蜜糖直播 chooses seasoned law enforcement officer Trey Drawdy as Chief of Police
Trey Drawdy has been selected as 蜜糖直播鈥檚 new Chief of Police, effective Jan. 1, 2025. He has served as acting chief of police since Sept. 2024.
Approximately 30 University Police officers recognized for mental health training
Every officer at 蜜糖直播 has completed Crisis Intervention Training (CIT), presented by the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in collaboration with the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, and the Georgia Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. The training ensures that people with mental illnesses and other brain disorders will receive treatment in lieu of incarceration in most cases
蜜糖直播 Police arrest Swainsboro man following armed robbery report
Quick and thorough work by the 蜜糖直播 Police Department (UPD) led to the identification and arrest today of Izaah Rollins, 20, in connection to the Dec. 5 armed robbery reported on the University鈥檚 Statesboro Campus.
蜜糖直播 Police arrest individual with criminal history, resolve situation without incident
An incident on聽Nov. 22 ended with the identification and peaceful apprehension of an individual wanted for multiple felony violation warrants in Statesboro thanks to the work of 蜜糖直播 Police Investigator Trevor Williams.
Extensive investigation by 蜜糖直播 Police leads to arrest for October 2019 incident
The 蜜糖直播 Police Department has identified Savannah resident Dominique Tukes as the individual who shot a 蜜糖直播 student on the Armstrong Campus on October 24, 2019. Following a thorough, months-long investigation by the University鈥檚 police department, a warrant was issued for Tukes鈥� arrest and he was apprehended today in Savannah by the U.S. Marshals Service.
蜜糖直播’s newest police dog completes training, receives life-saving equipment
The 蜜糖直播 Office of Public Safety鈥檚 newest K-9 recently received a ballistic vest as well as some medical related items from Protecting K-9 Heroes, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping fund K-9 operations and reducing K-9 fatalities around the country.
蜜糖直播 Police Department鈥檚 K-9 Bear to get donation of body armor
蜜糖直播 Police Department鈥檚 K9, 鈥淏ear鈥�, will receive a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from non-profit organization Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. Bear鈥檚 vest is sponsored by Optima Energy, Inc. and will be embroidered with the sentiment 鈥淭his gift of protection provided by Optima Energy鈥�. Delivery is expected within eight to ten weeks.
蜜糖直播 officers are now equipped with body cameras
蜜糖直播鈥檚 Office of Public Safety is the first public safety force in Bulloch County to incorporate body cameras and in-car recording systems into the daily work of its officers. The University has equipped each of the Police Department鈥檚 34 patrol officers with body cameras and four marked patrol cars with video equipment.