LYONS — In his remaining column earlier than he retires, Wayne County Sheriff Barry Virts is discussing a well timed and seasonal matter: vacation purchasing security suggestions.
Virts recommends that for those who store at evening, park in a well-lit space and don’t depart packages or valuables in plain sight in your car. Lock them in a trunk if in case you have one.
When utilizing an automatic teller machine, defend your private identification quantity by shielding the keypad from anybody standing close to you. Don’t throw away the receipt close to the ATM.
Notify your credit-card firm and regulation enforcement instantly in case your card is misplaced, stolen or misused. Virts stated individuals ought to pay attention to strangers approaching for any motive.
“Right now of yr, con artists might attempt varied strategies of distracting you with intentions to steal your cash and/or packages,” he stated. “Donate to acknowledged charitable organizations, not simply anybody soliciting contributions.”
• Yellow Dot card — Virts stated a free vacation present individuals can get for a cherished one is the Yellow Dot package, which is designed to assist emergency responders present lifesaving medical consideration throughout the first “golden hour” after a crash or house emergency. The package features a medical data card, current picture and a yellow dot decal, which fits on the rear driver’s facet window or a house’s entrance door. The cardboard and picture go within the car glove compartment, or in a transparent plastic freezer bag positioned in a visual location in your freezer or fridge.
To get a Yellow Dot package, contact the sheriff’s workplace at (315) 946-5799. Folks also can order the package on-line at nysheriffs.org/yellowdot.
Virts experiences the next October data for his workplace:
• Forty-nine males and 5 females have been remanded to the county jail. There have been 85 inmate transports and 5,857 meals served. Inmates labored 1,253 hours of labor on the jail together with laundry, facility cleansing, and meals service. The jail boarded 11 inmates from Seneca County, one from Ontario County, one from Cayuga County, and 15 parole violators.
• Courtroom safety officers cleared 1,604 individuals coming into the Corridor of Justice in Lyons by the magnetometer, securing 25 weapons and 35 contraband gadgets much like TSA airport safety.
• Deputies traveled 104,802 miles on patrol, responding to 121 motor-vehicle accidents leading to 14 accidents and two fatalities. Officers dealt with 5 lacking individual circumstances, 17 animal complaints, 1,009 miscellaneous complaints, eight main crimes, 292 minor crimes and eight fireplace investigations. Complete complaints for the month have been 2,009, with deputies issuing 213 site visitors tickets and making 9 DWI arrests. There have been 99 arrests for felonies, misdemeanors and violations, and 32 psychological well being arrests.
• The civil workplace processed 57 authorized papers and 99 household courtroom orders, dealt with three evictions, obtained greater than $127,000 and paid out greater than $125,000 to collectors.
• Along with the 9 DWI arrests by sheriff’s deputies, state police made 14 DWI arrests within the county.
• Lt. James Miller attended the 2021 intelligence officer convention in Cooperstown.
Deputies Mark Warters, Justin Klinkman, Megan King, and Damian Bean attended disaster intervention coaching in Seneca County. Klinkman additionally took the essential disaster negotiations course in Oriskany, Oneida County.
Sgt. Vance Carr, Corrections Officer Jodi Hares, Sgt. Brian Pitt, and Deputy Brandon Burnett attended the trainer improvement faculty in Ontario County.
Sgt. Zachary Aunskt and Sgt. Kevin Kuntz attended the hearth/arson investigation seminar in Canandaigua. Kuntz additionally took half in a digital coaching on chilly case investigations and prosecution, and attended a DNA course in Monroe County.
Chief Deputy and sheriff-elect Rob Milby attended the murder investigators’ convention in San Antonio.
Sgt. Roger LeClair attended the Nationwide Laptop Forensics Institute’s Mac forensics coaching course in Hoover, Ala.
• Corrections Officer Shane McGee marked his fifth yr of employment within the sheriff’s workplace.
• Virts stated individuals can also see Fb at “Wayne County Sheriff’s Workplace,” two Twitter accounts (@SheriffVirts and @WayneCoSheriff), and waynecosheriff.org. Anybody with questions or considerations can contact Virts at (315) 946-5797 or bvirts@co.wayne.ny.us.
