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April 2020 Vol. 8, Issue 2
SHERMAN POLICE DEPARTMENT NEWSLETTER
IN THIS ISSUE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK 1ST QUARTER 2020 AWARDS NEW HIRES
Officer Bregoree Anderson and K9 Jaeger
National Telecommunicators Week April 12 – April 18 was National Telecommunicators Week. The
week is to honor the First Responders for their hard work and
dedication to helping the community and Police and Fire
personnel. Cupcakes and a catered Olive Garden meal was
delivered to our communications officers from a Sherman
resident who wanted to show her appreciation for all they do.
Our communication officers extended their appreciation to
Dispatch Centers at Grayson County and Denison Police
Department by having cookies made.
1st Quarter 2020 Awards Officer Bregoree Anderson was awarded Officer of the Quarter
for 1st Quarter of 2020. During the 1st Quarter of 2020, Officer
Bregoree Anderson showed productivity and a strong work ethic
that was noticed by his peers. He made 67 traffic stops that
resulted in 17 cases. Thirteen of those cases resulted in narcotics
cases. He made 8 total arrests for the quarter. Along with K9
Jaeger, he conducted 18 vehicle open air sniffs, 7 building
searches, 12 non‐bite apprehensions, 2 physical apprehensions,
5 outside agency assists, and 2 public demonstrations. Officer
Anderson often builds cases through his desire to target drug
activity within the City. In addition, Officer Anderson was
recognized by the Chief of Denison Police Department for his
assistance in apprehending two suspects and narcotics for that
department. Officer Anderson has a great attitude toward work
and has been a positive role model to the officers on B‐Shift. He
regularly responds with his K9 partner Jaeger to calls where
there is some level of violence or tension reported. Officer
Anderson stays busy throughout his shift by actively looking for
narcotic‐related activity. It has also been noticed that he takes
time out of his day to show other officers methods for good
quality narcotic interdiction, field interviews, and arrest cases.
The other officers are vocal in their appreciation. His repeated
exemplary performance of duty has set a high standard for all
officers to follow.
We welcome your articles of news/events to be included as part of this newsletter. Call 903‐892‐7381 or email [email protected]
Sherman Police Department 317 S. Travis
Sherman, Texas 75090 www.ci.sherman.tx.us/police
Police Medals of Valor were awarded to Corporal
Kaleb Edwards, Detectives Rob Ballew and Tyler
Halter, and Officers Talmadge Rhew, James
Shadden, Tyler Carroll, Ian Oden, Logan Rogers,
Caleb Burke, and Nathan Hogan. On March 2, 2020,
Sherman Police Department Communications Center
received a 911 call from an observant citizen. The
citizen reported that he was at the drive through
window of First Texoma National Bank and
witnessed an Aggravated Robbery in progress. The
citizen provided a description of the suspect and
followed him after leaving the bank. The caller
stayed in contact with the Communications Center,
relaying the current location of the suspect, his
vehicle, and explained the suspect was changing
clothes and changing the license plate on the
vehicle. This citizen was a valuable asset by assisting
the Sherman Police Department in apprehending a
violent and dangerous individual. Officer James
Shadden was the first officer to locate the suspect
vehicle on the south control road of Highway 82 at
North Travis Street intersection and conducted a
felony traffic stop. The suspect exited the vehicle
with a black pistol in his hand and refused to comply
with the officer’s commands. Cpl. Kaleb Edwards,
Officer Talmadge Rhew, Detective Rob Ballew,
Detective Tyler Halter, Officer Tyler Carroll, Officer
Ian Oden, Officer Logan Rogers, Officer Caleb Burke,
and Officer Nathan Hogan were the additional
officers that had also responded to the call. Each
officer and detective took a position of cover and/or
concealment. The situation was extremely
dangerous. Officer Ian Oden started negotiating
with the suspect, instructing him to drop the
weapon and comply with officer commands. The
suspect refused to comply and moments later made
a drastic furtive movement, pointing the weapon at
several officers. Multiple officers responded and
used deadly force to arrest the suspect. The suspect
did not survive his injuries. It was later determined
that the same suspect had been involved in multiple
bank robberies from multiple years and from several
jurisdictions. He would have likely continued his
crimes had the citizen and officers not intervened.
Detective Tyler Halter, Detective Rob Ballew with Commander, Lt. Samuel Boyle
Officers Ian Oden, Nathan Hogan, Caleb Burke, and Tyler Carroll with Commander, Lt. Nic Emmons
Not pictured: Corporal Kaleb Edwards, Offices James Shadden, Talmadge Rhew, and Logan Rogers
Officer Justin Hudnall received a Certificate of Merit.
During the 1st Quarter of 2020, Officer Justin Hudnall
(left with Commander Lt. Nic Emmons) conducted 77
traffic stops due to
his passion for
searching for drug‐
related offenders.
