCIDENTS ENOUGH TO SHARE
SORRY, I MADE YOU JUMP AHEAD NUMBER TWO, THOSE DO SHOWING WHAT? THOSE ARE ALL THE WRECKS, THE COLLISIONS.
AND, AND IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE, UM, C P CIRCLE, THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE, A LOT OF IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE CIRCLE ARE.
THAT INCLUDES PARKING LOT, ACCENTS, FENDER BENDERS IN THE PARKING LOTS.
BUT THE, BUT AGAIN, THE BIGGEST NUMBER IS, IS 2 78, WHERE THE WRECKS ARE.
AND OF, WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT'S THE LONGEST STRETCH OF ROADWAY, BUT IT'S ALSO WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THOSE WRECKS ARE LOOKING AT THAT HEAT MAP.
IT LOOKS, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IT'S THE AIRPORT AT MATTHEWS WHERE THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF ACCENTS OR A LOT OF BLACK THOUGHTS.
ANYWAY, IS THAT ACCURATE? YOU MENTIONED SQUIRE, POP AND GUMTREE, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR YOU MENTION THAT INTERSECTION OF WHEN I WAS TRYING TO BREAK DOWN FROM THE, FROM THE SHEET THAT SHE GOT LOOKED AT THE BIGGEST NUMBERS AND THE BIGGEST NUMBERS WERE SHOWING AT THE AREA OF, OF, UM, SPANISH WELLS.
AS FAR AS SPECIFIC NUMBERS, THESE, THESE DOTS, THEY COULD BE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.
SO THE MATTHEWS STILL IN ROAD AREAS AROUND 11 IF YOU HAVE THAT.
AND THIS PARTICULAR ONE I DID NOT SEE, THIS SLIDE IS NOT IN, I'M SORRY, WE HAVE THAT CAN CAN YOU MAKE THAT? NO, THAT WAS ADDED.
IT SOUNDS LIKE FOLKS ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT DISTRIBUTION, UM, IN THAT WAY.
SO WOULD THAT BE HELPFUL? BUT THE TABLES WITH THE VEHICLE COLLISION ANALYSIS, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE SEEN BEFORE.
UM, THE EFFORT FOR THE NUMBERS ON, UM, WHICH CLEARLY A RESULT OF AN EFFORT, UM, ON TICKETS, BOTH WARNINGS AND ACTUAL WRITTEN TICKETS, UM, INCREASE DOES INDICATE, AT LEAST TO ME, THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE BEING TOLD TO, UM, CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR ON THE ROADWAY, WHETHER IT'S SPEEDING OR THEY'RE DISTRACTED
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DRIVING.UM, I WONDER SOMETIMES IF I'M ONE OF THE SUNDAY DRIVERS, I DRIVE AT 45 MILES AN HOUR, GENERALLY NOT, UM, ANYTHING MORE TRYING TO SET THE EXAMPLE AND, AND LEAD THE WAY.
BUT, UM, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO FLY PAST ME, UM MM-HMM.
UM, OUR SPEED LIMIT IS MOSTLY 45, 35 MILES AN HOUR AND 2 78.
JUST AS A REMINDER TO ANYONE WHO'S LISTENING NEXT, WE'LL JUMP OVER TO CALLS FOR SERVICE, CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE DOWN.
OUR, UM, OUR INCIDENT REPORTS ARE DOWN, OUR ARRESTS ARE DOWN.
OUR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORTS, UM, ARE ARE ACTUALLY DOWN.
DO YOU HAVE ANY, UM, SENSE AS TO WHY DO YOU THINK PERHAPS THE CALLS FOR SERVICE AREN'T AS HIGH AS THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST BECAUSE, UM, SHORT-TERM RENTALS HAVE ANOTHER PLACE TO MAKE THEIR INITIAL PHONE CALL TO WITH GO OS? I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE TRIED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT, WHY THIS NUMBER IS DECREASING.
IT DECREASED A LOT FROM LAST YEAR AS WELL.
AND I THINK AT A PERIOD OF TIME WE WERE LOOKING AT THE COVID BECAUSE IT WAS COUNTYWIDE.
