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Police report: new community officer introduced; January call volume and upcoming safety events announced
Summary
Chief Joy Crosby introduced Officer Jen McCormack as the new community relations officer, reported January operational statistics (including 467 calls for service) and outlined a series of upcoming community safety events and education sessions.
Tega Cay 'Police Chief Joy Crosby used the Feb. 23 council meeting to introduce Officer Jen McCormack as the department's new community relations officer and to present January operational statistics and a slate of upcoming public-safety events.
Chief Crosby said Officer McCormack brings two decades of NYPD experience and already has begun outreach in the community. "Many of you may know her from her time that we she worked in the elementary school with our kids. She's a resident here in Tig. She spent 20 years with NYPD and joined us several months ago to continue her law enforcement career because she wanted to give back to the community that she lives in," Crosby said.
The chief reported January figures for the department: "We had 467 calls for service. We completed 59 incident reports. We had 3,450 property checks," and provided additional operational numbers including traffic-stop counts (730 traffic stops, 608 warnings, 146 citations), custodial arrests and an average response time of 3 minutes, 52 seconds. Crosby also noted ongoing training and certifications and that two recruits were scheduled to graduate from recruit school on Feb. 27.
Crosby outlined several scheduled community events and programs: a quarterly public-safety meeting on March 4 at 6 p.m. at the police department (Sheriff Tony Breeden is invited as a guest), an "ebike" safety-education series planned for March 14 with multiple sessions, a family-oriented "Hopping with the Popo" event on March 27 from 5:30 to 8:30, and self-defense classes March 28 organized with Survivor Assault Standing Strong at Gold Hill Middle School. The chief said the department will present 2025 response data and its initiatives for 2026 at the March meeting.
Chief Crosby encouraged residents to use the department's services (residence checks through the app, bringing ebikes for on-site review to determine how state law applies) and noted that community outreach is a priority under the new community-officer model.
Why this matters: the department's staffing, response-time and programmatic priorities affect everyday safety and public engagement. The introduction of a dedicated community relations officer signals a renewed focus on neighborhood outreach and preventative programming.
