From the Chief's Desk

I recently posted on our Support’s page on Facebook about new, donated AEDs. In this Chief’s Desk I want to go into a little more detail about how we received them.

The Elgin Police Department is pleased to announce the donation of three ZOLL AEDs for our Officers on April 26, 2023, by Woodman of the World Life Insurance Society. We received these at no cost to the de partment. These devices are very expensive and desperately needed. able to obtain the AEDs for us.

for service within the town limits prior to EMS. Victims who received a defibrillator shock had a far greater chances at survival, than those who waited for EMS to arrive.

Woodman Life (woodmanlife.org) Is a non-

Trespass: On 04/17/2023 I, Officer Handy along with Cpl. Delong responded to Jeffers Circle in the Town Limits of Elgin in reference to a trespass complaint. Once on the scene we were met by a home healthcare nurse who stated that Subject was inside the home and refused to leave. She stated that the homeowner did invite Subject into the home earlier in the day but asked her to leave and she refused. I made contact with Subject who was sitting on the couch in the living room drinking a beer. I advised her that the homeowner no longer wanted her there, and she agreed to leave. I placed her on trespass noticed from this location at the homeowner's request. Because Subject had been drinking, I gave her a ride to her home on Highway Church Road.

PWID Meth/Possession of Drug Paraphernalia/Resisting Arrest: Officer was running stationary radar on Smyrna Road in the Town Limits of Elgin when I noticed a motorcycle moving at a high rate of speed, confirmed by radar to be run- ning 60/35 mph zone and nearly ran into the back of another vehicle. The motorcycle then passed the vehicle at a high and reckless rate of speed in a marked 35 mph zone. I activated my blue lights to make a traffic stop on the motorcycle and it accelerated. I then asked dispatch if a county unit was close to me and notified them that I was pursuing the motorcycle. Chief Anders began heading my way to assist. I pursued the motorcycle down Smyrna Road and onto Springvale Road, hitting speeds of over 90 mph. The driver then made a right turn onto Longtown Road going toward Lugoff, again, hitting speeds of over 90 mph. By this time some KCSO units had caught up to me. I could hear the motorcycle's engine cutting out and appearing to be running out of gas. The driver of the bike then drove it down an embankment and got off and begin to run into the woods. I pursued the driver on foot, he tripped and I was able to detain him at this time. The driver (Subject) had a black bag on his back. After handcuffing Sub- ject behind his back, double locking the cuffs and checking them for tightness, I placed him in my patrol car. I then searched the black bag incident to arrest and found clear black baggy containing a crystal like substance believed to be Methamphetamine. There was also misc. motorcycle parts and a car radio in the bag. The motorcycle had no tag and no insurance. Eddie Roberts was the next tow truck on rotation, and when they arrived on scene they took possession of the motorcycle. I then transported Subject to KCDC. Once we arrived at KCDC custody of Subject was turned over to the KCDC staff. Subject was charged with failure to stop, DUS 1 st, no tag, operating uninsured, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting arrest, reckless driving and PWID Meth. When I returned to the Police Department I weighed the Meth and it weighed approximately 8.9 grams, then placed it into the drug evidence drop box. I also placed the bag containing bike parts in my evidence locker for safe keeping.