IT WASN'T JUST HILTON HEAD, IT WAS COUNTYWIDE.
THE NUMBERS DROPPED DRASTICALLY AND TRYING TO TRY TO PUT IT TOGETHER.
I KNOW WE'RE SHORT STAFFED, SO WHEN WE'RE SHORT STAFFED, WE HAVE LESS PROACTIVE STUFF.
UM, BUT THE ACTUAL COST FOR SERVICE, I'M NOT REALLY EXACTLY SURE ON THAT.
UM, AND WE'LL LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND, AND THINK OF WHAT THE TREND MIGHT BE OR THE CAUSE AND SEE IF WE CAN S I WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT IF WE HAD LOWER NUMBERS OF PEOPLE COMING TO HILTON HEAD ALLEN THIS QUARTER.
WE HAD, UH, TWO PLAIN DEBATES, COUPLE ALCOHOL VIOLATIONS AND A, AND A LOITERING, I ANTICIPATE THAT WILL CERTAINLY PICK UP WITH THE WEATHER.
UM, IT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO PICK UP PROBABLY THROUGH THE SECOND AND THIRD QUARTER AND THE FOURTH.
UM, AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID, WE'VE DONE, UH, ENGAGEMENTS IN EVENTS ON FEBRUARY, 2023.
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE PARTICIPATED IN A, A SWAT AND BOND PART, UH, LOW COUNTRY REGIONAL RESPONSE TEAM EXERCISE.
IT STARTED, IT WAS BASICALLY FROM CHARLESTON TO RIDGELAND.
WE HAD AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND INCLUDING WHERE THAT WERE.
HILTON HEAD FIRE RESCUE, HILTON HEAD FIRE RESCUE.
THEY'RE OUR REGIONAL HAZMAT COMPONENT OF THIS TEAM.
AND, AND THIS TEAM THAT WE HAVE, OUR REGIONAL RESPONSE TEAM, BASICALLY THERE'S SEVEN OF THEM IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
WE'RE TYPE ONE, SWAT AND BUMS TEAM IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
AND WE COVER NOT ONLY BEAUFORT, BUT JAPER, HAMPTON, COLTON, BARNWELL, BAMBERG, AND ALLENDALE.
BUT THE INTERESTING PART ABOUT IT IS, IS HILTON HEAD FIRE RESCUE WORKS WITH US.
THEY'RE THE REGIONAL HAZMAT TEAM.
AND THE MONEY THAT COMES FROM HOMELAND SECURITY THAT GOES INTO THIS TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES TO THESE COUNTIES ALSO STAYS HERE IN, IN BUFORD COUNTY AND HILTON HEADS.
WE'VE GOT THIS EQUIPMENT AND THIS TRAINING AND EXPERTISE HERE.
I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS NEAT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE'VE PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT AND WE'RE STILL WAITING ON OUR REPORT.
THE PRELIMINARY REPORT I RECEIVED FROM FOLKS THAT WERE THERE WAS EXCEPTIONAL ON BOTH THE HILTON HEAD FIRE SIDE AS WELL AS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE BOMB AND, UH, AND, UH, SWAT SIDE.
SO THOSE GUYS ARE, ARE DOING WELL.
JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
THE NEXT ONE IS, I THINK SOMEBODY ASKED LAST TIME, UM, ABOUT ENGAGEMENTS IN EVENTS.
UM, ON THE LEFT, YOU'VE GOT STAFF SERGEANT SAPER.
HE'S DOING A PRESENTATION AT HILTON HEAD HIGH SCHOOL, WORKING WITH THOSE KIDS, YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, UM, ON THE RIGHT, OBVIOUSLY WE HAD THE, UH, ST.
UM, WE HAD TO, WE BROUGHT 31 DEPUTIES IN THAT WERE OFF DUTY JUST TO WORK THE PARADE SPECIFICALLY.
AND IT WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH.
I, I, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAD TO MAKE ONE ARREST.
AND OF COURSE, THE WEATHER, UH, MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR IN SOME OF THAT, BUT IT, BUT IT WENT OFF VERY WELL.
I THINK EVERYBODY WAS PLEASED WITH IT.
