1,743 Traffic Citations, 54 DUIs Recorded In Forsyth In April

FORSYTH COUNTY, GA — Kate Hoffman, open records custodian, shared the April statistics and stories from the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office with the public recently in a video.

The monthly statistics broke down as follows:

Residential alarms: 443
Business alarms: 231
Illegally entering autos: 35
Burglary: 29
DUI: 54
Traffic Citations: 1,743
Traffic Warnings: 1,998

Demonstrated on the video is a successful PIT maneuver used by deputies in April to stop a fleeing suspect.

Next, Hoffman points out the the Forsyth Sheriff's Office formed a new multi-agency Drug Task Force that includes the Johns Creek Police Department, Alpharetta Department of Public Safety and Forsyth County Sheriff's Office. This collaboration, called JCAF Drug Task Force, brings together these three agencies who will focus on dealer level narcotic investigations. The task force is comprised of 18 agents who are committed to combatting drug sales in our areas.

Born from conversations between Chief Robison of Alpharetta PD, Sheriff Freeman of Forsyth County SO, and Chief Densmore of Johns Creek PD, the JCAF Drug Task Force will be able to move freely between all three jurisdictions while conducting investigations.

Hoffman then welcomes the five new members to the Sheriff's Office.

Next was a warning for Forsyth drivers to "Slow your behinds down," Hoffman repeating what was posted on Facebook earlier in the month that, "FCSO Deputies are seeing speeds on GA 400 that would make NASCAR blush, including an 18 year old driving 103+mph on GA400 South near Pilgrim Mill Road.

In April, FCSO issued citations on GA 400 for 94, 90, 100, 111, 90, 96, 90, 90, and 103 mph in a 55 zone. Each of those are super speeders.

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Photo and video courtesy Forsyth County Sheriff's Office