“When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going!” How many times have we heard this expression during our life-times? Well, we saw it in action several weeks ago during that terrible and destructive day of twisters. Unfortunately, our day of twist-ers was not like the Hollywood “Twister” movie of several years ago; it was the real thing multi-plied many times over. Like our neighbors to the north and south, we were inundated by numerous F2 - F4 tornados. It was reported that over 75 such twisters rained death and destruction over several states in the south in just one 24-hour period killing over 300 people and causing untold amounts destruction. Tennessee was no exception, and in Hamilton County, the storms claimed nine lives. There has never been a day of such storm activity in the southern United States since

records have been kept. I would be remiss if I did not take time to recognize the many citizens of Hamilton County and even citizens from around the country who stepped up to the challenge of the “tough get going when the going got tough.” While I could cite many examples, what I want to do here is to recognize “Our Own Family in Blue” FIRST who

were there to “get going” even when some of their own families were suffering much damage to personal homes and property. In moments, many lives and the face of the landscape were liter-ally changed forever with the sound and fury like that of a runaway freight train destroying a life-time of possessions and property; in nine cases claiming the lives of young and old, rich and poor, male and female.

The morning after that terrible night, I toured the devastated area and heard many stories of horror from those who had lived through the disaster. One theme I kept hearing re-peated was the excitement of citizens upon seeing the arrival of the first responders. One gen-tleman summed it up best: He said, “After the shock of realiz-ing that my home was gone, my

Tornados, Pages 2-4

Sheriff ’s Spotlight, Page 5

Letters to the Editors, Page 6

Corrections Communi-

qué, Page 7

Forgotten Child, Page 8

Criminal Aliens, Page 9

Your Good Health, Page 10

Police Technology,

Page 12

Chaplain’s Corner & Personal Finance,

Page 13

Anne’s Birthdays, Page 14

Executive Editor,

Director G. A. Bennett

Associate Editor

and Publisher,

Dr. John E. Waters

Art Support,

Jimi Hammond

HAMILTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, TN—May 31st, 2011

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family injured and bleeding, we were sitting there in the blackness of the night without power to see, or being able to seek warmth with the cold, wet rain soaking everything, I never felt such panic or alone-ness.” Not knowing quite what happened or how his other family members or neighbors were, he spent what seemed to him an eternity waiting for help. Finally, in the distance he heard voices and saw the

beams of flashlights as police and rescue personnel made their way through what re-sembled a war zone of mas-sive, fallen trees, downed pow-er lines, twisted wreckage from million-dollar homes, simple shacks, barns and ve-hicles. They came searching for the living and discovering the dead all-the-while trying to avoid the live utility wires, still sparking dangerously.

He said he had never seen such a welcomed sight; never did it seem so good for him to see law enforcement and know that “help had arrived.” This story was repeated many times over in the days to come as was seen and heard in our newspapers, on televisions and radios. I want our people to know how much our citizens deeply appreciate our personnel for their rescue responses, en-

hanced patrols, and the seal-ing off areas to looters, sight-seers and those who would hinder the stabilization of a bad situation. Many officers worked long hours with little sleep seeking to protect and serve our citizens who had been so devastated by the storms. As sheriff, I cannot tell you how proud I was to see the

quick response of our staff and the many innovative ways in which so many members of our people handled all the problems and issues that arose. I would not try to name all the individuals who rose above the call to duty for this event, for to do so I might miss some. Just let me simply say to you, the men and women of HCSO at all levels, you have made yourselves, and especially me, proud of your dedication to

duty, your service to the citi-zens of Hamilton County and to the many challenges that comes to law enforcement. Like I said, “When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going.” I‟ve seen it first hand again - and in all of you! Jim Hammond, Sheriff

April 27, 2011 A Day of Deadly Destruction Eight F-2 to F-4 tornados

struck Hamilton County

leaving 9 people dead,

more than a hundred in-

jured and millions of dol-

lars in property damage as

winds up to 260 miles per

hour ravaged the land-

scape in the worst storms

to ever be recorded in Ten-

nessee. Adding insult to

injury, straight-line winds,

massive hail, lightning

and heavy rain terrified

the community and ham-

pered rescue operations.

