HAMILTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, TN—April 30th, 2016

In this issue:

Sheriff Hammond,

Pages 1-2

Branum’s Briefs,

Page 3

Cottontail Commentary,

Page 4

Technology, Pages 5-6

CIT Graduation, Page 7

Commendation, Page 8

Corrections

Communiqué, Pages 9-10

HCSO Marine, Page 11

Chaplain’s Corner,

Page 12

L.E. Memorial, Page 13

What’s Cookin’,

Page 14

Continued next page

Jim, I attended a lecture on the

role of the “Sheriff” by the High

Sheriff of Norfolk, Nicholas

Pratt, who incidentally is a real

character. He gave the lecture in

full uniform, called Court Dress,

which was a black-blue velvet

coat with steel-cut buttons,

breeches and shoes with cut-steel

buckles, a sword, a cocked hat

and with a lace jabot worn

around the neck.

We were given insight into his

responsibility in the law enforce-

ment and ceremonial duties. He

takes his law enforcement duties

very seriously, and has been on

patrol in full Court Dress with

local officers, and incidentally,

was the only one armed. I was

not convinced that a court sword

would be much use in many of

the incidences police are called to

deal with.

This fascinating talk about the

history and role of a Sheriff got

me thinking of the comparison

with the role of sheriff in the

United States of America. You

may be therefore, interested in

the research I have carried out

into the contrasts between the

role of Sheriff in the United

Kingdom and in the United

States of America.

The office of Sheriff is the oldest

secular office in the United

Kingdom, after the Crown.

In my article this month, I want to include a

letter I received recently from a British col-

league and friend who served with me in the

Middle East. Along with our group, he and I

were routinely training 40,000 young Iraqi

police cadets back in 2003-2006. We have con-

tinued to correspond with each other since then, sharing our ca-

reers and lives via e-mail and an occasional package across the wa-

ters. Fortunately the Class A uniforms worn today by sheriffs here

in America are quite a bit different than our counterparts of yester-

day under the British Crown. He wrote:

FROM THE DESK OF JIM HAMMOND

The position dates from Sax-

on times (5th-12th century

Old English), so after an ex-

istence of over 1000 years, it

is considered the oldest law

enforcement office in the

world!

The word Sheriff is derived

from “Shire Reeve” or in old

English “Srir-gerefa,” and

this office still continued

after the Norman Conquest

(12th century). So, since

their powers had been con-

solidated and extended, the

sheriff was now able to

“raise the hue, and cry, and

summon and command the

Posse Comitatus. Inci-

dentally, the Magna Carta

was signed in 1215 and con-

tained 63 clauses, no less

than 27 related to the role

of Sheriff.

My research indicated that

the Mayflower Compact

signed aboard the vessel

Mayflower in 1620 con-

tained the provisions for the

law to be enforced by sher-

iffs; these were later also

contained within the princi-

ples of tolerance and liberty

of the fledgling Government

of the Virginias in the

Americas. This link to the

British legal system is still

celebrated every five years

by the American Law Socie-

ty on the West Staircase in

the Great Hall of Westmin-

ster.

The first head of the emerg-

ing Colonial Government in

America was William Brad-

ford (1590-1657) who man-

aged the court system and

who kept very detailed rec-

ords, which survive to this

day. I found that the legis-

lature in the new colony of

Virginias was the House of

Burgesses. After the Ameri-

can Declaration of Inde-

pendence the Colony was

known as the Common-

wealth of Virginia, which

later became; West Virginia,

Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois

and portions of Ohio and

West Pennsylvania after the

formation of the United

States of America.

I have viewed the extensive

records of the Mayflower

Society, the Library of Con-

gress in Washington DC and

the legislation concerning

Sheriffs in the United King-

dom. I have found categori-

cal evidence that the laws

enacted so long ago in Eng-

land pertaining to the office

of Sheriff in the United

States of America have

never been repealed by any

act of Congress and remain

valid to this day.

My research shows that

Sheriffs in the regions of the

former British Colony of

Virginias are required to

wear Court Dress. I thought

it would be helpful to send

you the details of a tailor

who can make your new

uniforms for you. Ha!

