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Coffee County recognizes CERT volunteers for role in missing-child searches
Summary
EMA Director Grant Lyons and Sheriff Byrd thanked the Community Emergency Response Team, led by Coordinator Scotty Johnson, for participating in searches for a missing child in January and February; volunteers received certificates and Deputy Director Andy Lore was recognized for using a drone to assist the search.
EMA Director Grant Lyons recognized the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), led by Coordinator Scotty Johnson, for participating in searches for a missing child in January and February. Certificates were presented to participating volunteers and Lyons thanked Deputy Director Andy Lore for deploying a drone that helped in the January search.
Sheriff Byrd also publicly thanked the CERT volunteers and praised Deputy Director Andy Lore for actions that helped protect deputies during search operations. Commissioners joined in thanking the volunteers and noted CERT’s assistance at the Special Olympics as additional community service.
The transcript records the recognition and expressions of thanks but does not provide details about the missing-child case, outcomes beyond the search assistance, or the operational use and authorization of the drone.