AND THIS IS, UH, ANOTHER EVENT THAT WE DID AT THE, UH, THE WORKING DOG.
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE GOT TWO NEW BLOODHOUNDS FOR TRACK AND FUGITIVES.
UM, YOU'VE GOT RUFUSS AND MOLLY.
THOSE ARE ACTUALLY TWO DIFFERENT DOGS.
THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE EXTREMELY FRIENDLY, THEY'RE KID FRIENDLY, AND THEY WERE CARRIED OUT TO THE DOG BOX, TO THE SANDBOX MUSEUM, TO, UH, TO INTERACT WITH THE CHILDREN.
IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE SOME PICTURES OF THAT IN HERE, BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE CHILDREN, WE CAN'T SIT.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE BEST WE CAN DO.
UM, BUT THAT WAS A, A VERY GOOD, UH, SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
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AND THAT WOULD BEUH, MOLLY AND RUTHS ARE ADORABLE, AND IN SOME OF OURS WORLD, NEITHER OUR CHILDREN ARE GROWN.
WE'VE GOT GRANDCHILDREN NOT CLOSE BY.
UM, OUR FOUR-LEGGED, UM, FAMILY MEMBERS ARE CERTAINLY, UM, PERISHED AND ON HILTON HEAD, I THINK THEY'RE PRETTY SPECIAL FOR EVERYONE.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU, MAJOR PURDY.
UM, THIS, THIS SLIDE'S GOT MY ATTENTION HERE.
UM, THE QUESTION IS, UH, WERE MAR RUFUS, UM, IN THE VISIT TO SANDBOX SANDBOX MUSEUM.
WAS THAT INITIATED BY THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT OR BY SANDBOX? I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER FOR YOU.
I KNOW MAJOR DEAN IS VERY INVOLVED IN THAT.
UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE A COUPLE, UH, OBSERVATIONS.
UH, COUNCILWOMAN BECK AND I WERE INVITED TO STANDWOOD, UM, THIS PAST WEEK, AND I APPRECIATE SHERIFF'S OFFICE BEING THERE, PARTICIPATING.
I THOUGHT THE DISCUSSION WAS WAS GOOD.
UM, BUT THE ONE THING I NOTICED, UM, WELL, TWO THINGS I NEED TO POINT OUT.
ONE, UM, SAND WOOD HAS CONVERTED ONE OF THEIR UNITS, A COMMUNITY CENTER RIGHT NEXT TO A PLAYGROUND SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT, THAT THAT MEMBERS THAT SHOWED UP AT THAT MEETING WERE, UH, INITIALLY AT THE SANDALWOOD MANAGEMENT OFFICE, WHICH IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT BUILDING.
UM, AND I GUESS I WANNA MAKE THAT POINT THAT IN AN AREA WHERE GENERATIONALLY WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF CRIME, UM, MOST RECENTLY WITH MR. DOW GRANT'S MURDER, UM, I GUESS THE, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT I SPOKE TO HAD SOME DISAPPOINTMENT THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE DID NOT KNOW WHERE THE COMMUNITY CENTER WAS.
UM, AND THE DOGS ARE REALLY, REALLY, UH, TAKEN OUT TO ME BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF KIDS, UM, JUST OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER'S DOORWAY ON THE PLAYGROUND THAT WERE VERY INTERESTED IN THE MEETING.
AND I'M THINKING BECAUSE, UM, THE OFFICERS WERE THERE AND, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD THEIR GUNS ON THE SIDE.
UM, AND, AND THIS DAY AND AGE, WITH THE TYPE OF GAMES THAT OUR YOUNGSTERS PLAY, UNFORTUNATELY VIDEO GAMES, THERE'S A LOT OF GUN ACTIVITY.
AND I CAN SEE IN THESE CHILDREN'S EYES THEIR FASCINATION WITH GUNS ON THE SIDE OF THESE OFFICERS.
I FEEL LIKE WE COULD HAVE HAD A SHIFT THERE IF MAYBE WE HAD MOLLY AND RUFUSS THERE INSTEAD.
