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March 15 - 17, 2010. Filling out and returning your Census questionaire means money for Paulding. Paulding depends on an accurate count to get our fair share of dollars being given for services for our citizens. We may gain a House seat too! This would help Paulding's voice in representation. click the link below for a sample questionaire. Questionaire sample

Census forms will be in mailboxes by March 19. It is important to fill out these short forms and mail them back in right away. This helps Paulding obtain funding for services and allocation of House seats. Census FAQ's

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Mt Tabor Park, Taylor Farm Park and Braly Sports Complex have been closed due to the weather.

Place: Paulding Senior/Community Center/770-443-8873
Each Monday Beginning, February 1, 2010
Ending Monday, April 12, 2010
9:00 am until 1:00 pm
Bring your 2008 income tax returns, property taxes paid in 2009 and all information needed for 2009 returns.
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To:Metro Atlanta Media

For Immediate Release



Freezing Temps and Wintery Mix Predicted for Metro Atlanta

Paulding County Sheriff Gulledge Reminds Drivers to Slow Down and Live



(Paulding County, GA) The Metro Atlanta forecast predicts a possible winter weather pattern. The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office is reminding drivers that these predictions could produce very hazardous driving conditions on the roadways of Paulding County beginning Friday, February 12, 2010, and continuing through next week. The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office is offering these driving tips to help motorist get home safely.

1. If you don’t have to go out in hazardous weather conditions, then stay home! Stay home where it’s warm and you won’t take a chance of crashing on icy roads or being stranded in the cold.



2. If you do have to drive, give it your full concentration. This is no time for distracted drivers with hands full of cell phones and sandwiches. Drive cautiously with both hands on the wheel. Two-fisted drivers are ready for the unexpected when steering becomes a challenge. Buckle Your Safety Belt.



3. Slow down! Driving too fast for conditions is what gets many drivers in trouble when they hit that unseen pocket of icy road. These are days where you leave yourself plenty of time to get where you’re going. Plan to be patient or don’t plan to leave the house at all.



4. Don’t tailgate or follow too close. Avoid “grouping-up” with a pack of other vehicles, especially at higher speeds. This may help you avoid those terrible chain reaction crashes you see on the news. Buckle your safety belt.



5. Don’t use cruise control when driving on ice, snow, or slush. Cruise control is designed for normal driving conditions. But slippery roads can cause wheel-spin and loss of control when you’re locked in cruise control. And the time it takes to disengage may be time you don’t have during a spin-out.



6. Don’t panic! - Don’t slam on the brakes! If you find yourself sliding or losing control, take your foot off the gas and resist the temptation to slam on the brakes. Sudden braking will only eliminate what little traction you have. Buckle your safety belt.



7. If you start to spin you’re pretty much at the mercy of the ice. But experienced deputies with the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic (H.E.A.T.) Unit advise you to steer in the direction of the spin until the vehicle comes to a stop. If you’re already driving slowly, this won’t be nearly as terrifying.



8. This brings us back to Safe Winter Driving Tip Number One. H.E.A.T. deputies also advise motorists who insist on driving in winter weather conditions to have at least a half tank of gas, carry a freshly charged cell phone, pack warm clothes and a blanket, and have a working flashlight in their vehicle. Because once you’re stranded during a severe weather episode, it may take emergency services a while to get to you, due to the inclement conditions and the increased number of severe incidents that occur. So Slow Down. Buckle Up & Drive Sober.



For more “Winter Driving Tips” see AAA’s “Get A Grip” and “How to Go On Ice and Snow” at http://www.aaapublicaffairs.com/Main/Default.asp?CategoryID=3&SubCategoryID=55
For more “Winter Driving Tips”

To:Paulding County Media

For Immediate Release

Paulding County Sheriff’s Office Responds to Cautionary Emails That are NOT Substantiated as Official Warnings

(Paulding County, GA) The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office has been made aware of an email that has been circulating and identified as “passed along by the Paulding County Courthouse.” Those emails are NOT an official statement of the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office, and the information in the email is NOT supported by current Sheriff’s Office intelligence.

The following is a sample of the email that is circulating:

Subject: FYI, passed along by Paulding County Courthouse

To: *********************

Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 9:18 AM

passing along to all my female friends.. better safe than sorry.....

FYI, passed along by Paulding County Courthouse

Several things to be aware of this year…as gangs and robbers are now plotting different ways to get a person to “stop” their vehicle.

Please send to your friends.

Please note:

There is a gang initiation reported by the local police department that gangs are placing a car seat by the road…with a fake baby in it… waiting for a woman, of course, to stop and check on the baby.

Note that the location of this car seat will usually be beside a wooded or grassy (field) area …and the person - woman - will be dragged into the woods- beaten and raped- usually left for dead.

DO NOT STOP. DIAL 9-1-1 AND INFORM THEM…..

