The Jones County Sheriff’s Department has logged 11,390 incidents for the first six months of 2020, and the pace is not slowing down. That’s according to Jones County Sheriff Joe Berlin.
“We’ve been extremely busy this year responding to incidents all across Jones County, and we remain very busy on a daily basis,” noted Berlin. “Needless to say, when you have 11,390 incident reports that have been generated, that represents a lot of work on the part of our deputies, investigators, and narcotics agents. We are a 24/7/365 law enforcement agency that takes our jobs very seriously. We will continue to work in our Jones County communities to meet and exceed both our community residents and our own operational expectations.”
The JCSD Patrol Division currently is staffed with four deputies on each of the four Patrol Squads, while the Criminal Investigation Division is staffed with five investigators and the Narcotics Division staffed with three narcotics agents.
Chief Deputy Mitch Sumrall stated, “Jones County is a large, expansive county covering 700 square miles with just over 68,000 residents. We stay very busy responding to incidents each day, and the caseload for our investigators and narcotics agents is very high. Our staff members work very hard to provide for the safety and security that Jones County residents expect and deserve. Each of us took an oath to serve and to protect, and that is what we demand of ourselves with every incident response.”
At the current pace, the Jones County Sheriff’s Department could easily expect to record over 22,000 incidents in 2020.
“We can assure Jones County residents that we will respond to their calls for assistance regardless of how busy we are,” concluded the sheriff. “To the criminal element out there, our advice is to change your ways and get your life on the right track; otherwise, the incident numbers that you are associated with will earn you a trip to the Jones County Adult Detention Facility to face justice for your crimes.”