We have had several incidents of commercial burglary, theft, and property damage on the south side of Town over the past year, so I wanted to take a moment to remind all of our citizens to please call us if you see something suspicious in your travels in this area or in your neighborhood. The specific area that I am talking about is along a stretch of Senoia Road from Dogwood Trail to the south Town Limits and inside Shamrock Industrial Park.

A detailed, interactive map of the area showing the reported incidents is available at the following link:

Crime and Police activity statistics for January 2011 have been posted for public review.

Please note that the form for statistics has been slightly modified to allow for a monthly comparison for the current and previous years as well as a running count of percentage of change for each category.

Our annual report for 2010 has been published and uploaded to the website for public review at www.tyrone.org/annualpolicereports.

Highlights are as follows:

• A 14% decrease in Part I crime;
• A 12% decrease in Property Crime;
• A 50% decrease in Violent Crime;
• A 14% decrease in Accidents;
• A 29% decrease in Accidents with Injuries;
• No fatal accidents were reported; and
• A 6% increase in overall calls for service and officer initiated activity.

We are distributing the following information on behalf of the Fayette County Dept. of Fire & Emergency Services. Please note that they will be conducting tests of the warning siren system on February 9th at 9:00 am, which will include the two located here in Tyrone.

Could you provide one of our officers with the Make, Model, and Serial Number of your 55" TV if it were stolen from your home? How about a detailed description and perhaps a photo of your valuable jewelry? If you're like 66% of our theft victims during 2009 and 2010, the answer is probably "No" which is unfortunate because most stolen items are rarely recovered and most thieves are not brought to justice for that very reason.

As part of the Tyrone Police Department's Community Policing initiative, Officer Andrea Johnson attended Millbrook Village's block party on Saturday September 25 to interact with residents and show off one of our new Dodge Chargers.

A recent article in The Citizen highlights the low violent crime rates of Peachtree City and Tyrone in 2009 based on Uniform Crime Report Data released by the FBI.

Tyrone's rate was .58 incidents per 1,000 residents.

The FBI defines Part I, or violent crime, as those including murder, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault.

Citizens,

I want to take a few minutes to stress the importance of proactive crime prevention in light of a serious incident that occurred over the weekend.

The Tyrone Police Department held a sergeant promotion test and assessment panel on Wednesday April 14, 2010 to fill two open sergeant positions. The assessment consisted of a written test covering policy, law, and technique along with an oral review board made up of three lieutenants from outside agencies who interviewed the candidates and rated their responses to video based scenarios.

Thousands of Fayette/Tyrone residents were on hand to pay their respects to Fallen Hero, 1 Lt. Robert Collins, yesterday as he was escorted from Falcon Field to Parrott Funeral Home in Fairburn.

Learn more about Lt. Collins and view more images from the procession at The Citizen.com