IF YOU ARE DRIVING AT NIGHT AND EGGS ARE THROWN AT YOUR WINDSHIELD. DO NOT OPERATE THE WIPER AND SPRAY ANY WATER BECAUSE EGGS MIXED WITH WATER BECOME MILKY AND BLOCK YOUR VISION UP TO 92.5% SO YOU ARE FORCED TO STOP BESIDE THE ROAD AND BECOME A VICTIM OF ROBBERS. THIS IS A NEW TECHNIQUE USED BY ROBBERS. PLEASE INFORM YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES.

This email contains similar hallmarks of other gang related “urban legends.” This same email was found online circulating in the Tennessee area as an email from the Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC) in late 2009. TDOC also acknowledges that they, in fact, have not sent out this email, nor do they have any reports of this activity actually taking place.

Paulding County Sheriff Gary Gulledge does however want to remind citizens to always be cautious and aware of their surroundings. “I would never recommend stopping your vehicle and getting out while traveling alone on dark, isolated roads. Use your cell phone to dial 9-1-1 if you see a situation or person that you think may need help. Then you can drive to a more populated and well lit area to wait for deputies, if necessary.”

Sheriff Gulledge asks citizens to use caution when forwarding emails that do not appear to be official documents or come from an unknown source. The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office is using a secured network provided by Nixle to send statements and communications to Paulding County citizens. You can be assured that the information is authentic when received by Nixle as a message or alert from the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office. Go to www.nixle.com to learn more and sign up to receive those messages/alerts by email and text messaging.

To:Metro Atlanta Media

For Immediate Release

Paulding County Receives the 2010 Child Passenger Safety Mini-Grant

(Paulding County, GA) The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office and the Paulding County Health Department have partnered together to provide Paulding County citizens with tools and resources in an effort to improve the overall safety of Paulding’s children. The Department of Community Health’s Division of Emergency Preparedness and Response, Injury Prevention Program has announced that Paulding County will receive the 2010 Child Passenger Safety Mini-Grant.

The Child Passenger Safety Mini-Grant Program will assist local level health agencies reduce the motor vehicle related morbidity and mortality rates in Georgia’s children, according to Paulding County Health Department Nurse Manager Teresa Knight. The grant will provide funding for equipment and resources needed to inspect child safety seats and train the parents and caregivers how to properly install those seats. Funding for these efforts is provided by the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS).

If you have noticed the many buckles, straps, and tethers on today’s child safety seat, it is easy to see why so many child safety seats are not installed correctly. “If not installed correctly, your child could sustain life threatening injuries in a vehicle crash,” said Knight.

“Car crashes remain the No. 1 killer of America’s children between the ages of 2 and 14,” said Andrew Turnage, public information coordinator with the Georgia Traffic Injury Prevention Institute (GTIPI), an outreach unit of University of Georgia's Family and Consumer Sciences Extension funded by the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. According to GTIPI, 4 out of 5 child safety seats are NOT correctly installed.

Statistics show that children in rural areas are more likely to die from improper child safety seat use than are children from big cities. “It’s not uncommon to see children standing in the seat of a moving vehicle looking right at you through the window,” said Paulding County Sheriff Gary Gulledge. “We also see mothers holding infant babies in their arms while travelling on the roadway.” Sheriff Gulledge also noted that holding a child in your arms will not protect them in a vehicle crash. A crash at 50 MPH (5 miles below the average posted speed limit) while holding a 20-pound baby will generate the same amount of force as a 1,000 pound object.

"While more than 90 percent of parents use child safety seats, the most common thing is that car seats are not installed correctly,” said Turnage. This is something that the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office and the Paulding County Health Department are striving to change in Paulding County. The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office deputies will be training parents, grandparents, and caregivers how to properly install and use child safety seats.

To:  Metro Atlanta Media

For Immediate Release

Internet Child Porn Trade Targeted by Operation Restore Hope

(Paulding County, GA) As a result of a 3 month investigation coordinated by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, 88 search warrants have been executed in Georgia in connection with the distribution of child porn over the Internet. The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office is part of this multiagency effort known as “Operation Restore Hope”, a statewide proactive peer to peer child pornography sharing investigation that was begun in October 2009. From that time until the end of December 2009, information on 88 suspects was developed by the GBI and several ICAC Task Force affiliate agencies.

As a result of this joint investigation, William Noletto of Douglasville was arrested on January 12, 2010 following the execution of a search warrant at his home and charged with one count of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor. During the search, images of suspected child porn were found on his computer. The investigation is ongoing. Noletto is currently in the custody of the Paulding County Detention Center. The bond has not been set.

Danny Harden of Hiram was also arrested on January 12, 2010 following the execution of a search warrant at his home and charged with one count of Possession of Marijuana. During the search, images of suspected child porn were found on a computer in the home. The investigation is ongoing. Harden is currently in the custody of the Paulding County Detention Center. The bond has not been set.

A third search warrant was served at a home on Kelley Court in Dallas on January 12, 2010. During the search, images of suspected child porn were found on a computer in the home. An arrest has not yet been made in this case. The investigation is ongoing.

