The South Haven Police Department is adjusting how it uses its staff as the busy summer continues and fewer applicants for positions as police officers come in. Chief Natalie Thompson sent a note to the city council this month she has pulled detectives to help with uniform patrol. City Manager Kate Hosier tells WSJM News another problem is that the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Department can’t provide as much supplemental support this year.
“They do send in some folks, and I think they do have some supplemental officers and reserves,” Hosier said. “We are not seeing that they have a lot of extra bodies this year as well, based on what Chief Thompson has written.”
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3 arrested in connection to 21 car break-ins in Southaven . (Source: KAUZ) By WMC Action News 5 Staff | April 7, 2021 at 3:55 PM CDT - Updated April 7 at 3:55 PM
SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (WMC) - Three suspects were arrested overnight in connection to 21 car break-ins in Southaven, Mississippi.
Southaven police say they responded to Commerce Drive around 1 a.m. where they received reports of suspects actively breaking into cars.
The suspects were later identified as 22-year-old Devante Abston and 18-year-old Jamal Moore, both of Memphis, and the third suspect is a juvenile.
When officers arrived at the scene of the break-ins, the suspects took off on Stateline Road. Southhaven Police Department says they refused to stop the vehicle, swerving near one of the patrol cars, causing the officer to strike a metal guard rail.