Click It or Ticket Underway

Officers with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office participated in the statewide “Operation Click It or Ticket” safety initiative during the past week, conducting 64 traffic stops resulting in 45 citations and 29 warnings.

In addition, officers in the department stopped two burglaries in progress. Eddie L. Young, investigator, said people need to be reminded to secure vehicles, 4-wheelers, personal watercraft and the like, to keep them from being stolen. When they are left out in the open it invites trouble.
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Deputies in the last week also served 12 warrants and 22 civil processes.

In addition, deputies responded to 110 calls including alarms, vehicle accidents, suspicious person/vehicle, escort, stolen vehicle, threatening/harassing phone calls, fight, dog complaint, burglary, domestic, prowler, vandalism, livestock complaint, welfare check and 4-wheeler complaint.

Other calls included child abuse/molestation, speeding auto, juvenile complaint, intoxicated driver, found property, trespassing, chase, transport, and “be on the lookout for.”

The Monticello Police Department and Georgia State Patrol are also participating in the Click It or Ticket safety campaign.

Travelers are reminded it is state law to buckle-up. The Thanksgiving holiday is always a time with a high volume of traffic, and the safety initiatives are put in place to try to help save lives.

Some 21 people are expected to die on Georgia roadways between 6 p.m. today, Nov. 26 and midnight, Sunday, Nov. 30.