Sheriff continued

HCSO Sheriff Jim Hammond EMS Director Don Allen

CPD Chief Bobby Dodd EMS Chief Ken Wilkerson

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Corrections Deputy Terry Jeffries is shown here with Captain John Swope and Sheriff Jim Hammond. On May 3, 2011, a Certificate of Commenda-tion and a Sheriff‟s Challenge Coin were awarded to Deputy Terry Jeffer-ies for the training of eleven new offic-ers who graduated recently from the HCSO Corrections Academy. This class was extremely successful due to the efforts of Deputy Jeffries. He was chosen for this position not only because of his training knowledge and abilities – but because he cares. He has the desire to present a training package that is beneficial to his students which requires a tremen-dous amount of hard work. As a result of the effort put forth by this of-ficer, the Corrections Division greatly bene-fits. Deputy Jefferies is a good example of the Hamilton County Sheriff‟s Office Mission

Statement of our Commitment to Excellence and is in keeping with the highest standards of the Hamilton County Sheriff‟s Office. Ac-cordingly, this Certificate of Commendation and Sheriff‟s Challenge Coin are awarded to Deputy Terry Jefferies.

Sheriff’s Office Spotlights Excellence

The Optimist Club of Chattanooga honored Hamilton County Sheriff‟s Office Sergeant Mark Kimsey on Friday May 20, 2011 at the club‟s “Respect for Law Program” at Niko‟s Southside Grill. Initiated in 1965, the award

recognizes the many positive attributes of lo-cal law enforcement personnel who serve and protect the citizens of Hamilton County. Carolyn Tucker stated, “We are proud to

honor Sergeant Mark Kimsey of the Hamilton County Sheriff‟s Office. Sergeant Mark Kimsey‟s work in accident investi-gation and reconstruc-tion is a most difficult and demanding job,

which he performs with true professionalism.” Shown here are Gary Behler, Chairman of the Scenic Chattanooga Op-timist Club Respect for Law Program, Sergeant Mark Kimsey and Car-olyn Tucker, President of the Scenic Chattanooga Optimist Club.

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Dear Sheriff Jim Hammond, The Apison community was hard hit by tornados on April 27th, and our street took a direct hit. I cannot thank the members of this depart-ment enough for their acts of bravery under the most dan-gerous circumstances. Our officers went well be-yond their duty to check on the safety of my neighbors the night of the storm, many working 20-24 hours straight! I know these offic-ers acted very professionally under the most of difficult times. Our community is forever grateful. The on-site command staff did a first-rate job working with several outside police and fire agencies to ensure our physical and property

safety during this time of cri-sis. We can proudly say we had no loses due to looting or vandalism at any time be-cause of the heavy law en-forcement presence during this crisis. Their presence sent a strong, firm message to the criminal element: No one was going to come into Apison to cause problems or steal! I know your officers were away from their families to protect our families, and for this I am ever grateful. I want to commend the men and women of the Reserve force as well for their many long un-paid hours of stand-ing, patrolling in the streets and working at the Com-mand Post as well. I have been a member of this unit throughout the years,

and I know many times our work goes unnoticed. The Reserve officers should be commended for their profes-sional job, as they were in the thick of the job of keep-ing the peace. Years of train-ing by these officers has now been put to the test and they have passed with flying col-ors! Again, I want to say "Thank You" to everyone who took part in the Apison tornado and recovery efforts. Sheriff, you have many em-ployees of whom to be proud. Thank you for leading the very best sheriff‟s office in the state of Tennessee. Sincerely yours, Perry and Monica Perkins Apison, Tennessee

To the Editors, Please accept this note of grati-tude for your Honor Guard‟s participation in the Chattanoo-ga National Day of Prayer event last Thursday! Blessings! Genendal Fratantuono, Coordinator

To the Editors, I would like to thank you for allowing me to attend the Police Officers Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) class that was held last February. Not being a police officer, I did not think I would learn as much as I did. I especially want to thank Lieutenant Chris Chambers who brought so much professionalism, expertise and enthusiasm to the class. I am the person who actually does the majority of Orders of Protection for Hamilton County. This program helped me to better help those folks…. Carol Anderson, Deputy Clerk, Circuit Court Clerks Office

To the Editors, I want to take the time to personally thank the Sheriff‟s Office Traffic Division and for all the well wishes and prayers for my family during our time of our bereavement. My fami-ly lost Virginia Jo Hinton and V.J. Jackson on Saturday, April 30, 2011. They were vic-

tims of the recent storm when they misused a generator at their home and succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning. My family is well and speaks often of the support of the sher-iff‟s office in our time of need. Sincerely, Van Hinton