The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office is a cooperative member of the Georgia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC). The ICAC Task Force program was created by the Department of Justice to help State and Local Law Enforcement agencies enhance their investigative response to offenders who use the Internet, online communications systems, or other computer technology to sexually exploit children. The program is currently composed of 61 regional Task Force agencies across the nation and is funded by the United States Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Georgia’s ICAC Regional Task Force is supervised by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The Georgia ICAC Task Force is comprised of 107 local, state and federal law enforcement agencies within the State of Georgia.

The agencies that participated in Operation Restore Hope along with the GBI are as follows:

1) United States Secret Service

2) United States Postal Inspection Service

3) Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement

4) Federal Bureau of Investigations

5) United States Attorney’s Office Northern District of Georgia

6) United States Attorney’s Office Southern District of Georgia

7) United States Attorney’s Office Middle District of Georgia

8) State of Georgia Attorney General’s Office

9) Bartow County Sheriff’s Office

10) Charlton County Sheriff’s Office

11) Port Wentworth Police Department

12) Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office

13) Clayton County Police Department

14) Cobb County Police Department

15) DeKalb County Police Department

16) Smyrna Police Department

17) Dougherty County Police Department

18) Liberty County Sheriff’s Office

19) Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office

20) Gwinnett County Police Department

21) Hall County Sheriff’s Office

22) Houston County Sheriff’s Office

23) Warner Robins Police Department

24) Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office

25) Columbus Police Department

26) Douglas County Sheriff’s Office

27) Paulding County Sheriff’s Office

28) Richmond County Sheriff’s Office

29) LaGrange Police Department

To:Metro Atlanta Media

For Immediate Release

Cops for Kids 2009

(Dallas, GA) The Paulding County Sheriff's Office held their 13th annual Cops for Kids Christmas shopping event on December 19, 2009. For the forth consecutive year, the Dallas Wal-Mart on Dallas Hwy (3615 Marietta Hwy. Dallas, GA 30157) hosted the shopping event.

Participants were selected through an application. The Paulding Holiday Programs accepts applications from families in need. To apply, each family must show proof of residency, birth certificate, and proof of income. Cops for Kids focuses on youth ages 9 to 12 to make a positive impact between youth and law enforcement. This year we had 250 children participate in the program. Each child was paired with a local law enforcement officer and together they shopped for up to $150 in gifts for the child. Over $38,000.00 was spent this year to help provide Christmas to some of Paulding County’s children. Seventy Three (73) law enforcement officers from the Paulding County Sheriff's Office, Paulding County Marshal's Bureau, Dallas Police Department, and Hiram Police Department volunteered their time to take the kids shopping.

Cops for Kids raised money all year. The two biggest fundraisers are an annual golf tournament and a donation request letter sent to every business license holder in the cities of Hiram and Dallas and Paulding County. The majority of funds are donated by local businesses.

“With the falling economy, these children would not have had a Christmas without this program and its volunteers,” said Paulding County Sheriff Gary Gulledge. “Due to the economy this year, it is so much more important to us to see that these children get to experience Christmas the same way that so many of us remember it.”

The purpose of our visit is to update our records in order to carry out the duty of making an appraisal of the fair market value. The appraiser/data collector is only gathering necessary property information including exterior measurements, various coding, exterior photos, etc. used in determining fair market value. Collecting this information does not require access to the interior of the home or business.

The appraiser/data collector will be driving an appropriately marked vehicle and will have a photo identification badge. If there is any question about the identity of the appraiser/data collector, do not hesitate to contact our office.

If you have any questions regarding this visit, please contact the Paulding County Tax Assessors Office at 77-443-7606.

Below is a list of area roads where our staff will be conducting an on-site inspection.

ROAD NAME
Graves Road
Dabbs Bridge Road
Cedarcrest Road
Harmony Grove Church Road
Cartersville Hwy.
Narroway Church Road
Cochran Road
Due West Road
Mt. Tabor Church Road
Marietta Hwy.
West Ave.
Dallas Acworth Hwy.
Lake Road
Poplar Springs Road
Old Cartersville Road
Merchants Drive
Hwy 92 South
Indian Creek Drive
Winn Road
Hunter Road
Gresham Road
Prickett Lane
Sleepy Hollow Road
Bethel Church Road
Fuller Loop Road
Old White Oak Cemetery Road
White Oak Church Road
Buchanan Hwy.
James Wix Road
Flemister Circle
Hulsey Town Road
Hannah Road
Bud Cole Road
Allgood Church Road
McBrayer Road
Zion Church Road
Highway 101 South
Miller Town Road
Mulberry Rock Road
Paul Harris Road
Deer Brooke Path
Williams Lake Road
Bakers Bridge Road
Ridge Road
Nebo Road
Sweetwater Bend Road
Seals Road
Friendship Church Road

Due to budgetary and massive early voting turnouts, the Paulding County Board of Elections is launching the "Know Beofre You Go" campaign to inform voters of precinct changes. [Additional info...]