The second drive-in movie of the year was held at Legion Field on Friday, October 30th. The first movie, "Goosebumps," started at 6 p.m. and was followed by the 1984 version of "Ghostbusters" at 8:15 p.m. Thank you to everyone in attendance and to the Covington Police Department for handing out candy to attendees!

ACCOUNTING

• Staff entered 190 invoices for payment to vendors
• The city issued 114 checks for 207 invoices
• Accounting department entered 40 journal entries to record transactions of the city
• Staff sent 20 invoices to customers for miscellaneous transactions
• The city issued 235 checks to retirees and elected officials

CUSTOMER SERVICE

Total Transactions Completed by Customer Service Representatives: 1,463

UTILITY BILLING / METER READING

• 4,396 bills processed
• 85 work orders completed
• Six meter/ert changes
• 141 non-pay disconnects
• 135 reconnects

PURCHASING

• Total purchase orders issued – current month - 16
• Total purchase orders issued – current budget year - 1,396

CURRENT / UPCOMING RFP'S/BIDS

• Broker Services RFP: Out for Bid
• Multifunction Printer / Copier RFP: Out for Bid
• Sidewalk Improvement Project: Out for Bid
• Energy Conservation Services Program: Out for RFQ

MUNICIPAL COURT

1. There were no court sessions during this week.
2. 56 new citations were processed and filed in the court.
3. A total of $6,429.00 in fines and fees were collected from mail, web and in-person counter payments.
4. Two refund requests completed.
5. There were six open record requests, two certified disposition requests and one record restriction processed.
6. A total of 150 separate case files for the week were scanned into Courtware Software.
7. A total of 154 cases were disposed of.
8. The office has received 174 emails and responded to internal and external customers accordingly.
9. There were 147 calls made and received from telephone customers.
10. Mailed out 65+ packets with solicitor’s recommendation for entering a plea.
11. Meeting with judge and solicitor regarding operational flow chart and new guidelines for starting in-person court session.

FIRE MARSHAL

• FMO Fuqua working on suppression
• Completed four plan reviews
• Completed two compliance inspections
• Issued three burn permits
• FMO Canady attending Arson 2
• Fire Marshal Doss completed diversity training

Patrol

1. On October 26, CPD patrol officers responded to Dollar General on Washington Street in reference to an indecent exposure report. A young slender black male approached a female victim and asked to take a picture of her foot. After taking the photo, the male dropped to the ground and grabbed the female’s foot and proceeded to lick it and put his other hand down his pants. A similar incident occurred the previous afternoon at the Dollar General on Hwy 36. Detective Jeff Bruno began investigating the case and later arrested the suspect identified as Batty Brewer.
2. On October 27, CPD officers responded to a bomb threat at Bridgestone Golf. A note was left outside of the building and in the shrubs regarding the threat. The building was cleared by the Newton County Sheriff Office’s bomb dog and nothing was found. The individual who found the note was suspected of writing it and taken in for questioning. This suspect also had warrants out of Walton County and was later turned over to their jail. This case is still under investigation.
3. On October 29, CPD officers responded to Walmart for a shoplifting call in which two juveniles had taken a bookbag full of clothing valued at $91.47. Department of Juvenile Justice was contacted, and the two juveniles were turned over to their parents. One of them gave Officer Daniels a false name and it was discovered that he was a runaway out of Social Circle.
4. On October 29, CPD officers responded to Turner Street where the back glass of a Chevrolet Tahoe was hit when four shots were fired from a firearm(s). The suspect vehicles are a black box style van, occupied by two black males, and possibly a white Silverado with “Walkerboy” on the back glass. One 9mm shell casing was located.
5. On October 31, CPD officers responded to Planet Fitness in reference to a theft. An unidentified male entered the locker room and cut the locks on 3 lockers. The only item taken was a wallet from one locker. This case was turned over to CID.
6. On October 31, CPD officers responded to a burglary on West Street. A male broke into his ex-wife’s apartment by gaining access through a window and took the victim’s wallet. Officers later located the male with the wallet and discovered that he had a TPO against him. The male was arrested and transported to the NCSO and warrants were taken for burglary and aggravated stalking.

CID

CID Sgt. Allan Seebaran examined Person Crimes and Property Crimes CID detectives worked for October 26, 2020 to November 1, 2020 and compared them with the previous two years. He found the following results:

• PERSON CRIMES: From October 26 - November 1, 2018, there were seven reported person crimes; from October 26 - November 1, 2019; there were three reported person crimes; and from October 26 - November 1, 2020, there were eight reported person crimes. For the dates of October 26 - November 1:

1. There was a 57% decrease (from seven to three) in reported person crimes from 2018 to 2019.
2. There was a 166% increase (from three to eight) in reported person crimes from 2019 to 2020.
3. There was a 14% increase (from seven to eight) in reported person crimes from 2018 to 2020.

• PROPERTY CRIMES: From October 26 - November 1, 2018, there were 30 reported property crimes; from October 26 - November 1, 2019; there were seven reported property crimes; and from October 26 - November 1, 2020, there were 17 reported property crimes. For the dates of October 26 - November 1:

1. There was a 76% decrease (from 30 to seven) in reported property crimes 2018 to 2019.
2. There was a 143% increase (from seven to 17) in reported property crimes from 2019 to 2020.
3. There was a 43% decrease (from 30 to 17) in reported property crimes from 2018 to 2020.

Support services

Accreditation Manager, Lieutenant Mark Jones, is in the process of conducting the CPD’s first year review for CALEA accreditations.

The Covington Police Department went to Covington FUMC Preschool on October 28 and handed out bagged candy to ten different classrooms. Officers greeted and gave candy to 150 children ranging from ages one to five. Capt. Malcom, Sgt. Partee, Off. Canty, Off. McFarlin and Chaplin Stowe helped hand out candy.