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Sheriff Adell Dobey “Visitor of the Month” at Edgefield Town Council meeting web posted June 2, 2009 EDGEFIELD – Sheriff Adell Dobey was the “visitor of the month” at the Edgefield Town Council meeting Monday night and explained the operations of his office and the departments under his supervision as well as providing some eye opening statistics including almost 20,000 calls to the dispatchers last year requesting area law enforcement. The call volume totals did not include calls for EMS or Fire Departments Sheriff Dobey said. Of the calls for law enforcement, 2,767 calls were received for the Edgefield Police Department in 2008. Those calls included 945 calls to 911, or “cadded calls”, and 1,822 “non-cadded calls”, or calls that did not come in as emergency but still required an officer to respond. Johnston had a total of 2,669 calls and the Sheriff’s Office responded to 13,992 calls, or just over 38 calls a day. Sheriff Dobey explained that his office also oversees the Edgefield County Detention Center which averages around 60 inmates a day at any given time. “Today’s population,” Sheriff Dobey said, ”is 58”. But that total often rises above 70 inmates for a jail that has a maximum capacity to handle no more than 68. Sheriff Dobey also praised his Victims Advocate, Deputy Gladys Mason, who represents victims and witness in criminal cases. The position is mandated by the state and is paid for from fees, fines, and assessments in criminal cases. Sheriff Dobey said at times she actually is “at odds with us” because she is there for the victims, but that was a good thing in his view because it showed she was doing her job. Animal Control was also discussed and Sheriff Dobey stated that in 2008 a total of 1114 animals were taken into custody. In the town of Edgefield there were 79 incidents resulting in 36 dogs, 67 cats, and 1 “other”. “We get calls on all kinds of animals,” Sheriff Dobey said, “not just dogs and cats”. 891 of the animals seized were from calls in the county. Also covered under the umbrella of the Sheriff’s Office was SWAT, which includes a member of the Edgefield Police Department, the Bloodhound Team, Litter Control, Narcotics, on top of the daily coverage of road deputies and investigators. Sheriff Dobey said his office is currently seeking to receive 100% funded grants under the Stimulus money made available recently that would completely fund the replacement of a drug dog set to retire and new SWAT equipment. Other grants being sought are for an additional narcotics investigator and traffic control deputies. IT is unknown if these grants will be approved. Sheriff Dobey said that he wanted to make everyone aware of the recent crime wave of burglaries. Though he would not reveal what investigations are finding in evidence collected, he did allude to crimes in the Merriwether area increasing after Columbia County reported a drop in a similar wave that was taking place there in recent months. “Burglaries there stopped when the Martintown (Road) burglaries started,” Sheriff Dobey said. The burglaries in the Merriwether area were said to be mostly connected. Burglaries in the Johnston area were also thought to be connected independent of the Merriwether crimes. “And I’m not so sure that some of those in Johnston might not be connected to some in Edgefield,” Dobey said. Sheriff Dobey reiterated that citizens calling in about suspicious activity was needed in order to help capture those responsible for the crimes. "They (citizens) are our eyes and ears,” Dobey said. “They are the first line of defense.” © Copyright 2009
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