Keep safe,

Wretton, King's Lynn, Norfolk,

United Kingdom

Anthony Moore

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Leadership Briefs With Chief Deputy Allen Branum

DON’T LET LEADERSHIP GO TO YOUR HEAD

I routinely review articles on leadership. This information

came from an article written by Jason Cooper, a Communica-

tions Professional at the University of Nebraska. I feel it is

relevant to law enforcement and life in general.

Stay Grounded

Leaders are usually in lead-

ership positions because

they have proven them-

selves in some capacity.

They may have had the best

technical skills, or the bold-

est and best ideas, or maybe

they found themselves in a

leadership position because

they knew how to work with

and motivate a team of peo-

ple to accomplish far more

than they could alone.

As leaders rise, however,

there is often a tendency to

let it go to their heads. The

faster a leader rises, the

more likely this is to happen.

Pride begins to set in, and

pride is the gateway drug to

arrogance.

Leadership, Skill and

Value

Leaders must strive to never

confuse their skills with

their value. I may be better

at something, but that

doesn’t mean I am better

than someone. People mat-

ter! They may have a differ-

ent skill set or serve in a dif-

ferent capacity, but they

matter.

Leaders who alienate people

by their arrogance rarely

last. But leaders who value

people and elevate others

create a long lasting impact.

Research continually rein-

forces that the ability to en-

gage with people is a key in-

dicator for success and em-

ployee performance.

Arrogance and Humility

No one intentionally sets out

to become arrogant. We can

each think of someone who

we have known who over

time has grown to be full of

themselves. If arrogance is in

fact something that can de-

velop over time, then it also

stands to reason that there

are things we can do to

avoid it happening to us.

But it can be tricky. One can

simply go through the mo-

tions in order to wear their

humility like a shiny badge of

honor.

Here are some of hundreds

of ideas that can enhance

your leadership skills:

Intentionally share the

credit with your team even

when they aren’t around.

Read material from lead-

ers that believe in elevating/

serving others.

Get your hands dirty

from time to time working

alongside your team.

Find a mentor or coach

who is well beyond you.

Find a way to serve your

co-workers or employees on

a regular basis.

Lead Well; Lead Right!

AB

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THE ROLL CALL IS PUBLISHED

EXCLUSIVELY FROM THE

HAMILTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S

OFFICE LOCATED AT

600 MARKET STREET,

CHATTANOOGA, TN 37402

(423) 209-7000

FAX: (423) 209-7001

THE EXECUTIVE EDITOR IS

G. A. BENNETT.

THE OPERATIONAL EDITOR &

PUBLISHER IS JOHN E. WATERS.

CONTRIBUTING TO

THIS ISSUE ARE:

G.A. BENNETT,

ALLEN BRANUM,

SERGIO FREEMAN

JIM HAMMOND,

MATT LEA,

JOHN WATERS,

SHANNON WILSON AND

MELISSA WILSON

The Cotton Tail Commentary

by John Waters

My mother often refers to her own mother and father,

wondering where they are and when they will return. She

treads lightly over the laminate floor that looks like old planks and

reminds herself out loud that a floor from her childhood rotted and

her father replaced it so the children would not fall. "Mother works

so very hard and Daddy is gone a lot, but they will be back soon,

won't they?" The compilation of pictures of her family long gone

disturb her. "Please take them down, I don't feel like grieving over

them any longer; I just can't." To be 93 in June, she sees clearly in the

rearview mirror for most of a century. So at times we sit silently, and

when she wakes for a moment or two, she talks about what she sees,

and together we drift off again - she, deep in her memories. Oh, but

when it is time for me to leave, she enters the present and prays the

blessings of God on me and my family for the future with amazing

clarity. And the fog is never so thick but what she says over and over

how much she loves me. And that is true whenever any family or

friends come around. Soon her bent body will straighten again and

her crown will never slide off. But until then, she lives and dreams

and loves. (Mother had a stroke shortly after my visit. Hopefully, she

will still be with us on Mother’s Day this year.) Cherish the time you

spend with your mother on Mother's Day, May 8th, as well.

HCSO Has Attractive New Bill Board

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Law Enforcement Technology It took almost four months for

the FBI to break into the iPh-

one used by one of the San

Bernardino terrorists. Turns

out, they could have done so

much faster and cheaper with

a simple device sold in retail

shops.