SO I, I JUST, I JUST SAY THAT, UM, THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, I THINK WE CAN, UM, JUST DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER JOB AS FAR AS HOW WE SHOW UP AS COMMUNITY, UH, MEMBERS AS, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT OKAY.
VERSUS JUST WITH THE GUNS, IF THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU.
AND IF I MAY JUST FOLLOW UP ON THAT, BECAUSE IT WAS, UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO THE BEAUFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, UM, FOR SHOWING UP AND, UM, IN ENFORCE, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THERE, UM, FROM THE OFFICE.
AND I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS A GOOD REPRESENTATION.
UM, I HAVE PLEDGED TO HELP, UM, THEM ARRANGE SOME, SOME PROGRAMMING THERE.
AND PERHAPS THE INVITATION OF HAVING RUFUSS AND, UM, MOLLY OUT, UM, AT AN EVENT WOULD GO A LONG WAY, TO YOUR POINT, ALEX, UM, WITH, WITH HAVING SET IT UP AHEAD OF TIME SO THE CHILDREN CAN UNDERSTAND AND HEAR AND LEARN AND, AND MEET, UM, THEIR FRIENDS, UM, AT THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WHO, WHO THEY KNOW THEY CAN COUNT ON ANYTIME.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA WORK TOWARDS THAT AND, AND CERTAINLY HOPE THAT WE CAN INVITE MOLLY AND BUFU OUT THERE TO JOIN US.
UH, THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR REPORT.
UM, AND AS I INDICATED, I THINK A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SPEEDING AND FOLKS RUNNING RED LIGHTS.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL WHEN YOU MAKE ANOTHER REPORT TO TELL US ABOUT WHAT, IF ANY EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO ADDRESS THOSE, UM, CONCERNS ON THE ISLAND.
AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION I HAVE, AND, AND I'M NOT SURE MAJOR PURDY, IF YOU'RE THE RIGHT ONE TO ASK THIS TOO, BUT THIS IS THE, THE ONLY TIME I KNOW I'VE BEEN ABLE TO ASK THIS QUESTION, AND THAT IS THAT IN ADDITION TO THOSE KIND OF CONCERNS, RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, EXPENSES.
UM, AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN AND WHERE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT MAKES A REPORT TO THE TOWN COUNCIL ABOUT, UH, WHERE THE MONEY GOES.
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UH, THAT GOES TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.YOU KNOW, HOW MANY, HOW MANY FOLKS DO WE HAVE HERE? UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, PATROL TIMES, UH, ANY KIND OF GENERAL INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN CORRELATE HERE'S WHERE, HERE'S HOW MUCH MONEY IS SPENT VERSUS HERE'S THE SERVICE THAT WE'RE GETTING.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOME SORT OF REPORTING.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT BELONGS WITH FINANCE, ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, OR, OR WHETHER THIS COMMITTEE, BUT I THINK, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO HEAR FROM THE SHERIFF'S, UH, OFFICE ABOUT, UH, WHERE THE MONEY'S GOING.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT.
UH, WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE EFFORTS THAT BEAUFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, UM, ACROSS THE COUNTY, BUT CERTAINLY HERE ON HILTON HEAD.
AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN HERE AND IN SOME OF THE, UM, COMMUNITY EVENTS.
I THINK WHEN YOUR PRESENCE IS KNOWN AND FELT ALL OF OUR CRIME STATISTICS ULTIMATELY WILL, WILL HAVE BE IMPACTED BY THAT.
AND WITH THAT, UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? I THINK WE HAVE CHAT ROOM.
ARE YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, SIR? JUST LISTENING.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
AND SO, UM,
AND IT'S RELATED TO THE TOWN COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS.
IT'S RELATED TO THE TOWN COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS, TO TOWN BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES.
AND THERE ARE FOUR LISTED ACCOMMODATION, TAX ADVISORY, BOARD OF ZONING, APPEALS, PARKS AND RECREATION AND PLANNING COMMISSION.
IS THERE A MOTION INVOLVED AND A SECOND? SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
WE'RE BACK, UM, FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION, HAVING TAKEN NO ACTION.
UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? I MOVED SECOND.