To the citizens, businesses and visitors to the Town of Pembroke:

Hello, please allow me to introduce myself to those of you who don’t know me or have never met me, I am Doug Sadler, your Chief of Police.

I have been your town Police Chief since 2007 and I have enjoyed my service to the town and to its citizens every minute since I took the job. When I first came here this department was a two man department, and a lot of the “old timers” felt it should remain that or still be a one man department. My number one intention and goal when I pinned on the Chief’s badge was to make the Town of Pembroke the safest town to live in within our County and in order to do that it would mean bringing our department into a new age of policing and that would mean better equipment, more education and more people to get the job done. In 13 years of being Chief I have witnessed every type of crime in our small town as is seen in the big cities, however it happens less frequently and on a smaller scale. My job was to attempt to prevent as much as possible from occurring while solving the crimes that did occur and make arrests and at the same time keeping our town safe for all ages to live in. I am happy to report that we have done that and will continue to do it, as our motto states, we are “Working Today For A Safer Tomorrow”.

We furnish our citizens with a full service Police Agency, we provide patrol, radar for traffic safety, DUI patrol, narcotics investigations, criminal investigations, business closings, neighborhood watch, a full time investigator / officer, many various community policing programs and we have an officer on duty seven days a week. We have two trained Crisis Intervention Officers, we handle our transports to mental facilities across the state if needed, we have our own DCJS Firearms instructor and we have a State Certified Intoxilyzer Operator. Our department receives an average of 25000.00 in overtime grant funding and equipment funding yearly for both State and Federal resources. Since 2018 I applied for and received Federal Funding for three new police vehicles giving us a very modern and efficient fleet of police units that replaced our old and constantly breaking down units. In the event that a call for service comes in and we do not have an officer on duty due to schooling, court, vacation leave or other commitments, we have a mutual aid agreement with the Giles County Sheriff’s Office and they we take that call, render aid if needed and take information to pass on to the next available Pembroke officer who then follows up on the call. No Pembroke citizen will ever be without police assistance no matter what time of day or night it may be.

Our department now consists of myself and 3 paid officers along with four fully sworn Auxiliary officers that volunteer their time to our department when needed. I made a promise to myself and the citizens when I took this job that I would uphold our constitution and provide everyone with the most reliable and well trained versatile department possible at the lowest taxpayer cost possible. If you have any questions or want to speak to me or any of my officers please feel free to stop by or call. We have an open door policy.

I want to thank you for taking the time to read a little of the history of your town’s department since I became chief and again feel free to contact me if you feel the need.

 

Sincerely,

 

Doug Sadler