The Daily Southerner, Tarboro, NC

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August 20, 2012

Mann promoted to narcotics officer

CORRESPONDENT Van Holland

TARBORO — Tarboro Police Chief Damon Williams has promoted Rick Mann to corporal and named him as the department's narcotics officer. Mann has already made two cases.

Williams said he talked with most of the patrol officers and asked them who they thought would be best suited for the position and the majority of them said Mann.

"We wanted to put an officer in this position to combat not only the drug dealers, but also the suppliers who will be a go-getter and wanted to fight the drug crime," Williams said. "We want to build cases that will stick and get convictions that will get these dealers off the streets for a while."

Mann is not just looking to build a case against the street-level dealers, but also the bigger dealers who are supplying them.

One of the goals is to begin building federal cases against some of the bigger dealers and the repeat offenders.

With the knowledge Mann has about the drug trade from working the streets on patrol he has gained the interest in making bigger cases against the dealers in the community and against anyone bringing drugs into the community.

"It is our goal to put the drug dealers on notice that we don't tolerate drug sales in our town," Williams said. "We have a safe haven here and I want the dealers to know that."

He hit the street running when he was put in the narcotics position and made two cases quickly. The first case Mann was able to make was when he received information about a teenager growing marijuana in a wooded area near a home on Wagner Street and Battle Avenue.

A day later, Mann received information that a female from the county was carrying cocaine. After the woman was searched by jailers she was found to be in possession of two bags of cocaine.

Williams said he wants Mann to get involved with the citizens in the community and build working relationships with them so they can develop a level of mutual trust and feel like they can contact him with any kind of drug information they may have.

"We want the community to get involved and give us good information to get these dealers off the streets," WIlliams said. We have several outlets we are going to use to get the information out to the public that we don't want to have drugs sold in our town."

Williams said that any citizen will be able to contact Mann to inform him about drug activities in their community and Mann will be able to concentrate mainly on the drug problem in the town.

Williams wants anyone with information to feel free to come forward and give the information on the dealer.

"Our officers have their own e-mail addresses, so citizens can contact them," WIlliams said. "The people can also call and give information over the phone or write old-fashioned letters and mail them to the police."

 

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