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 Crime
Stoppers is a multi-jurisdictional collaboration
between Bremen Police Department, Bowdon Police Department, Carrollton
Police Department, the Carroll County Sheriff’s
Office, Mt. Zion Police Department, Temple
Police Department, Whitesburg Police Department,
and the University of West Georgia Department of
Public Safety, with Carrollton Police Department
being the hosting department. It is a
significant grassroots' movement that joins the
news media, the community, and law enforcement
as an alliance to involve private citizens in
the fight against crime. Crime Stoppers is
governed by a Board of Directors in which
volunteers are appointed for two-year terms.
Each month a Board of Directors meeting is held
in which each agency is given an opportunity to
present details of a case in which they are
seeking help to apprehend a suspect. A cash
reward, from a fund set up at a local bank, is
determined by the Board of Directors, to be
given to anyone who calls in with information
leading to the arrest of a suspect. Complete
anonymity is allowed by assigning a confidential
number to each caller. Once an arrest is made in
reference to a particular case and tip, that
number is publicized and the tipster who was
assigned that number may go claim the reward. No
tracking mechanism is used, thereby allowing the
tipster to remain completely anonymous. Numerous
media blitz of this program have been
established throughout Carroll County with the
Carrollton Police Department as the overseer.
Signs, similar to the picture on this page, can
be seen in each jurisdiction representing and
supporting Crime Stoppers of Carrollton, Inc.
visit
www.carrolltoncrimestoppers.com for more
details
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 Explorers are a division of the Boy
Scouts of America for young men and women aged
14 through 20. The purpose of this organization
is to bring character building, citizenship
training, and a fitness program to the youth of
America. Explorer posts are organized by
businesses, industries, churches, schools, civic
clubs, and community organizations which provide
an adult volunteer leader, program resources,
and meeting facilities. These posts specialize
in a variety of career and recreational programs
designed to provide service, social,
citizenship, outdoor, career, and fitness
activities. Via volunteer Officers, this
Department sponsors, maintains, and supervises
Law Enforcement Explorer Post 911, which
provides its participants with first-hand
knowledge of the various aspects of police work.
The Explorers cover a broad range of topics
during lectures, discussions, and hands-on
training. Class topics include illegal drugs,
searches, proper arrest techniques, traffic
laws, traffic stops, fingerprinting, firearm
safety and marksmanship, as well as other
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 The
Citizens’ Police Academy was established in 1997
under the Direction of Chief Barry Carroll to
allow members of the community to get an up
close look at the Department and the Officers
that serve them. This grew into two sessions per
year. in 2007, the Department implemented the
"New & Improved" version of the Citizens'
Academy. This was done in honor of the 10 year
anniversary of the program. The changes include
much more "hands on" activities and less
lecture. The response has been overwhelming. We
look forward to many more sessions.
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A spin-off of the Citizens’ Police Academy was
created in 2001 for youths between the ages of 9
and 13 years old. Many of the adult participants
requested some type of session for their
children; therefore, the Youth Citizen’s Police
Academy was conceived. Due to the first
session’s popularity, the year 2002 saw an
extended attendance day. The first academy was
only four hours a day for one week; however,
Session 2 saw the hours extended to an
eight-hour day for one week. Since such positive
response has continued, there are now two
sessions held per summer. The Youth Citizens’
Police Academy attempts to expand the youths’
knowledge of the Law Enforcement profession, as
well as introduce them to the prospect of
obtaining a Law Enforcement career. However,
along with this option comes the introduction of
being a concerned and active community member.
The youth’s exposure ranges from D.A.R.E. and
school violence to crime scene investigation and
touring the West Georgia Boot Camp. At the
conclusion of each session, a graduation
ceremony is held for the participants, much like
that of the adult Citizens’ Police Academy.
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 The
Carrollton Police Department, as well as other
police departments across the nation, faced a
number of constraints and was confronted with
the ever-growing problem of providing new growth
within the Police Department, but had to deal
with these problems with a narrow budget. The
solution was to organize a group of individuals
that would be willing to donate their time,
talent, and energy towards law enforcement.
Therefore, in 2001, the Volunteers in Policing
(VIP) Program was established in which
volunteers are selected to work at Police
Headquarters doing jobs that had previously been
accomplished by either certified Police Officers
or salaried civilian employees. This program
accomplishes several objectives. First, it
allows the Chief to move the Officers to the
streets where they are needed. Second, it saves
taxpayer dollars by relieving paid personnel to
fulfill their assigned job responsibilities and
eliminates the need for some of the overtime
pay. Third, it provides insight on the problems
facing law enforcement to our citizens, and it
gives law enforcement personnel a more acute
awareness of problems facing our citizens.
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B.A.D.G.E. (Bullying, Attitude, Drugs, and Gangs
Education) is a ten week program created by
members of the Carrollton Police Department.
The program is designed to teach children about
internet safety, bullying, school violence,
gangs, friendship, stress, peer pressure,
attitudes, personal safety, and drugs. B.A.D.G.E.
officers work with the children to teach them
skills to help them make good decisions in
life. The lessons offer a chance for the
children to role play using their new skills and
help them gain self-confidence for real life
situations. The lessons also help students
identify positive alternatives to drug abuse and
violence.
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