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Court Rules Strip Searches of Inmates Constitutional

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals says searches are needed to prevent the smug-gling of contraband into de-tention centers. The decision replaces a smaller panel's more critical ruling in 2008. Blanket strip searches of in-coming jail inmates are con-stitutional and necessary to prevent the smuggling of contraband into the deten-

tion centers, a Federal ap-peals court ruled recently. The decision by a full 11-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals re-places a smaller panel's rul-ing in 2008 that strip search-es are so dehumanizing that they violate a person's con-stitutional rights if conduct-

ed without good reason to suspect the individual is car-rying drugs or weapons. Writing for the majority, Judge Sandra S. Ikuta, said the court had found the strip-search policy reasona-ble under the Fourth Amend-ment. She pointed out that the searches had produced hundreds of caches of drugs, money, shanks, knives and

other items that can pose risk to jail personnel and other inmates. Source:

American Jail Association,

http://www.aja.org

Th e Four t h Amen dm ent Revis i t ed

Submitted by Deputy

George Jackson

Our very own Lauren Alaina Suddeth came home Saturday May 14, 2011.

She is shown here

at the Lookouts game with Officer Chip Smith, CPD, Sergeant Austin Garrett, CPD, Detective Gil

Jemison, HCSO, Officer Michael Ortel, CPD, Of-

ficer Josh Brewer, CPD, Sergeant Chad Sullivan,

CPD and Sergeant Mark Kimsey,

HCSO.

Our Hometown American Idol Rocks!

HCSO Corrections may strip search

people due to the following:

1. A person's charges

2. A person's past charges

3. A person's demeanor

4. After an inmate has a contact

or an attorney visit

5. An inmate going outside the jail

6. An inmate returning from

outside the jail

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Left to right: Bill “Dex” Poindexter, US-101, Deputy Ezra Harris, HCSO, Captain Kelly Simmons, CFD, Melissa “Mo” Turner, US-101, and Chief Randy Parker, CFD. Deputy Ezra Harris, Vice President of The Forgotten Child Fund, is shown holding a check for $28,268 that was raised by the listeners of US-101. The president of the organization, Captain Kelly Simmons with the Chattanooga Fire Department, said the money will be used in the coming months to purchase toys

that will be distributed to area families during the upcoming Christmas season. In addition to the Chattanooga Fire De-partment, the Forgotten Child Fund is op-erated and supported by volunteers of the Hamilton County Sheriff‟s Office, Chatta-nooga-Hamilton County Rescue, Chatta-nooga Police Department, Hamilton County Emergency Services, Red Bank Fire Department, Signal Mountain Fire Department, and other local volunteer fire departments.

The Forgotten Child Fund getting ready for Christmas

DUI Bill Board Officer

Finally Identified!

DUI Task Force Officer,

Deputy Ken Taylor was

seen in 1990 on two bill

boards, one posted near

the Coca Cola Plant on Amnicola Highway

and one near the 4th Avenue exit on I-24.

Mule Days

Five members of the HCSO Mounted Patrol went to

Mule Days and worked with Nashville Metro.

(This was a first for us.) Our five riders helped hold

back about 600 non-registered riders from min-gling with the rest of the

registered riders along the five-mile parade route with

thousands of people.

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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report this week (cited May 4, 2011), "Criminal Alien Statistics: Information on In-

carceration, Arrests, and Costs," that found over the past five fiscal years the number of criminal aliens in federal prisons has in-creased by 4,000 to approximately 55,000 in 2009. This is increase of about 7 percent. In state prisons, the criminal alien population has increased by approximately 75,000 peo-ple, making it an approximate increase of 25 percent.

Almost 70 percent of the criminal al-iens in federal prisons were born in Mexico, while 5 percent are from the Dominican Re-public and 5 per-cent are from Co-lombia. The GAO report

states that the number of immigrants arrest-ed and deported by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has risen over 70 per-cent since 2009.

