Sheriff's department reports November activity; drug task force cites arrests and seized firearms
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A representative of the Bedford County Sheriff's Department presented November patrol and court security statistics and updated the Seventeenth Judicial Drug Task Force activity, reporting multiple narcotics-related arrests and firearm seizures.
A Bedford County Sheriff's Department representative summarized operations for November: "Total miles that the Bedford County Sheriff's Department patrolled in November, 65,357," and reported 740 warrants served, 248 arrests and 343 jail holdings. The representative said investigators handled 269 investigations and listed 67 non‑injury traffic accidents and 17 injury accidents during the month.
On the Seventeenth Judicial Drug Task Force, the speaker said there were 16 reports or investigations in the district involving 21 defendants who were identified, arrested or indicted, and that the task force confiscated 22 firearms. The report named drugs involved as "cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, fentanyl," and said 11 arrests or charges were filed by the task force.
A committee member asked whether the sheriff had been notified about a small bag of white powder found in front of the Bell Buckle Post Office; the sheriff's representative said he had not been alerted. The sheriff's report and the drug task force update were included in the meeting packet and accepted by the committee.