FPD K9 ruffs up the competition

This year’s United States Police Canine Association national field trials were held in Punta Gorda, FL. Of the K9 teams from across the US that competed, Franklin Police returned home with top honors. 

1st Place Total Search (combined event scores for evidence and suspect search), with a perfect score of 180 points: Ofc. Brett Spivy and Axel 

2nd Place Overall (Vice Champion): Sgt. Aaron Compton and Thor 

2nd Place Agility: Ofc. Brett Spivy and Axel 

2nd Place Criminal Apprehension: Sgt. Aaron Compton and Thor 

3rd Place Department Team: Sgt. Aaron Compton and Thor, 
Ofc. Charlie Richards and Jager, Ofc. Brett Spivy and Axel, Ofc. Chris Hollingsworth and Bolo. This is the first year the FPD has competed as a Department team. 

3rd Place Criminal Apprehension: Ofc. Charlie Richards and Jager 

4th Place Total Search: Sgt. Aaron Compton and Thor 

17th Place Overall: Ofc. Charlie Richards and Jager 

Teams were judged in five areas: agility, obedience, evidence search, suspect search, and criminal apprehension. All four Franklin Police teams received a USPCA National Certification from the event. Each FPD team also received a USPCA Certification of Excellence for achieving a benchmark score. 

“I couldn’t be prouder,” said Sergeant Aaron Compton, “This team trains hard and works hard, every day on the street, to help keep Franklin safe.”

Domestic Violence Statistics

• Every 9 seconds in the US a woman is assaulted or beaten.

• Around the world, at least one in every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused during her lifetime. Most often, the abuser is a member of her own family.

• Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women—more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined.

• Studies suggest that up to 10 million children witness some form of domestic violence annually.

• Nearly 1 in 5 teenage girls who have been in a relationship said a boyfriend threatened violence or self-harm if presented with a breakup.

• Everyday in the US, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends.

• Ninety-two percent of women surveyed listed reducing domestic violence and sexual assault as their top concern.

• Domestic violence victims lose nearly 8 million days of paid work per year in the US alone—the equivalent of 32,000 full-time jobs.

• Based on reports from 10 countries, between 55 percent and 95 percent of women who had been physically abused by their partners had never contacted non-governmental organizations, shelters, or the police for help.

• The costs of intimate partner violence in the US alone exceed $5.8 billion per year: $4.1 billion are for direct medical and health care services, while productivity losses account for nearly $1.8 billion.

• Men who as children witnessed their parents’ domestic violence were twice as likely to abuse their own wives than sons of nonviolent parents.

Help police put a crook in his place, earn a grand

Franklin Police are hoping that these recently obtained surveillance photos will help put an auto burglar where he belongs – behind bars. 

At about 8:20 pm on 10/17/2012, this suspect entered the YMCA at 501 S. Royal Oaks Boulevard, and proceeded to the men’s locker room. Once inside, the crook broke two padlocks off of lockers, stealing a set of keys from inside of one of them. The suspect used the victim’s key fob to locate and unlock his vehicle before stealing a wallet from the center console. The suspect may have been driving a dark-colored Lincoln sedan. 

If you have information about this case, or recognize the suspect, call Crime Stoppers at  (615) 794-4000. Information leading to an arrest could be worth up to $1,000. 

To send an anonymous tip to Franklin Police, text the keyword 615FPD, along with your message to 847411 (Tip411), or call Franklin Police at  (615) 794-2513.

Wanted by Free At Last

REWARDS for information leading to the apprehension of any of these people.

You will remain anonymous.

Call Greg at 615-300-0753 or 242-FREE (3733).

Courtney Swinton

Joey Arcega

Johnetta Hill

Lanier Watkins

Rachel Lee

Wanted - Rewards

Wanted by Jenkins Bonding Company.  Call with information leading to the apprehension of either of these people.  615-254-2070 or 812-1284.

Also, When you FALL, give Jenkins a CALL; They'll put you on your FEET, and back on the STREET.

Jamie Lee Bradley (left); Nashron Wade

Franklin PD Receives 1st Place Honors in TN and U.S

 Recently at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference in San Diego, the Franklin Police Department’s Traffic Unit was recognized with the National Child Passenger Safety Program award. This honor is awarded to the police agency whose child passenger safety program was rated “Best in the U.S.” Previously in September, the unit received the Best Child Passenger Safety Program in Tennessee. This is the third consecutive year the Franklin Police Department has received these distinct honors. 

(Officers Brad Brandon, Mike Adcock, Rachel Gober 
and James Grummons) 

The Law Enforcement Challenge program, coordinated by the International Association of Chiefs of Police recognizes the best overall traffic safety programs in the Country. Franklin Police Sergeant David Prather, who supervises the Department’s traffic unit said, “Focusing on enforcement and education efforts in things like child and occupant protection, impaired driving, and speeding doesn’t just win us awards, it saves lives.” 

Attempted kidnapper turned in to police by stepfather

(From Channel 2 News): The man that tried to abduct a 12-year-old girl outside an Old Hickory convenience story on Friday is now in jail.

Metro police arrested 27-year-old Matthew Harber after his stepfather called police late Friday night after seeing a surveillance photo on television.

Harber is being charged with attempted especially aggravated kidnapping and aggravated sexual battery and is being held on a $200,000 bond.

According to reports, officers responded to Harber's home on Lakeshore Drive and took him into custody.

Harber admitted to a detective to grabbing the 12-year-old by the shoulder and putting his hand over her mouth. He also admitted to grabbing the girl's breast.

Harber let the girl go when the victim's friends screamed and the market clerk came outside to intervene, police said.

Harber is already on Tennessee's Sex Offender Registry for a 2006 sexual battery conviction in Dickson County.