The numbers have increased even more dra-matically when comparing deportations of convicted criminals in 2007 to 2010. In 2007, 8,877 immigrants were deported after convic-tions, while in 2010 there were 78,690 crimi-nal aliens deported after convictions. Based on a random sample, the GAO study estimates that criminal aliens average about seven arrests each and about 65 percent were arrested at least once for an immigration of-fense. About 50 percent of all criminal aliens

had been arrested at least once for a drug of-fense, according to the GAO sample. The Department of Homeland Security esti-mates that of fiscal year 2009, there were about 25.3 million total non-U.S. citizens liv-ing in the United States. Among non-U.S. Cit-izens, about 10.8 million were aliens without lawful immigration status. It costs approximately $1.5 billion to $1.6 bil-lion annually to incarcerate criminal aliens in federal prisons and to reimburse states and localities through the Department of Justice's State Criminal Alien Assistance Program for those held in state and local jails.

Source: FedAgent

Getting it straight criminal alien statistics

I L L E G A L

A L I E N

G A N G

M E M B E R

Guadalupe Gutierrez Juarez: Illegal

Alien Rapist of a 10-Year Old

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The human body is made up of between 55 and 75 per-cent water and is in need of constant replenishment. Your lungs expel between two and four cups of water each day through normal breathing - even more on a cold day. If your feet sweat, there goes another cup of

water. If you make half a dozen trips to the bathroom during the day, that's six cups of water. Perspiration can add up to two cups of water, more when exercising. A person needs to lose 10 percent of their body weight in fluids to be considered dehydrated, but as little as 2 percent can affect athlet-ic performance, cause tiredness and dull critical thinking abilities. Adequate water consump-tion lessens the chance of kidney stones, keep joints lubricated, prevent and lessen the severity of colds and flu and help prevent constipation! Lack of water can lead to dehydration, a condition that occurs when you don't have enough water in your body to carry on nor-mal functions. Even mild dehydration of 1 percent to 2 percent loss of your body weight can sap your ener-gy and make you tired. De-hydration poses a particu-lar health risk for the very young and the very old. Signs and symptoms of

dehydration include exces-sive thirst, fatigue, headache, dry mouth, little or no urina-tion, muscle weakness, dizzi-ness and lightheadedness. So, how much water do you really need? A healthy adult's daily fluid intake can vary widely. The

average urine output for adults is 57 ounces a day. An additional 34 ounces of water can be lost daily through breathing, sweating and bowel movements. Food usually accounts for 20

percent of your fluid intake, so consuming 64 ounces of water or other beverages a day (a little more than 8 cups), along with your nor-mal diet, can replace the lost fluids. Beer, wine, coffee, tea or so-da can contribute to your to-tal fluid intake. The best bev-

erage is still water. Water is calorie-free and inexpensive when drawn from a faucet or fountain and readily availa-ble in and out of your home. Source: ShapeFit

Submitted by Donald Klasing

W A T E R

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Jeff Baker on his Indian

Dave Rodery and Don Gorman concede defeat in the Biker Belly Contest

Jeff Owens and Chris Chambers Members of the Hamilton

County Sheriff‟s Office along

with several other law en-

forcement agencies and fire

department personnel gath-

ered for their yearly Good

Friday motorcycle ride. The

group gathered at the West

Annex on Good Friday and

headed for Fall Creek Falls

State Park, which is about

120 mile round trip ride.

Those from the HCSO that

attended were, Director Don

Gorman, Sergeant David Ro-

dery, Lieutenant Chris

Chambers, IT Tech Jeff Ow-

en, Reserve Office Bob Davis,

Detective Jeff Baker, Robin

Langford, Lieutenant Gene

Coppinger and organizer, De-

tective Blake Daniel.

You can contact any of these

men for information about

this ride and other large

group rides.

Annual Good Friday Motorcycle Ride

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Ahhhhh, the “good ’ole days!”

The biggest secret in the special opera-

tions community - what gun did the

SEAL‟s from "DevGru" use to kill Osa-

ma bin Laden - has now been revealed.

Two military gear blogs, citing multiple

insider sources, credit the highly relia-

ble HK416 rifle, an M-16 type weapon,

with the "double tap" of 5.56 mm bul-

lets to bin Laden's head.

The German manufacturer, Heckler &

Koch, did not have any immediate

comment, but described the gun on its

website as the perfect SEAL weapon: it shoots an effective 5.56 mm round, has a gas system that

doesn't foul the weapon like some other rifles, can shoot 20,000 rounds with "minimal degrada-

tion of accuracy," and fires just fine after being submerged in water and not completely drained.

