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The Winchester Police Department responded to 16,421 (Sixteen Thousand Four hundred and twenty
one) calls for service over the last year. We saw the emergence of a new but old crime in the area last year and
that was Meth Labs. The economy worsening also had its effects on property crime and Domestic Violence
Calls. Out of the over 16,000 calls last year, 1209 Incidents reported required follow up investigations. Eight
hundred and twenty three (823) arrest were made last year, which is about a 13 % increase over 2008. We had
603 vehicle accidents in Winchester last year with 102 of those involving injuries.
I started a Vice Unit this past year with emphasis on Sexual Exploitation crimes against Children to
address the ever increasing number of victims being reported and the creation of the Vice Unit was more proactive in nature than reactive. I felt it was important to seek out these predators hopefully before they physically abused a child. We have made progress with the secondary formation of ICAC, Internet Crimes Against
Children, and have been recognized for our efforts. Chris Layne was named Middle Tennessee Officer of the
Year by the Tennessee Association of Chief’s of Police. The Winchester Police Department also was recognized by the FBI and several officers received the FBI Directors’ Award, the highest investigative Award
given by the FBI to Local Law Enforcement this past month at the annual Christmas Banquet.
The year of 2009 was an eventful year for the Police Department and the City of Winchester in several
ways, the new Police Headquarters Opened in March, the revitalization project for Downtown getting underway, the New Criminal Justice Center opening, the Franklin County Drug Court received its State Certification, Franklin County Anti-Drug Coalition received notice of $700,000 in funding for the children, formation
of Vice and ICAC Unit mentioned above, received State and Federal Accommodations and funding for our
projects, and Captain Randy Wilkinson and our local guard unit being deployed to Iraq.
This quarter we will be finalizing the books on the year 2009 and laying the groundwork for
2010. During the next quarter we will present a budget for the Council to review in the upcoming process. We
will evaluate everyone status on the Masters Program and lay out the training to accomplish our goals.
The war on Terror is something I never mention, however, it is at the forefront daily in our line
of work. We communicate with the Office of Homeland Security and FBI Special Agent Poff on a daily basis.
The work on terrorism is an ongoing process and will be indefinitely. We have to be proactive in this type of
investigation for the safety of our citizens. Pray for our leaders to have the foresight needed in supplying the
military and law enforcement the tools necessary to win this war.
It is indeed an honor to serve the Citizens of Winchester and Franklin County.
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God Bless,
Chief Dennis Young
The Winchester Police Department SWAT Team consists of eight members:
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Investigator Kelly Gass
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Motor Officer/Corporal Lamar Howard
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Investigator Chris Layne
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Motor Officer/Corporal Troy Clark
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Investigator Ronnie Durm
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Officer Jeff Miller
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Sergeant Archie Custer
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Officer Tony Fulmer
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The SWAT Team has trained approximately twice a month this past quarter.
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Officer Tony Fulmer is the newest member added to our Team.
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The Team has recently received a generous grant from the Winchester Wal-mart for
$1,000.00. This money will be used to purchase equipment such as flashbangs and
gas canisters.
Recently, Investigator Kelly Gass, Corporal Lamar
Howard, and Officer Jeff Miller went to Clark Memorial Elementary School to demonstrate aspects of the
SWAT Team for the students.
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The Franklin County Prevention Coalition continues to make progress in achieving our vision of
bringing people and organizations together to educate, and reduce substance abuse and violence in
Franklin County.
During the month of October the Franklin County Prevention Coalition coordinator administered
the second round of student surveys in the county in grades six, eight, ten, and twelve. Hopefully, these
results will be released early this year.
The Franklin County Sherriff's office and the Prevention Coalition partnered together in October to
provide a pharmacy robbery protection training for the local pharmacies. Chris Guess, from the Sherriff's
office lead in the training. Certificates of completion and training materials were given to all participates
to take back to their perspective pharmacies for ongoing training.
The P3 clubs from Franklin County High School and Huntland School held a youth rally on October
24th at the old high school football field. Motivational guest speakers and speakers from Drug Court were
on hand to inspire the youth. The youth did a wonderful job planning and implementing the event. Five
members of the P3 club from Franklin County High School attended the Lead and Live conference sponsored by the Tennessee Governor's Highway Safety Office at Paris Landing. The young ladies had a great
time and learned a tremendous amount about leadership and staying safe and drug free.
Tabatha Curtis, coordinator for the Prevention Coalition spoke recently at the Kiwansis Club on the
efforts of the coalition and the new shake and bake method of making methamphetamine. "The Kiwansis
Club was very receptive and interested in the coalition and the information presented", noted Curtis.
The P3 club at Franklin County High School participated in the "Great American Smokeout" in October by handing out T-Shirts and educational materials on the risk and harm factors of smoking and
smokeless tobacco.
Almost all the Franklin County Schools participated in "Red Ribbon Week" during the month of October. Red Ribbon Week is a week set aside in October to promote drug free schools. Many of the schools
were creative in their promotions. Some of the slogans were; how sweet it is to be drug free, sock it to
drugs, hats off to a drug free school.
Tabatha Curtis and Galinda Bonner recently met with the Grundy County CAB to offer them assistance in developing a coalition. Mr. Tom Shemwick, Tabatha Curtis, and Skye Maxon offered their support by attending their Drug Take Back Day in December.
The Franklin County Prevention Coalition recently started its new alcohol and drug class for juveniles. Juveniles who are sanctioned by the juvenile court on drug charges will now be able to attend a
twelve week class. The coalition is very excited about the new moral reconation therapy class and the
partnership with juvenile court.
