Prurince Dice introduced as new ADDU commander

ALBANY — Prurince Dice, a 14-year law enforcement veteran, was introduced at Monday’s Dougherty County Commission meeting as the new commander of the Albany-Dougherty Drug Unit.

Dice, who served as an Albany Police Department officer for seven years and as an ADDU member for three, was introduced to the commission by Sheriff Kevin Sproul, who is chairman of the ADDU’s Policy and Review Board.

“We had 22 applicants, from as for away as the Northeast down to North Carolina and South Carolina,” Sproul told commissioners. “Prurince had and awesome interview, and he brings an excellent plan to the table.”

Bice said he’s ready to put his plan into action.

“First of all, I want to thank God,” he said. “And I want to assure the people of our community that I believe in teamwork and transparency. I have a five-point plan that I believe will help us work toward becoming a drug-free community.”

Commission Vice Chairman Lamar Hudgins, who chaired the meeting in the absence of Chairman Chris Cohilas, welcomed Bice as the new ADDU commander.

“You can rest assured that you have this board’s full backing,” Hudgins said.

Also at the meeting, the commission approved a $58,000 bid proposal by Kaizen Collaborative Inc. of Atlanta to develop a Dougherty County Greenway and Recreation Trails Master Plan, agreed to use remaining funding from the $80,849 allocated for the trail project for implementation of the Trails Master Plan, signed off on a resolution that will allow the Southwest Georgia Regional Commission to apply for transportation grant funding on the county’s behalf, and OK’d a resolution declaring various equipment surplus and authorizing its sale.

District 5 Commissioner Harry James expressed concern at the non-specific wording of the recommendation to use “excess” funding from the Trails Master Plan allocation to implement the plan and recommended that wording be added to assure commission approval of any use of the funding.

County Attorney Spencer Lee said any such spending would have to meet board approval, but the commission did amend the recommendation to reflect the changes suggested by James.