Medication Drop Box in Use at Knox City Police Department

 
 
The Knox City Police Department pill drop is helpful, according to City Police Chief Clint Norem.

He said residents have been taking unwanted, expired and unused prescription medications to the lobby of the police department and depositing them into the drop box for collection. Chief Norem explained that those medications are logged and then stored until DEA officials can collect those medications for incineration.

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Mechanical Issues Plague Knox City PD Squad Car

Knox City Police Chief Clint Norem
Knox City Police Chief Clint Norem
The Knox City Police Department was down another squad car last week as the 2009 Dodge Charger on the fleet experienced mechanical issues.

Chief Clint Norem told the Knox Board of Public Works that the car had been in repair status for a while and when Norem was off-duty, his patrol car was being used during evening rotation. The Charger was returned to the department on Thursday and is back in rotation.

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Knox Police Dept. Continues to Accept Unwanted Prescriptions

Knox City Police Chief Clint Norem
Knox City Police Chief Clint Norem
Knox City Police Chief Clint Norem has logged the first prescription medications that have been deposited into the police department’s prescription drug drop-off box.

Norem has logged 24 bottles of unwanted and unused prescription medication. They need to be logged just like any other drugs taken in during a regular investigation and then they will be moved from the facility and destroyed at a later time.

The drop-off box is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and is monitored by a security camera. You may drop-off any unwanted or unused prescription medication in the front lobby of the Knox City Police Department. Any abuse of the service will not be tolerated.

Doggone! Knox Police Department May Soon Abolish K-9 Program

Knox City Police Chief Clint Norem

The K-9 aspect of the Knox City Police Department may soon be a thing of the past, as K-9 Marco’s current handler, Chad Keen, is leaving the department and Police Chief Clint Norem said there is no one in the department interested in undergoing the training or taking on the extra responsibilities that being a K-9 handler entails.

Norem told the city council last night that Keen is leaving by Dec. 1 for a new position in Logansport, and he will be leaving Marco with the department. Because Keen is the only handler for the department, Norem said they would need another handler in order to use the animal. As of right now, Norem said the dog is not being used to its full potential, and they’re spending more than $50 a month on its upkeep. On top of that, handlers are paid a half-hour overtime each day for the care of the animal, and that’s causing an issue with the overtime budget.

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Knox City, North Judson Police Department Statistics for April

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Knox City Police Chief, Clint Norem, says the Department handled 396 calls in the month of April, investigated 6 accidents and filed 36 incident reports.

19 people were arrested on 24 traffic charges, 50 people were arrested on 66 criminal charges and 2 people were cited for 2 ordinance violations. There were 7 battery arrests, 10 warrant arrests and 11 drug arrests made in April.

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