2015 Year in Review

NCSO: Year in Review

We have had a very busy and productive year at the NCSO. But most importantly, a safe year. I would like to give just a brief summary and review of a portion of the NCSO activity for 2015. I believe you will be surprised at the amount of activity, the productivity and the volume of calls and incidents that we handle on a day to day basis. 
Total 9-1-1 calls answered were 27,630, there were 17,265 calls for service, NCSO arrested 997 suspects, our Detention Division booked 3,562 suspects into the facility, 3,572 civil papers were processed, 1,764 citations issued along with estraying 40 head of cattle, 47 horses, 35 donkeys, 2 sheep, 15 goats and 3 Llamas. 
We had 1,439 medical emergency calls; we responded to and investigated 688 burglary and theft calls, 600 animal complaints, 431 civil matter calls, 298 disturbance calls, 584 welfare concerns, 517 stranded motorist, 581 alarms, 200 assault calls, as well as response to 864 motor vehicle accidents and 1136 reckless driver’s complaints. Again, this is only a portion of the total calls answered. 
The NCSO transported 269 inmates without incident to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, state jail or SAFP units to serve their sentence.
The narcotics unit arrested 343 State suspects and filed 432 State level cases. Two Federal suspects were arrested and federal cases filed. The narcotics unit also served an additional 147 arrest warrants. The narcotics unit filed total asset seizures of 
$ 68,677.00. 
There were two indoor marijuana grows and two outdoor marijuana grows seized this year. Cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, PCP and various other drugs were also seized during the year.
We responded to 1,006 loose livestock calls. These calls absorb many man hours and therefore affect our response times to calls throughout the county. 
Our tactical unit participated in 140 hours of tactical training, responded as a regional response unit to execute a high risk search warrant in Freestone County and peacefully resolved two armed and barricaded suspect callouts and one armed suicidal person call inside Navarro County.
We proudly participated in numerous community events throughout the year including the Navarro County Youth Exposition, Kerens Cotton Festival, both Navarro County cleanup and Navarro County tire disposal day, just to name a few. We also assist the Navarro County Food pantry and Salvation Army throughout the year. 
I am very proud to report we returned $724,372.00 of our 2015 unused budgeted funds to the general fund. 
We revenued $49,059.74 from the sale of county animals, estray animals, estray fees collected and hay produced and sold from our county farm. 
We received a total of $5,603.36 from the sale of salvaged /scrap county property. 
There are several other fees and compensations collected during the year that are not represented on this report. 
We had 21 officers separate from service during the year and hired 28 new officers.

After you have reviewed some of our agency data from 2015, I hope that you are as proud of the dedicated men and women who make up the NCSO team, as I am. We have, and always will, make citizens safety our priority as well as continuing to take a proactive approach to law enforcement as we strive to improve every aspect of the NCSO.

Sheriff Elmer Tanner