DCPD chief talks budget, department progress
Jennifer Maddox Parks
ALBANY, Ga. — The police force serving Dougherty County is continuing to move forward, despite the fact that times are tough.
Dougherty County Police Department Chief Don Cheek briefed the Dougherty County Kiwanis Club on Monday regarding some of the challenges faced by the department.
The agency, chartered in 1937, has jurisdiction over all of Dougherty County. There are more than 50 positions within the department, including one animal control officer, Cheek said.
As officers are lost, the department can take time to replace them, which can have an adverse impact on call response time. Currently, Cheek said, the average is 11 minutes, but it has been as low as seven minutes, 30 seconds.
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