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Thursday, February 2, 2006
Sandy Springs, here I come
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Well, I guess it’s time to tell you that I will be retiring from the Fulton County Police on Feb. 9.
I will be taking a position with the new Sandy Springs Police as a public information officer. This means that I will be getting up in the middle of the night to say, on camera, things like “perpetrator” and “suspected perpetrator” and “possible suspected perpetrator” as well as other catchy police technical phrases like “that guy shot the other guy and then we locked him up.”
I’m not a late-night or early-morning person, so be sure to TiVo this under “comedy” or “bloopers.”
There will be some obvious changes. I will continue writing columns and e-mails both off of the e-mail network and for the AJC. As we get set up, we will continue to send reports as we do now, with the change being that those areas of unincorporated Alpharetta and Roswell will be under the direction of the Fulton Police Special Services Unit. They plan to continue to send crime reports for that area.
During any down time of weekly crime reports, I will be sending articles and reports on crime-prevention topics and other related trends and information that are of interest to readers across the metro area. With the past success of how these reports and information were received by the homeowners and businesses, it would be dumb not to continue.
For those of you north of the river, I will miss you! The strongest of programs have come from the northern part of the county, thanks to the efforts of the residents and dedicated homeowner’s groups.
I hope that the upcoming neighborhood watch system in Sandy Springs will have the same level of dedication. Please stay in contact! (I like the gossip about the usual suspects and perverts.)
For you in Sandy Springs, this is a great opportunity to embrace a new government and especially a new police department intending on providing the day-to-day service and response that has long been overdue. I look forward to the building phase.
I get a new badge and in two months, if everything goes right, a new gun. Bullets will be forwarded to me in late June.
I will be making some changes and probably offer some options for those who want to remain on the network for crime-prevention topics or day-to-day stuff. There is a lot to learn by seeing other’s mistakes. (Don’t forget crime is a risk-and-opportunity formula.)
For those of you who read for the “mindless entertainment” value, well, some things don’t change.
For those of you who have never seen a police department start up from scratch, well, I haven’t either, so I’ll be keeping a journal of the process and I’m sure it’s going to be interesting in some sort of way.
My retirement schedule is as follows:
I will retire at the end of the day on the 9th, a Thursday. On the morning of the 10th, I’ll report to work for Sandy Springs.
This means that sometime during prime-time television on the evening of the 9th, I’ll be retired meaning that I’ll start being retired during the local news at 5 p.m. I’ll continue to be retired during “Will and Grace” (NBC) and “Survivor /Panama” (CBS) and “Dancing with the Stars “(ABC.) I will be totally retired during “My Name is Earl” and “The Office.” I will also be retired during the showing of “The “Comancheros.”
The Comancheros stars John Wayne and Stuart Whitman as a Texas Ranger and roguish gambler, respectively. Reluctantly joining forces, Wayne and Whitman try to round up the “comancheros” — renegade whites who’ve aligned with the Comanche people in smuggling guns and whisky.
Ina Balin plays the daughter of comanchero chieftain Nehemiah Persoff, who meets Stu and the Duke when they’re captured by the renegades. But will she help them get out of their bind, or is she too loyal to her father?
Don’t know, but I do know that I’ll be retired during that whole movie.
In the works …
We are in the construction phase of my Web site (meaning I haven’t paid the guy yet.) I hope to have that up and going soon (meaning this lifetime.) In the meantime, my e-mail is steverose14@yahoo.com so if you need anything between work e-mails, then give me a buzz. Look for another report next week.
It’s been fun!
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My job:
I’ve been with Sandy Springs PD since February of 2006 after my retirement from Fulton County.
What I do:
I am in charge of Public Information and Community Relations which involves anti-crime programs, Neighborhood Watch, and other programs involving the community.
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