Sheriff Mark Melton and Deputy Cameron Dyal attended youth events at St. Johns Church of God in Christ, First African Missionary Baptist Church, and First Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, as special guests and speakers.  ACSO conducted two (2) special details resulting in multiple drug arrests, three (3) of which were the first drug arrests in Appling County involving heroin. Deputy Keith Mack is attending CHAMPS Program Training.  Investigators Robert Eunice and Stacy Wilkerson attended the CHAMPS annual conference.  Pastor Justin McLellan, of Riverside Baptist Church, was the Chaplin for the week.
For the seven-day period of June 2, 2017 through June 8, 2017, the Appling County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) provided the following services:
Deputies/Investigators, wrote 33 citations, made 31 arrests, performed 40 Sex Offender Compliance Verifications, issued 37 warnings, served 57 criminal and 25 civil papers for various courts, completed 23 incident reports, and provided security for State Court and Juvenile Court.   There were 24 vehicle crashes worked by deputies, with assists from the Georgia State Patrol. Deputies patrolled 8,251 miles for the period. The Sheriff’s Office considered it an honor to provide five (5) funeral escorts throughout the week.  Investigators with the Sheriff’s Office initiated six (6) new criminal investigations and completed/closed two (2) current cases.
The Appling County Jail provided protection for our citizens by safely housing an average of 86 inmates during the current period.  Jailers completed 36 new inmate intakes and processed 24 inmate releases, which includes inmates from other counties that request our assistance in housing their inmates.  The medical unit provided 94 medical checks for the week and food service served 1,874 meals.  We continue to provide one outside detail that maintains the grounds of most county facilities.
Our 911 Emergency Call Center Dispatchers received and dispatched 818 calls for service, 189 of which were emergency calls directly to 911.  These numbers do not include routine communications between dispatch and units nor does it include the normal calls for training and drills.