Monthly Report for March 2024
Dear Citizens,
It's been a rather busy first few months this year so I'm a little late but as always, I would like to share a few NCSO statistics from our pervious year.
In 2023, the Sheriff's Office had 33,341 calls for service and our dispatch received 23,924 calls for assistance to 9-1-1. The NCSO performed 1,021 arrests, conducted 2,590 traffic stops and our criminal investigative division investigated 769 criminal cases. We were also issued 3,966 civil papers for service with 3,447 being served and an additional 798 indictments were issued with 569 being served.
Our SWAT team responded to five tactical callouts during the year occurring inside Navarro and surrounding counties. There were 184 hours of in house tactical training along with team members attending numerous tactical schools. There were approximately 2,058 persons arrested and booked into the Navarro County Justice Center and the average daily jail population was 225 inmates during 2023. The Narcotics Unit arrested 113 State suspects, filed 169 State level criminal cases, and served twenty-eight outstanding warrants. One hundred thirty-seven inmates were transferred to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and forty-five other inmates were transferred to State Jail and SAFP Units to serve their sentences in 2023. We conducted 374 prisoner transports, 122 mental and eighty juvenile transports. The NCSO traveled 66,673 miles conducting these transports.
We responded to 726 animal complaint calls and 1,409 loose livestock calls. We removed estray livestock on twenty six occasions during 2023 ultimately picking up six bulls, eighteen cows, three calves, eleven horses/ ponies, two donkeys and two sheep. The NCSO collected $1,655.00 in estray fees, collected $13,050 from the sale of estray livestock and sold $26,454.45 of Navarro County owned livestock.
The first Friday of March each year is recognized as National Employee Appreciation Day. The Navarro County Sheriff's Office would like to thank all of our employees for their hard work and dedication to our office and to the citizens we serve. We appreciate all of you for the sacrifice you make daily to serve our community which much unfortunately goes unnoticed or unappreciated by many.
As Sheriff, I am extremely proud of the daily tasks performed by our employees. I would like to thank all our people who each are valuable, who have worked tirelessly to maintain a high level of professionalism throughout the year. It is my pleasure to recognize and honor this exceptional group of individuals not just on the designated day but every day as we are fortunate and blessed, especially in today's society and the challenges we face daily, to have the men and women that work for us. They put their lives on the line every day wearing the uniform to make the NCSO a safer place to work and visit. Thank you to all our deputies, to our communications, detention and administration staff for all your willingness and dedication to serve others. Regardless of what is said or heard, we do make a difference.
In March we were finally able to hold our Annual NCSO Departmental Meeting and Award Ceremony for 2023. A big congratulations to these deserving officers who received their awards:
Debra Kelley received the Employee of the Year, Detective Sergeant Jeff Harbuck received Deputy of the Year and Nick Wickliffe received Detention Officer of the Year. Again, congratulations to all these officers on their well-deserved awards and thank you for your dedication and contributions to our mission.
This month the NCSO participated in school events in Kerens and Wortham. Captain Cagle and Deputies VanLoocke and Martin along with Telecommunications officers Martin and Sloan proudly represented the NCSO at the Kerens ISD Career Day event. Telecommunications officer Kateley Smith, Sheriff Tanner, Captain Cagle, Sergeant Wilson, and Deputy Aldo Hernandez had a great opportunity to interact with the youth in Freestone County during the Wortham Career Day. I definitely feel both events were a big success and we thank the KISD and WISD for having us.
Also much thanks to my officers who are professional representatives of the NCSO and always enjoy interacting with the kids in the community.
The Sheriff's Office had approximately 2,493 calls for service in March and our dispatch received 1,706 calls for assistance to 9-1-1. There were approximately 229 persons arrested and booked into the Navarro County Justice Center and the average daily jail population was 242 inmates. Eleven inmates were transferred to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and five inmates were transferred to State Jail and SAFP Units to serve their sentences.
In March, we estrayed one pig and sold five estray horses at Elkhart Horse Sale for $1,990. We also collected $165 in estray fees.
We are accepting applications for all divisions and currently have vacancies in detention, dispatch, patrol, courthouse security, and the criminal investigation division. Remember the hiring age for dispatch and detention has been lowered to 18 but with all other enforcement positions, you must be 21 or older to apply. As in the past, applications will continue to be taken for any vacancy until the position is filled.
"A lie is still a lie even if everyone believes it. The truth is still the truth even if nobody believes it." -David Stevens
As always, God Bless and be safe,
Sheriff Elmer Tanner