His traffic stops
have resulted in
the arrests of
offenders for
driving while
intoxicated to
delivery of
marijuana. He stays proactive conducting traffic
stops, staying current with information passed along
from other officers on suspects, and is always willing
to clear from what he is doing in order to back up his
fellow officers without being asked. Officer Hudnall
brings a lot of experience from another agency to
which he uses to his advantage to think outside the
box. This was demonstrated in two notable cases.
On January 24, 2020, Officer Hudnall stopped a
vehicle for unconfirmed insurance. He noticed two
suspects exit the vehicle and realized they were
distancing themselves from the vehicle they had been
operating. Officer Hudnall determined that the driver
of the vehicle did not have a license and there was no
insurance on the vehicle. Due to having the vehicle
towed, Officer Hudnall began conducting an inventory
of the vehicle. He located a back pack with 12 small
individual packages of marijuana inside and an item
with one of the suspect’s name on it. Through Officer
Hudnall’s investigation, he was able to gain a
confession of who the marijuana belonged to and was
able to get the suspect to confess his intent to sale
the marijuana thus changing the case from a Class B
misdemeanor marijuana charge into a Class A
misdemeanor charge.
On February 5, 2020, Officer Hudnall stopped a
vehicle for traffic violations and noticed the vehicle
had been circling a neighborhood known for drug
trafficking offenses. Upon stopping the vehicle,
Officer Hudnall learned the individual was from out of
town and was on parole for Burglary and
Manufacture/Delivery of Controlled Substances. He
gained consent to search the vehicle. His search
located a lock pick set along with other items, which
led him to believe this individual was casing the area
for places to burglarize. Although Officer Hudnall did
not have probable cause to arrest the suspect, he
confiscated the tools and generated a report for
Unlawful Use of Instrument which most likely
disrupted his plan to commit burglary. Officer
Hudnall, on a daily basis, demonstrates his willingness
to abide by the Department’s mission statement to
“prevent, reduce, and disrupt crime and disorder by
aggressive, professional, and compassionate
enforcement of the law”.
Officer Cody Shook received a Certificate of Merit.
On March 12, 2020, Officer Cody Shook (left with
Commander Lt. Nic Emmons) was the primary officer
for two major
investigations,
a major vehicle
crash involving
serious bodily
injury where
the other
driver fled the
scene and an
aggravated
assault where the suspect shot at another vehicle. In
both cases, information was very limited and the
suspects were unknown at the time of the initial
investigation. During the crash investigation, Officer
Shook recognized the severity of the crash and spoke
with all involved parties and witnesses on the scene.
CAIT was activated and Officer Shook assisted in
marking the scene and gathering all viable evidence.
Throughout the day, Officer Shook looked for the
described suspect vehicle while answering other calls.
He located the suspect and obtained a full confession.
Shortly thereafter, Officer Shook responded to a shots
fired call where a male was witnessed shooting at
another vehicle. Upon officer’s arrival, the victim and
suspect both fled the scene. Officer Shook spoke with
witnesses and was able to piece together how the
event unfolded. Toward the end of the investigation,
Officer Shook noticed a vehicle driving by the scene
matching the description given of the victim’s vehicle.
He conducted a traffic stop and confirmed the vehicle
and its occupants were involved. This led to the
identity of the suspect and ultimately a warrant for his
arrest.
While conducting his investigations throughout the
day, Officer Shook found time to follow up on an
assault call from the previous day. He recognized the
suspect in this case as a prolific offender and currently
on parole. He spoke with the suspect’s parole officer
who immediately issued a parole warrant. The suspect
was later found that evening and arrested on the
warrant. As a result of his hard work, a total of 5 felony
cases were generated along with 2 arrest warrants.
Detective Brian McClaran received a Certificate of
Merit. On March 18, 2020, a letter was received from
Detective Donald Rhodes and Chief Gudgel of the
Denison Police Department. This letter explained that
Det. Rhodes was in Sherman attempting to serve a
felony warrant on an individual that was seen walking
away from the area of construction at Austin College.
This was a Saturday and a day off for Det. Brian
McClaran. Det. McClaran overheard the radio traffic
and that the current shift was shorthanded and could
not provide much assistance so he coordinated with
Sherman K9 and loaded the K9 into his vehicle to
provide an element of surprise. Using the ping from
the individual’s ankle monitor, the individual was
located several miles from the last location he was
seen, in a creek bed.
Due to Det. McClaran’s diligence and willingness to
work with and assist other agencies, a violent felon
was apprehended and taken off the streets. Det.
McClaran clearly demonstrated excellence in police
work.
New Hires New hires include Michael Czawlytko, Ryan Thacker,
Micah Book, Samantha Amog, and Tyrek Hancock.
They all have started the Texoma Regional Police
Academy. Welcome!