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Officers cracking down on drunk, impaired drivers on Labor Day weekend

Posted at 6:57 pm August 26, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Drive Sober

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Department will be out in force this Labor Day holiday as part of the “Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over” crackdown on drunk driving, a press release said.

“This effective nationwide campaign will include high-visibility enforcement throughout Anderson County,” Sheriff Paul White said in a press release. “The ‘Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over’ campaign will focus on drunk and impaired drivers with increased enforcement.”

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Department will take part in this campaign by saturation patrols during the Labor Day holiday period, which runs through September 1. The Anderson County Sheriff’s Department will be conducting a Drunk Driving Prevention Campaign on Friday, August 29, in cooperation with the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Sheriff’s deputies and state troopers will take aim at impaired or drunk drivers throughout Anderson County in an effort to reduce traffic crashes and fatalities, White said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Police and Fire, Tennessee, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, deputies, Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over, drunk driving, Drunk Driving Prevention Campaign, Governor’s Highway Safety Office, impaired drivers, Labor Day, Mark Lucas, Paul White, saturation patrols, Tennessee Department of Transportation, Tennessee Highway Patrol, traffic safety, troopers

Letter: Sheriff vows to continue crime-fighting, make county safer place

Posted at 2:00 am July 19, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Letters Leave a Comment

Paul White

Paul White

To the Editor:

Since I was first elected in 2006, the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department has implemented many changes and programs to better serve the citizens of Anderson County.

The Sheriff’s Department was reorganized to be more efficient and more effective. Emphasis has been placed on enforcement for the prevention, detection, and investigation of crimes. This reorganization has placed more deputies on patrol and investigating crimes, resulting in more arrests and crimes solved.

We have focused the efforts of the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department on drug enforcement and in reducing property crimes such as burglary and theft. These efforts have paid off as overall crime numbers have fallen and are continuing to decrease.

Crime prevention programs such as Neighborhood Watch were reinstated and a dedicated crime prevention officer works hand-in-hand with the community to help in reducing crime. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Letters, Opinion Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County Board of Education, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, arrests, burglary, Clinton, crime, crime analysis, crime mapping, crime prevention, crime prevention officer, crime-fighting, crimes solved, DARE, deputies, District Attorney's Office, drug enforcement, enforcement, illegal drug activity, Neighborhood Watch, Oak Ridge, Paul White, property crimes, school resource officers, SROs, theft

Anderson mayor used lawsuit agreement to settle scores, sheriff says

Posted at 5:05 pm December 9, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Anderson County Detention Facility Expansion

The salary dispute between the Anderson County mayor and sheriff focused on the spending to hire up to 36 new jailers to staff a 212-bed expansion that is still under construction at the Anderson County Detention Facility in Clinton.

CLINTON—He had reserved comment until a judge signed an order resolving a staffing dispute, but then Anderson County Sheriff Paul White accused Mayor Terry Frank of using a lawsuit agreement to try to settle perceived political scores—and he came to the defense of the two county officials that Frank attacked Friday.

“Sheriff White regrets that Mayor Frank has used the settlement of the salary suit, which (she) could have used as an event to set a more civil tone in Anderson County politics, as an opportunity to attempt to settle perceived political scores with Law Director Jay Yeager and Anderson County Commissioner Myron Iwanski,” the sheriff said in a Monday afternoon press release, after the lawsuit order had been signed by Knox County Circuit Court Judge Dale Workman. “Sheriff White cannot express how much he believes that Director Yeager and Commissioner Iwanski are decent and selfless public servants and that the people of Anderson County are lucky to have such competent and dedicated individuals working for the efficient operation of their government. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County Commission, Anderson County Detention Facility, Dale Workman, deputies, jail expansion, jailers, Jay Yeager, Knox County Circuit Court, lawsuit, mayor, Myron Iwanski, Paul White, salary suit, sheriff, Terry Frank

Mayor, sheriff reach agreement on salary suit, but war of words follows

Posted at 12:00 am December 9, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Anderson County Detention Facility Expansion

The salary dispute between the Anderson County mayor and sheriff focused on the spending to hire up to 36 new jailers to staff a 212-bed expansion that is still under construction at the Anderson County Detention Facility in Clinton.

CLINTON—The Anderson County mayor and sheriff reached an agreement Friday that could end their five-month-old legal dispute over an annual salary agreement, possibly closing one expensive and contentious chapter in local government even as it opened a new war of words between top officials.

Knox County Circuit Court Judge Dale C. Workman could sign the agreement Monday morning.

Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank and Sheriff Paul White said the agreement allows the sheriff to hire 15 full-time permanent deputies and additional temporary deputies when the sheriff deems appropriate as he prepares to open a 212-bed jail expansion. But the hiring must stay within the spending limit approved by the Anderson County Commission this year, and the temporary employees cannot work more than six months.

Terry Frank

Terry Frank

Frank and White announced the agreement in a one-page press release distributed Friday. The case had been scheduled to be heard in Knox County Circuit Court on Monday morning. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Anderson County, Government, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County Commission, Anderson County Detention Facility, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, Dale C. Workman, deputies, jail, jail expansion, Jay Yeager, Knox County Circuit Court, litigation, Mark Lucas, mayor, Myron Iwanski, Paul White, salaries, salary agreement, salary suit, sheriff, Terry Frank, writ of mandamus

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