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MONDAY 161st YEAR • NO. 218 JANUARY 11, 2016 CLEVELAND, TN 16 PAGES • 50¢ Sheriff reflects on busy, diverse year in 2015 By ALLEN MINCEY January, with the deadline to apply that the department passed Deputy Council composed of deputies Banner Staff Writer set for Wednesday. Tennessee Corrections Institute who meet once a month to discuss YEAR IN REVIEW Monthly community devotions were inspection in 2015. departmental issues with upper divi- It has been quite a busy year for implemented at the BCSO, and “In preparation for recertification, sion staff. the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office, implementing new community pro- inmates also had the opportunity for the Sheriff’s Office requested two The Public Safety Division is made and 2016 looks to be equally active, grams, using budgeted funds to their spiritual sessions at the jail. mock inspections to discover any pos- up of 13 members along with two according to Sheriff Eric Watson. fullest potential and eliminating obso- “There were 128 inmates baptized sible discrepancies beforehand,” he supervisors, he explained, and within “In 2015, we have continued to lete property and equipment,” said at their request, with over 175 souls said. Watson is kept aware of any this division are four traffic crash improve our service and effectiveness Watson. saved in the year 2015,” Watson facility issues by leadership in the “reconstructionists,” who handle most to the people of Bradley County by The sheriff said that among new noted. corrections staff. traffic crashes within the county. enforcing laws, increasing safety, BCSO programs are the first Citizen’s Watson was very pleased with the He said he is pleased to announce This division also plans and responds decreasing crime, improving jail con- Academy, “which was successfully patrol division’s “Stop and Give” pro- that in February, GED classes will to county events and gatherings, ditions, collecting roadway trash, conducted and very well received by gram that gave out, to selected driv- begin at the jail.
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