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Jane Wagner once quipped, “Reality is the leading cause of stress for those in touch with it.” If your “reality” is anything like mine, you‟re accustomed to all kinds of stress. The reality is, life is stressful. Banks want their mortgage payment every month. Cars

break down. Health prob-lems crop up. People are frustrating, or downright irri-tating. Work is demanding. Above all else, we don‟t have enough time; we don‟t have enough money; we don‟t have enough patience and we don‟t have enough skill to fix our problems. Maybe you‟ve got it all to-gether, but I‟m willing to bet

that most of us can relate. We just cannot seem to meet the “realities” of life in a calm and collected manner. Whether you consider Jesus to be your personal Savior, or just some guy that lived a long time ago, we can all learn from this one event from His life.

In Mark 4:36, crowds of peo-ple were demanding Jesus‟ time. Jesus reached a cer-tain point where He had enough and called it quits. He jumped in a boat and took off. He was very inten-tional about getting away from the demands and hectic schedule. For Him, getting away from the stress was just as im-

portant as dealing with the demands of life. What about you? Are you getting away? Are you disen-gaging from stressful situa-tions regularly enough to be healthy? Often, simply get-ting away from the stress is just as important as dealing with it.

My advice is this: routinely set aside some “me time.” Go fishing. Go four-wheeling. Play (read “watch”) football. Engage in a hobby. And if you don‟t know what your hobby is, explore what it might be. Have fun. Chaplain Jason Saylers

“Calendars are for careful people, not passionate ones.” Chuck Sigars.

“The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.” Plutarch, 46-120 AD

“Before making any major financial decision, I recom-mend that you seek the ad-vice of two or three godly fi-nancial advisers. In my view, an appropriate definition for such a person would be as follows: a spirit-ually mature Christian who understands and applies God‟s financial principles (Psalm 111:10), has a close personal relationship with God (John 15), has the nec-

essary practical financial knowledge (Proverbs 24:3, 4), and habitually puts the in-terests of clients first (Philippians 2:3-4). I believe that one of your fi-nancial counselors should be your spouse (Genesis 2:24), even if she or he has limited financial knowledge. God, through his Holy Spirit, can give His peace or lack of peace to an objective spouse who is not emotionally excit-

ed about or biased against a particular financial decision. Unfortunately sometimes we refuse to seek counsel be-cause of pride. Proverbs 13:10 states, „Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.‟ Proverbs 11:2 states, „When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with hu-mility comes wisdom.‟ ” By Tim Copeland

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June, 2011 2 Gaston, Charles Dale

2 Henderson, Curtis Alton

2 Triplett, Pamela C.

2 Wise, William Russell

3 Boland, Keith Anson

4 Hammond, James Willis, III

4 Outlaw, Robert Steven

6 Graham, Seth Douglas

6 Johnson, Charlie Will, Jr.

6 Lowrey, Jeanne Carol

7 Melbert, Jerry

8 Bowers, Jimmy Dewayne

9 Medford, Robert Ernest, Sr.

10 Blair, Gary Randall

10 Valenzuela, William Edward

11 Williamson, Julia M.

13 Mays, Joseph David, III

13 Ray, Marty Eugene

14 Planer, Gene William

15 Bush, Jacque D.

15 Templeton, Walter Max

16 Bodnar, Craig Christopher

17 Crawley, Crystal Gayle

17 Wilkerson, Micah Jabari

19 Hall, Brock William

19 Kizziar, William Floyd

21 Harden, Daniel Keith

21 Nolan, Patricia Irene

22 Brown, Troy John-Hamilton

23 McClure, Jonathan Andrew

24 Daniel, Dale Andre

25 Elliott, Veronica Nicole

25 Sheffield, Jodi Elaine

25 Wilson, Melissa McCulley

26 Clift, James Benjamin

26 Rollins, Roy Glenn

27 Rice, Ronald Glen

28 Daniels, Spencer S.

28 Johnson, Max E.

30 Harvey, Roland Christopher

30 Thompson, Michael Shane

“Oh Almighty God, whose great power and eternal wisdom embraces the universe,

Watch over all policeman and law enforcement officers.

Protect them from harm in performance of their duty to stop crime,

robberies, riot and violence.

We pray, help them keep our streets and homes safe by day and night.

We commend them to your loving care because their duty is dangerous.

Grant them unending strength and courage in their daily assignments.

Dear God, protect these brave heroes, grant them your almighty protection.

Unite them safely with their families after duty has ended.”

The Policeman's Prayer

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