As the Village
of South Bloomfield continues to focus on growth, our agencies focus is on increasing safety and protection of our citizens,
and the people that travel through our Village everyday.
Unfortunately, not all the people that live in or travel through our Village are hardworking, trustworthy
and law abiding members of society.
As you can see
through the "Narcotic Arrests and Photos" Link to the left, our agency has seen a fair share of criminals attempting to traffic
narcotics by means of USR 23. The unfortunate part is the photos shown are some of the larger amounts of narcotics seized,
and not all the drugs that come off the streets.
In an effort to
have a pro-active effort on drug enforcement, our agency is in the process of raising funds to acquire a canine (K9) unit.
As the only available drug dogs are with the Pickaway County Sheriffs Office, a large opportunity to increase drug arrests
is limited.
Federal and State statistics will reflect that 80% of all criminal activity is related to drug activity.
This is why increased drug enforcement is a major area of concern
As the great drug
enforcement work of the officers of South Bloomfield are reflected in the "Narcotic Arrests and Photos" Section, this would only
be increased by the creation of a full time K9 unit, increasing not only our communities level of safety, but that of all
the communities in which the criminal element uses our highways to travel to.