Fone Fun Shop, a British retail-

er, stocks a device that can un-

lock an iPhone running iOS 7

in less than 24 hours. This de-

vice, called the IP Box, bypass-

es the iPhone’s auto-locking

mechanism that is supposed to

defend it against brute-force

password cracking attacks.

The Daily Mail found the de-

vice in a store in Sheffield.

They bought one just to see if

it works for the measly price of

£120, or about $170. They

used it on an iPhone 5C

protected with a four-

digit passcode. Turns

out, the device works. It

checks a code in about 6

seconds, with a total

processing time to run

through every possible

code combination in

just 16 and a half hours.

This means it would take less

than a single day to break into

an iPhone running iOS 7 in the

worst case scenario. Chances

are, the right code won’t be the

last one checked, and the

smart-phone will be opened

much faster than that.

IP Box is aimed at iOS 7, and

iOS 9 supposedly has protec-

tions against the attack. The

seller of the device, however,

claims that a version aimed at

iOS 9 is already in the works

and will come out soon. “We

discovered the device via our

Hong Kong office and were

skeptical as to whether it

would work but after testing

we discovered it worked per-

fectly,” Mark Strachan, compa-

ny director of Fone Fun Shop,

told the Daily Mail.

iHLS News

Rough Terrain?

Russia’s SHERP ATV can climb

over obstacles at tall as 70 cm,

traverse water with little is-

sue, turn almost on the spot

(just like a tank), and you

could have this cool-looking

piece of road-tech for as little

as $49,000 worth of Rubles,

TruckYeah! reports.

The 1,300 kg SHERP is the

brain-child of inventor Alexei

Garagashyan. It sports a 44.3

horsepower 1.5 liter Ku-

bota V1505 four-cylinder

diesel engine and a five-

speed manual transmis-

sion. It can easily do 46.5

km/h on land or nearly 6

km/h in water.

With its giant, custom,

self-inflating tires and skid

-steer, the SHERP can turn in

its own length – 3.3 m. At 2.5

m wide it might look tough to

navigate, but trust us, if there’s

a gap – the SHERP can squeeze

through it. Law enforcement

could find a use for this one.

IHLS News

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This Armor Disintegrates Bullets Since bullets appeared on the scene a few hun-

dred years ago, nothing has been the same. If

once some chainmail or plate armor was enough

to protect you from those pesky arrows, bullets

changes everything. They’re the great equalizer.

It doesn’t matter if it’s a trained warrior or a

small child firing, once a bullet is headed your

way, you should be worried.

Traditional bulletproof vests offer some protec-

tion, but until now, bullet was king. Researchers

at North Carolina State University (NCSU) have

developed a super strong metal foam armor ma-

terial that quite literally turns bullets to dust.

The armor plating is made from composite met-

al foams (CMF), which are light, strong and resil-

ient far more than the Kevlar of metal plating

used today. Afsaneh Rabiei, professor of me-

chanical and aerospace engineering at NCSU has

been working on CMFs for the last several years,

developing and investigating them, and clearly

his work has now come to fruition.

The armor you see is only some 2.5cm thick. It’s

composed of a Kevlar backing, a ceramic strike-

face, and CMFs in the energy absorbing layer in

the middle. “We could stop the bullet at a total

thickness of less than an inch [2.54cm], while

the indentation on the back was less than 8 mil-

limeters,” Rabiei wrote.

This is bad news for bullets.

IHLS News

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HCSO Deputies Jorge Araiza, Brendan Beadle,

Nicholas Crane, Andre Mapp, Josh Richmond,

Carl Ritchey, Jason Smith and Jimmy Wildes

completed the 14th Crisis Intervention Training

(CIT) class for local law enforcement staff.

This training was jointly conducted with the

Chattanooga Police Department consisting of a

week-long class culminating on Friday afternoon

with a graduation Friday, April 22, for the offic-

ers/deputies who successfully passed the course

curriculum. This class included participants

from HCSO, CPD, HC-911, Soddy Daisy PD, Col-

legedale PD, East Ridge PD, Red Bank PD and

TDOC Probation and Parole.

