Sunday, September 24, 2023
Monday, August 14, 2023
Thursday, July 20, 2023
Clarkston city manager demotes police chief, hires new director of police services.
Clarkston city managerShawanna Qawly has demoted police chief Christine Hudson amid ongoing chaos at city hall.
Hudson confirmed that John Pearson is now the director of police services, a new position within the city. Clarkston has not announced the hir publicly, and Pearson's information is not on the city's website.
John Pearson is a retired Captain from Dekalb police and a former chief Deputy from the Hemry county Sheriff's Department.
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Friday, May 26, 2023
Saturday, February 25, 2023
Monday, February 20, 2023
Sunday, January 1, 2023
2022 was a hard year for Dekalb County Police, they lost over 160 good officers. Most of those with 3-to-10-year experience, going to other agencies for better pay and better benefits. The police department also lost a lot of good veteran experience to retirement. This experience is hard to replace from the command staff all through the ranks and different areas of the department.
The most disturbing part is a lot of those retirements and
officers leaving still have a lot of good years left in them. They are going to
other agencies and companies where they will be paid better and appreciated for
the work that they do. This should be a huge concern for the Police Department
and the CEO.
No one will tell the real number of post-certified sworn
officers in the department. But a good estimate is below 600 maybe worse than
that.
In 2023 someone needs to ask the hard questions and ask how
the county plans on keeping the Police department staffed with so many people
leaving.
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
So, the Blu Flu was a failure in every aspect, the CEO and Command staff were successful with the threats of write-ups. They dangled the triple overtime carrot in front of you and you took the bait. Now everyone is mad because those who came in and worked overtime to get triple pay will not receive the triple pay at all. Everyone was paid the regular time and a half for the last pay period.
This County has fooled you and lied to you once again.
Friday, June 24, 2022
Dekalb Police is in such a critical need for officers to work and help with answering calls, reducing crime, and working on investigation cases. The CEO and the BOC have approved any officer that will work overtime will be paid at a triple-overtime rate.
The county is willing to pay this astronomical amount of
money in overtime but will not fix the real problem which is better pay and
better benefits for its officers.
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Chief Ramos meant to send Major Williams an email but instead, it went to Det Williams, and when she realized her mistake, she had Major Williams run to the Detective's work station. Major Williams then had the detective sign onto his computer and step away from his computer. Major Williams then opened the email and deleted it.
The email was asking Major Williams to send out Chief Ramos's
resume to some job openings that she wants to apply for. Chief Ramos wants out of Dekalb by October.
Chief Ramos hates being here because she has no control over her Department
without the BOC interfering with her decisions.