DEPUTY CHIEF'S MESSAGE

Photograph by: Carolyn Terry Photography
Deputy Chief David Ervin

March 12, 2010

On Patrol with Picayune Police, By Deputy Chief David R. Ervin

As we move toward spring and the beginning of the 2010 U.S. Census information gathering, we the officers of the Picayune Police Department encourage you to complete the census information as accurately as possible. The ability to have accurate population counts in our city and the surrounding community means everything to the local government’s ability to receive grants and to have the opportunity at larger amounts of grant funds available to the local area. The U.S. Census is very important in many aspects of government even when it comes to voting for elected officials to represent our Great State of Mississippi, so we again urge you to complete the information as accurate as possible and as quick as possible when made available to you, it is important.

The police department has promoted Sergeant Bonnie Cousin to the rank of Lieutenant; in this promotion she has been given the task of supervisor over the communications center, criminal records, and the jail. Lieutenant Cousin will supervise a total 15 employees, all within the Support Services Division of the Picayune Police Department. Join me in congratulating Lt. Cousin on her promotion, which was well earned by her strong management skills and dedication to the Picayune Police Department, the city and the citizens she serves.

Our strong partnership with the Pearl River County Sheriff’s Office is really working to benefit the community in many ways, such as the joint drug investigations and associated arrest recently. They again worked together when the Police Officers and Sheriff’s Deputies worked quickly to arrest and return an escaped inmate to the city jail just recently. Also we look forward to the assistance of the Sheriff’s Deputies which will help provide security to the upcoming Picayune Spring Street Fair on the weekend of April 10^th and 11^th.

We continue to meet with the Sheriff and his staff on a monthly basis to plan and develop law enforcement tactics to deter criminal activity within the community. We have also partnered with Chief Charlie Fazende of the Poplarville Police Department and his staff, which now have joined the monthly meetings with the Sheriff’s Department and Picayune Police Department. We are all working to make Pearl River county and the two municipalities, Picayune and Poplarville, a safer place to live, work, and play.

February statistics are as follows; officers of the Picayune Police Department answered approximately 2,500 calls for service resulting in 12 felony drug arrests, 25 misdemeanor drug arrests, 28 warrant arrests, 70 misdemeanor crime arrests, and 2 felony arrests for crimes against persons and/or property. The traffic enforcement citations resulted in 99 hazardous moving violations, 213 non-hazardous moving violations, 13 child restraint violations, 23 seatbelt violations, 18 DUI violations and 1 felony DUI violation.

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