The Burke County Sheriff’s Office has a suspect in custody for a robbery that led to a car chase. On Thursday at 9:26 A.M. Burke county deputies were sent to St. Mary’s Catholic Church on the 3200 block of Stoney Bluff Road in response to a robbery.
The Burke County Sheriff’s Office will soon be trained to administer a drug used to prevent death in an opioid overdose, joining other Augusta-area agencies trying to combat this national epidemic.
Twenty-eight members of the sheriff’s office, along with others working within public safety and interested community members, began training last month to administer the nasal spray Narcan.
In 2016, the five states with the highest rates of death from drug overdoses were West Virginia (52.0 per 100,000), Ohio (39.1 per 100,000), New Hampshire (39.0 per 100,000), Pennsylvania (37.9 per 100,000) and Kentucky (33.5 per 100,000), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Deaths in Georgia reached 8.8 per 100,000 in 2016, and Chief Deputy Lewis Blanchard said the office’s main goal is to stay ahead of the national epidemic. The decision came after a recent incident in which Burke County deputies were the first to arrive at a call about a suspicious person, possibly suffering from an overdose.
“So far that has not been a major problem in our county, but we just want to be ahead of the curve as much as possible,” Blanchard said.
The Burke County Sheriff's Office hosted a "Cops in the Community" event on Monday, July 16, 2018, in Waynesboro, Georgia as part of their community involvement program. Adults, young adults, and children all joined the fun, fellowship, and football. The event also included great food- hotdogs, ice cream, chips, and sodas.
The Burke County Sheriff's Office is cracking down on speeding. Thanks to the Governor's Office of Highway Safety, it will be getting more resources. This is the 4th traffic safety grant awarded to the Sheriff's Office since the Sheriff Alfonzo Williams took over last year. "It's just really not worth it. Slow down, stop tailgating, put the phone down and for God sake's there's no excuse for driving drunk nowadays," says Chief Deputy Lewis Blanchard.
The Burke County Sheriff's Office is cracking down on speeding. Thanks to the Governor's Office of Highway Safety, it will be getting more resources. This is the 4th traffic safety grant awarded to the Sheriff's Office since the Sheriff Alfonzo Williams took over last year. "It's just really not worth it. Slow down, stop tailgating, put the phone down and for God sake's there's no excuse for driving drunk nowadays," says Chief Deputy Lewis Blanchard.
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