I was curious as to John’s ideas on halting crime in Anderson County so I ventured onto the section of his webpage entitled “Regions” wherein lies his idea on dividing the county into areas to provide better service.
The first thing that caught my eye was this, “Regional supervisors will be responsible for supervision of officers…” Now that’s clever. I’ll wager that no one ever considered making supervision a responsibility of a supervisor. We can only hope that the next idea will be to make patrolling a responsibility of a patrolman.
Sorry for the digression… back to Regions. John’s vision for the citizens of Anderson is to divide the county up into areas (during a radio interview he said “four or five”). He also wants to provide those areas manpower and tools to answer calls and prevent crime. Another part of his vision is to assign investigators to those areas to work burglaries and larcenies.
News flash: Sheriff Crenshaw has been utilizing this approach with tremendous success since day one. The zone/area/district/beat/region (whatever you want to call it) approach is not a “vision” in his administration. It’s a reality. One in which our community has reaped positive benefits.
Not only did the sheriff recognize the importance of focusing on the zone approach, he strengthened it for better results. Sheriff Crenshaw added manpower where it was lacking from the previous administration and netted more arrests and clearances, while reducing crime in the “hot” areas.
As a matter of fact, that approach (dividing the county up in to the five school districts) was used for the entire time John was a deputy. While I’m glad that he finally had his epiphany, it alarms me that he was unaware of the way patrol and investigative operations were handled during the 16 years he was there. Better late than never, I guess.
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I was curious as to John’s ideas on halting crime in Anderson County so I ventured onto the section of his webpage entitled “Regions” wherein lies his idea on dividing the county into areas to provide better service.Kind of like David suddenly realizing there is gang activity in the area? Two years ago HIS chief deputy, Tim Busha, told County Council there was no gang activity in Anderson. That was right after Applebee's came under attack like some falafel stand in Beirut. Now, David has a big flyer showing gang members flashing their hand signs at the camera, and them essage from our good sheriff to stay out of Anderson County. Good togetout of thebarbecue joints and into the streets every now and then, huh David?
The first thing that caught my eye was this, “Regional supervisors will be responsible for supervision of officers…” Now that’s clever. I’ll wager that no one ever considered making supervision a responsibility of a supervisor. We can only hope that the next idea will be to make patrolling a responsibility of a patrolman.
Sorry for the digression… back to Regions. John’s vision for the citizens of Anderson is to divide the county up into areas (during a radio interview he said “four or five”). He also wants to provide those areas manpower and tools to answer calls and prevent crime. Another part of his vision is to assign investigators to those areas to work burglaries and larcenies.
News flash: Sheriff Crenshaw has been utilizing this approach with tremendous success since day one. The zone/area/district/beat/region (whatever you want to call it) approach is not a “vision” in his administration. It’s a reality. One in which our community has reaped positive benefits.
Not only did the sheriff recognize the importance of focusing on the zone approach, he strengthened it for better results. Sheriff Crenshaw added manpower where it was lacking from the previous administration and netted more arrests and clearances, while reducing crime in the “hot” areas.
As a matter of fact, that approach (dividing the county up in to the five school districts) was used for the entire time John was a deputy. While I’m glad that he finally had his epiphany, it alarms me that he was unaware of the way patrol and investigative operations were handled during the 16 years he was there. Better late than never, I guess.
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No usc gang, supervision did not supervise a region, they supervised a division. IE uniform patrol, CID, Sel.Enforcement, etc, etc. As I understand it, if the ball was dropped on a case the UP Capt, could blame it on the CID Capt, or another divisions Capt. In this concept, a certain Capt would have to take the blame for whatever happens in his area. A pretty novel idea, I'd say. If you take the time to look at Skippers ideas you'll see they not only make sense, but it seems common sense in hindsight. Take the time to look inot ideas before assuming they are crazy. By the way, still wish you luck man.
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