The youth coalition now has a radio talk show on WZYX. The youth lead the show in discussing
tips for teens on how to stay drug free and how to become actively involved in their community. The
show airs every week on Thursday from 4:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.
Tabatha Curtis and Chris Guess recently met with the mayors of the cities to set the foundation
for establishing beer board standardization of policies and procedures throughout the county. The mayors
were very receptive and gave their full support. Curtis recently received notice that not only is Franklin
County working on establishing standards for local beer boards but other coalitions throughout the state
of Tennessee are also working on using this strategy to deter retail sales of alcohol to underage buyers.
Captain Mike Bell and Tabatha Curtis led a retail compliance check training for local law enforcement in December . Members of law enforcement received training from Capt. Bell on proper procedures
and legalities involved in conducting retail compliance checks. The Prevention Coalition will be providing
evidence envelopes for accurate record keeping and monetary assistance for departments who complete
compliance checks.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently recognized officers of the Winchester Police Department for their
outstanding role in the investigation of two subjects involved in the sexual exploitation of children. The Director's award presented to the Winchester officers is the highest award given by the FBI for assistance in a joint
investigation.
After communicating via e-mail with an undercover agent, Gary Edward Salles and Mickey Lenord Lattimore
traveled from Atlanta, Georgia, to Winchester, Tennessee, for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual activity
with juvenile boys. A joint WPD-FBI sting operation resulted in the arrest and subsequent conviction on federal
child exploitation and narcotics charges of both subjects, who transported over 1000 child pornographic images
and videos and over one pound of methamphetamine to undercover agents in a Winchester motel room.
Since the operation, Winchester Chief Dennis Young has established an Internet Crimes Against Children unit,
which investigates federal cases involving the sexual exploitation of children throughout the six counties in
southern middle Tennessee covered by the Tullahoma office of the FBI.
Chief Young presented Special Agent Edward D. Galloway of the Chattanooga FBI office with a commemorative plate depicting the Winchester town square in appreciation of his support of joint FBI-WPD investigations.
Chief Young presented Special Agent Richard Poff of the Tullahoma FBI office with a plaque in appreciation of
his leadership in joint investigations and 20 years of service to the Winchester community.
Pictured left to right are Chief Dennis Young, Winchester Police Department; Detective John Herbert Glassmeyer, Winchester Police Departmener; Special Agent Richard Poff, FBI Tullahoma; Detective Sergeant Danny
Mantooth, Winchester Police Department; Detective Chris Layne, Winchester Police Department; and Special
Agent Edward D. Galloway, FBI Chattanooga.
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In 2005, Ty Brazier began an investigation that would set a land mark for the Winchester Police Department. It was the first large scale computer based child exploitation case Winchester had ever seen. As with many difficult cases stumbling blocks
soon came, and proof beyond a reasonable doubt started becoming shallow.
In 2008, Detective Don Hall received some information that would turn out to be the
break in the case everyone was waiting on. Jim Wallace was discovered to have
thousands of images and videos of children. Jim Wallace had went to the extent encrypt some images of children into other innocent pictures in order to hide them.
In 2009, Detective Christopher Layne, Detective Herb Glassmeyer, Sergeant Detective Danny Mantooth, and Chief Young were introduced to Gary Salles by means of
online chat. Gary Salles was a methamphetamine dealer from Atlanta, Georgia who
decided to expand his market and started one of the largest child exploitation distribution websites. The Gary Salles case also became what would become land mark
for the City of Winchester.
Chief Dennis Young quickly recognized that these cases were not just sporadic. The
Winchester Police Department joined the Internet Crimes Against Children Task
Force, and thus the Winchester ICAC Unit was formed.
Since the first child exploitation case, the Winchester ICAC Unit has received fifteen
referral that have resulted in eight arrests, two convictions, six pending convictions,
three open investigations, and two unfounded incidents.
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On Sunday, December 6th, we said goodbye to one of our
very own, Capt. Randy Wilkinson. Randy and the rest of
the 278th left from the Armory for Mississippi where they
will be until they are deployed to Iraq. They were able to
return for a
brief visit at
Christmas.
Officer Training Schedule
Basic Narcotics Investigations– (Meridian, MS)
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Cpl. Adam McKinney, Ptl. Jeff Miller
Basic Gang Investigations– (Meridian, MS)
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Feb. 8th-12th, 2010
Inv. Chris Layne
Basic Clan Lab Certification
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Feb. 22nd-26th, 2010
Inv. Chris Layne, Inv. Ronnie Durm
Round-Up Software, P2P Training
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Jan. 25th-29th, 2010
Inv. Chris Layne, Inv. Ronnie Durm
Advanced ICAC Investigations
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Jan. 25th-27th, 2010
Ptl. Justin Smith, Ptl. Dan Ferguson
Basic ICAC Investigations
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Jan. 4th-8th, 2010
Feb. 15th-19th, 2010
Inv. Chris Layne
The most wasted of
all days is one
WITHOUT
LAUGHTER
One day, a teacher, a garbage collector, and a
lawyer all die and go to Heaven. St. Peter’s
there, and when they get to the gate, St. Peter informs them that there will be a test to get
into Heaven: they each have to answer one question.
To the teacher, he says, “What was the name of the ship that crashed into the Iceberg and
sunk with all its passengers?” The teacher thinks for a second and then replies, “That
would have been the Titanic, right?” St. Peter lets him through the gate.
St. Peter turns to the Garbage man and, figuring that Heaven doesn’t really need all the
stink that this guy would bring into heaven, decides to make the question a little harder.
“How many people died on the ship?” The garbage man guesses, “1228.” “That happens
to be right. Go ahead.”
St. Peter turns to the Lawyer, “Name them.”