Monthly Report for March 2016

Dear Citizens,

We at the N.C.S.O. would like congratulate all the kids who participated in the 58th Annual Navarro County Youth Exposition. We also would like to thank Jody McSpadden, Pat Reed and the rest of the 2016 Navarro County Youth Exposition Board, for recognizing the N.C.S.O. with a plaque of appreciation for many years of support and dedication to the Navarro County Youth Exposition.

Congratulations to Deputy Caleb Loftis on receiving the 100 Club Officer of the Year award for 2015. Deputy Loftis was recognized for an incident that occurred in January 2015 while responding to a burglary in progress at Angus and he engaged in a high speed vehicle pursuit with the suspects. The suspects began driving erratically causing the Deputy to back off as they neared Corsicana. The suspect had a major accident at the overpass at 7th and 7th in Corsicana. Upon observing that one of the suspects was profusely bleeding, Deputy Loftis immediately transitioned from a Law Enforcement officer involved in a critical incident to assisting with a tourniquet to stop the bleeding. Medical professionals later stated that Deputy Loftis actions may have saved the suspects life.

We would like to thank our friends at City Electric for assisting us with repainting our flag pole and we now have the American Flag proudly waving again at the N.C.S.O.

Thank you to Gary Gober and his crew at Go-Co Trucking for hosting a law enforcement appreciation lunch this month. Your kind gesture was truly appreciated.

I was proud to present Mr. Dick Skewes a certificate of appreciation this month for 13 dedicated years of service to the Jail Ministry at the Navarro County Justice Center.
Our five new Chevy Tahoe’s have arrived and will soon begin their career serving the citizens of Navarro County. 

"In God We Trust". When most Americans hear the words “In God We Trust”, they think of a phrase printed on our money, hear in the news where some group wants it removed from that money or from being displayed in our courthouses, etc. 
It’s easy to forget the significance of this message, and all too many disregard that it has any significance at all. But there are those who haven’t always had such an easy time denying the words’ value. These four words are powerful. From the Mayflower, people understood that they had to trust in God, as they knew they were going to need Him. And they did. The time came, trusting in God is also what got the first true Americans through the ordeals that challenged them. Our Founding Fathers trusted Him to see them through many struggles against distant tyranny. 
The reason “In God We Trust” is because as people, without whom we would not be here as Americans, understand the importance of trusting Him. God is an integral part of the United States. This great country of ours literally would not be here without Him. "This is why it is nothing less than an insult to the nation’s roots when people, born and raised in the modern comforts of America, too young to have faced any of the turmoil and anguish that gave it life, call for the suppression of those words. There are those who do not want it displayed in City Hall, in other public buildings or in some cases even on our money anymore." And that, is a shame. 
So on Good Friday, I was very proud to report to our citizens that the Navarro County Sheriff’s Office began displaying our nation’s motto on our patrol vehicles. It has become extremely disheartening this past year how law enforcement has been painted with a brush that we’re the "bad guys”. 
We at the NCSO are proud and we would like the people we serve to be proud as well, for we know we are better than what some of those people portray us to be.
We have begun with our new Tahoe’s and we will continue having the decals put on all our marked vehicles. I would like to say thank you to Action Sign and Banner for all your assistance.

The N.C.S.O. arrested an individual for aggravated assault, methamphetamine possession and felony evading arrest after he fled in a vehicle from a NCSO marked patrol unit in Corsicana. The pursuit ended with a traffic accident in the 1100 block of North Beaton where the suspect was taken into custody and transported to the Justice Center. CPD investigated the traffic collision.

Our narcotics unit arrested one suspect and seized over 4 grams of methamphetamine, digital scales, baggies and syringes during a narcotics investigation in the Peyton Place community on NW 3125.
Our criminal investigation division made an arrest on NW 0018 of a suspect wanted on two counts of burglary of a habitation and one count of theft of firearm. Numerous other felony cases filed at C.P.D. and the N.C.S.O. have now been cleared as a result of the arrest.

Deputies responded to a burglary in progress in the Cryer Creek community on NW 1350. Deputies located and arrested one suspect at the scene for burglary of a building. The suspect had forced entry into a metal building on the property and loaded stolen property into his van before officers arrived.

Sergeant Todd Henkel was on patrol in the Angus area about 2 a.m. when he observed suspicious activity at a closed business. Sergeant Henkel made contact with a male subject in the parking lot who was acting suspicious. During the course of the investigation the subject was found to be in possession of over 3 grams of methamphetamine.

Lieutenant Andrews and Sergeant Ragan assisted by Deputy Matthews, conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle inside the city of Corsicana. The Deputies located heroin and methamphetamine during a search and have arrested and charged two suspects in the case. Heroin is a highly addictive and a very dangerous substance with numerous overdoses and deaths related to its usage. I am very proud that these deputies kept this dangerous substance off the streets of Corsicana.

Deputies were dispatched to a burglary in progress on NW 0160 Rice. Rice P.D. located the suspect vehicle and occupants and detained them per the N.C.S.O. investigation. N.C.S.O. has now arrested and charged both suspect with burglary of a building along with other additional charges. The investigation is continuing as additional suspected stolen property has been recovered.

Detective Sergeant Randy Clay arrested one suspect for theft over $2500 under $30,000 and another suspect is in custody in Houston in reference to a theft of a Kawasaki TRYX and a trailer on FM 667 Frost. The stolen TRYX has been recovered in Houston.

The Sheriff's Office had 1,539 calls for service in March and our dispatch received 2,021 calls for assistance to 9-1-1. There were approximately 301 persons arrested and booked into the Navarro County Justice Center in March and the average daily jail population was 202 inmates.

The Narcotics unit arrested sixteen suspects, filed fourteen criminal cases and served twelve outstanding arrest warrants.

Ten inmates were transferred to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and five other inmates were transferred to State Jail and SAFP units to serve their sentences.

In March we estrayed three head of cattle, along with two horses and transported them to the county farm at Angus. We sold one estray calf and one of our county farm calves at Corsicana Livestock Auction for $1,363.16

We had one officer resign this month. Effective April 1st, two new officers will begin their careers at the N.C.S.O. with one officer to communications and one new detention officer. 
We currently have four detention positions open, and three patrol vacancies as of March 31st. Applications will continue to be taken for any vacancy until the position is filled.

“Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you’re in control, they’re in control.” – Tom Landry

As always, God bless and be safe.

Sheriff Elmer Tanner