Since 2009, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office

and the Chattanooga Police Department CIT

have now trained over 300 law enforcement

officers, corrections officers and tele-

communicators. The CIT training includes sev-

eral blocks of instruction including, but not lim-

ited to, an introduction of Clinical Issues, Psy-

chotropic Medication and Side Effects, Substance

Abuse and Co-occurring Disorders, Distressing

Voices Simulation, Post-Traumatic Stress Disor-

ders, Alzheimer’s and Dementia, Legal Issues

and Mental Health Law and Traumatic Brain In-

juries.

The 40-hour training was submitted and ap-

proved by the Tennessee Peace Officer Stand-

ards and Training (POST) Commission.

A special thanks goes out to Captain Charles

Lowery, Jr. and CIT Manager, Wanda Mays for

their support and efforts to make this class a

reality.

Matt Lea, PIO

Joint Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Graduation for Local Law Enforcement

The Roll Call, April 30th, 2016 7

March 28th. Hamilton County

Sheriff’s Office Corrections

Sergeant George Jackson was

officially given a Commenda-

tion for service by Sheriff Jim

Hammond. While serving at

the rank of a Corrections Cor-

poral, George Jackson, among

his regular tasks, took the ini-

tiative to review the transport

procedures and work with

those involved to improve and

re-design the required forms

and travel logs. His efforts

have made the operation safer

and more efficient.

After being promoted to the

rank of Corrections Sergeant,

he conducted further reviews

concerning the lack of commu-

nications between shifts and

divisions. Again, Sergeant

Jackson initiated a “shift brief-

ing” that enabled all shifts to

be aware of the activities of

the prior shifts and to create

the ability to save those shift

briefings for future reference.

This project included a re-

design of the shift roster to

better document the posts to

be filled during each shift

which enables supervisors to

be actively involved and assist

when planning the workload

and manpower allocations.

According to his superiors,

Sergeant Jackson routinely

takes the initiative to help cre-

ate a better work environment

within the Hamilton County

Jail which provides a safer

workplace for the employees

and the inmates. His actions

and constant assessment of

operations of the Corrections

Division are to be commended.

Sergeant George Jackson cer-

tainly exemplifies the role of a

dedicated public servant and is

in keeping with the highest

standards of the Hamilton

County Sheriff’s Office.

Matt Lea, PIO

Corrections Sergeant George Jackson Receives Commendation

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Continued next page

April 5th. The Hamilton

County Sheriff’s Office Cor-

rections Division hosted a

Cadet Academy Graduation

for eighteen new Correc-

tions graduates. These new

graduates will fill several

empty positions in the Ham-

ilton County Jail and will

help to raise personnel lev-

els closer to regular duty

standards. Each graduate

completed 240 hours of

training set forth by the

Hamilton County Sheriff’s

Office Training Academy

and have met all require-

ments of the Tennessee Cor-

rectional Institute and the

American Correctional Asso-

ciation. Corrections Depu-

ties serve numerous roles in

the Hamilton County Jail in-

cluding inmate safety and

security, transportation to

and from court, and inmate

booking.

The graduates of Cadet

Academy #38 are as follows:

Deputies Cerion Carson, Mi-

chael Craig, Corey

Dent, Cody Evans, Christo-

pher Gates, Nathan George,

Geoffrey Gibson, Elijah Gil-

bert, Joseph Jones, Ronald

Latimore, Kevin Lewis, Jo-

seph Little, Nicholas Mon-

roe, Kenneth Riley, Stephen

Roberts, Jason Tillison, Rich-

ard Womack and Tyler

Wooden. The graduating

Class President was Deputy

Stephen Roberts and the

Top Academic Achiever was

Deputy Richard Womack.

Matt Lea, PIO

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Corrections Civilian & Officer of the Quarter

April 20, 2016. the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Corrections Division honored the Civilian

and Officer of the Quarter for the 2016 1st quarter. This quarter’s recipients were Denise Ben-

ton (Civilian of the Quarter) and Officer Steve Outlaw (Officer of the Quarter). These two em-

ployees were nominated by their peers for their outstanding performance and attention to

detail while performing their duties within the Hamilton County Jail.

Sheriff Jim Hammond stated, “The actions of these two employees exemplify the role of a pub-

lic servant, and are in keeping with the highest standards of professionalism of both the Cor-

rections Division and the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office. Thank you for a job well done.”

