RECENT DRUG ARRESTS SHOWCASE TOP NOTCH LAW ENFORCEMENT WORK

Thursday, Oct. 17, was a good day for our law enforcement officers and the
local community in the Tallassee Road area. By working together, the local
businesses described, tracked and located a wanted felon.

Accurate, timely communication between these business people and the
sheriff's departments in Clarke and Oglethorpe counties resulted in the
arrest of a 20-year-old male as he set up at a Tallassee Road car wash.
Outstanding law enforcement techniques were evident.

Due to outstanding warrant information supplied by Oglethorpe County
Sheriff's Department dispatchers, the warrants were promptly served, and
the suspect was returned to Oglethorpe County. This led to several other
arrests in the Oglethorpe County area. Without the excellent and prompt
cooperation of both business and law enforcement personnel, these predators
would still be victimizing the public.

On Oct. 20, another example of teamwork by the Athens-Clarke Police
Department resulted in the arrests of four drug suspects, confiscation of
two cars and a cache of drugs near the intersection of Westchester Drive
and Tallassee Road. Four police units and an off-duty officer worked
together to safely handle the heavy traffic, several belligerent drug
suspects and the careful documentation of drug evidence and personal
property of the offenders.

Aggressive prosecution of the drug offenders in this area will certainly
make a safer place for us all to work and live. Let us all encourage and
thank our law enforcement officers for their around-the-clock efforts.

Bob J. Foster