20 Year Service Award Presented to Deputy Michael Looney

April 11, 2016, Sheriff Jim Hammond and

members of the HCSO Command Staff with

the Patrol Division presented Deputy

Michael Looney a Service Award for 20

years of dedicated service to the

Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office and to

the citizens of Hamilton County.

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Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Marine Patrol

Deputies’ Brian Killingsworth and Thad

Robards, Hamilton County Park Rangers Cap-

tain Noel McDaniel, Lieutenant Jeremy Morrison

and Ranger Christopher Baxter, along with

TWRA Wildlife Officers McSpadden and Frank-

lin spoke to the Scouts about the importance of

boating safety, always wearing their life jackets

and gave them useful information about boating

operations. The Scouts were also given coloring

sheets and junior boating officer badges.

Following the lesson, the Scouts went outside

and were given the opportunity to climb aboard

HCSO Marine 2 and see firsthand how the craft

operated and all the many different types of

equipment and safety devices used on the pa-

trol boat. They even got the opportunity to turn

on the siren!

This event helped these young Scouts not only

earn a new respect for boating safety, but they

also were able to earn their Boats and Floats

Badge.

Matt Lea, PIO

HCSO Marine Patrol Deputies Teach Local Cub Scout Troop Boater Safety

The Roll Call, April 30th, 2016 11

Are We Hearing or Listening? Are We Hearing or Listening? Are We Hearing or Listening?

"When I spoke, you did not lis-

ten..." (Isaiah 65:12)

Not listening. That's a trait of

unhealthy families. Unfortu-

nately, some children learn it

from their parents. If commu-

nication skills aren't strong

among the adults in a family,

it's no wonder the kids don't

listen.

" I don't want to have to tell you

again; come to dinner now!"

The frustrated parent calls the

children for the umpteenth time

and mutters, "Those kids just

don't listen to me."

The same thing might be said

about many relationships.

Healthy family members com-

municate well with each other;

unhealthy ones don't.

The same can be said of any

organization. When there is a

good give-and-take between

the leaders and the followers,

and among the various groups

and individuals, an organiza-

tion thrives. Listening brings

about openness and creates a

climate for growth.

At times God himself could

echo that frustrated parent:

"My children just

don't listen to me!"

Imagine His frustra-

tion.

In the pages of the

Bible God has clear-

ly shown us how

best to live. He has

given us his own

example, in the per-

son of Jesus Christ,

and he promises

the Spirit's power

to help us follow

him. But do we listen?

Sometimes. Only sometimes.

What happens when we stop

listening to the Lord? Our rela-

tionship with Him goes stale,

and we fall into dysfunctional

patterns. We fail to learn the

important lessons of life. We

get spiritually hungry because

we ignore his call to dinner.

But when we do listen to Him?

Well, then we get to join in the

feast. We are nourished. We

share the blessings of His pres-

ence. We grow in our relation-

ship with Him.

Imagine somebody goes for a

medical checkup. "Don't work

so hard," the doctor says.

"Take a vacation. Watch your

cholesterol." The person nods.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." He's hear-

ing but not listening. And as a

result, his health will continue

to deteriorate.

Perhaps we would do well to

listen to the Great Physician.

His Word records the advice

he gave his ancient people

when they fell into dysfunc-

tional patterns. The same in-

structions can be applied to

our lives.

May each one of us echo the

words of the psalmist, "I will

listen what God the Lord will

speak." (Psalm 85:8)

Chaplain Sergio Freeman,

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What’s Cookin’ @ HCSO!

Hamburger Baked Beans

Ingredients:

1 pound ground beef or ground chuck

½ medium onion, chopped

½ bell pepper, chopped

1 can (16 ounce size) pork and beans

(your choice – Bushes preferable)

1 teaspoon mustard

½ cup ketchup

3 or 4 dashes of Worcestershire sauce

½ cup brown sugar

Directions:

In a skillet put a pat of butter and a couple

tablespoons of Olive Oil, add the bell pep-

per and onion and cook until softened and

translucent.

Add the ground beef / ground chuck and

cook until brown and no pick remains.

Drain off excess fat. Mix other ingredients

together and add to ground beef mixture.

Pour into a large casserole dish and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

Serves / 4 - 6

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