What today? We are having a
multijurisdictional task force out
here today and the goal of that task
force is to clear in Trench Creek Park
area of any person in violation of
the executive order that was issued
on Friday by CEO Michael Thurman.
Our goal is to clear the area of
citizens who may be in there unlawfully,
give them their options and hopefully
gain voluntary compliance
from them exiting the park.
Our goal is to eventually put
up the signage and the barriers
to keep people out of the park.
But you mentioned options.
What does options mean?
The options is you have the option to take
all of your possessions and exit
the park or you will be arrested.
Those are the options. Is
anyone arrested or detained?
We have encountered 3 people.
Out of those three people,
one is in custody, 2 have chosen to
walk out of the park, which they did.
The person who detained a male
or female, it was a female.
We're still in the process of questioning,
so we'll determine what charges, if any.
Have you found any craps? I know?
The old tournament was talking about
traps and endangerments of the people.
That's why he goes apart.
Yes, we have found several booby traps.
Not only did we find a lot of wooden placards
with rusty nails coming out of them,
we've actually found Molotov cocktails.
And something that's very frightening
which we've never encountered was
vile syringes spool of fentanyl.
Obviously the last time a clearing operation
was out here that dangers for officers.
What are you also doing to make sure
everyone's safe in terms of what's
going on and can you describe exactly
step by step wherever the boogie shops
found and and were they in boxes or were
they out throughout the the campus?
They were in miscellaneous locations.
The goal of those booby trucks
is to catch people off guard
so they're hidden by leaves.
You can't see them.
So our guys are out there strategically,
walking very carefully through there,
not only looking for booby trucks,
but looking for
people as well.
Why are you doing operations
with multiple agencies,
including Georgia State Patrol,
who doesn't wear body Cam body cameras?
Well, we need as
many officers as we can to be
able to do this intelligently,
making sure that we are overly
prepared to encounter any situations.
And so that's why we've
requested the assistance
of all of these agencies.
What's the directive through officers
who are going in and finding people.
What are the officers supposed to do?
Or they if there is compliance,
what are they supposed to do?
If there's not compliance,
what are they supposed to do?
It's quite simple. The
goal of the officers is simply to educate.
The people in the park about the
executive order give them their options,
which is your option is you can
leave or you will be arrested.
We give them the opportunity
to retrieve their belongings
and exit voluntarily. So
those are the options and those are
the directors that the officers
received prior to beginning
this operation.
Are they allowed to use of we use
of force if they don't comply?
We will use force when and if necessary.
Chief, you have a head count for
how many people were back there.
We've encountered 3 thus far.
Two chosen
to leave voluntarily and one is in custody.
The barricades have already started going up,
so as we're clearing the locations
and making them safe, then we're
allowing the barricades to be placed.
Now you have to understand the barriers
are being placed with security and
actually now we're having people
bring up the signage as well and
they need to be secured as well.
No one wants to come into
this park without security,
which is why we're here to make
sure that the job can get done
without anyone being hurt.
How long do you think this operation?
It'll go as long as needed,
hopefully not more than a couple days.
Like I said, our goal is simply
just to inform the public,
gain voluntary compliance,
make sure the signs are up,
and make sure that the
barriers are up. We could
get pictures like
traps. Yeah, I mean we can provide that.
Our office gonna take in
every entrance of the park.
As long as the executive order is in
effect or what's going to happen, it
no. The goal of the barriers
is simply to go ahead and
restrict the access to the park.
With people and vehicles, it'd be
impossible to restrict complete access.
So we're not going to be here 24/7
ensuring that compliance is made.
We're just asking the community
to please adhere to the executive
order and do not enter the park.
I mean, the press release
you guys say is phase two.
How many faces are there in,
in terms of this executive order?
And clearing out the park
and making the park safe
as many phases as needed, Sir,
Speaking of the park, the the site just
behind us here the, the, the Peoples
park where the gazebo and stuff was,
that's no longer county property anymore,
right that that belongs to
the developer now, right.
Is that in mind? If I correct on that I
don't know the legalities on that.
That question may be for someone else.
Broadly speaking, there's nobody has
any legal business to be act there
anymore, right? Is that about right?
We don't believe that at this
time anyone should be in there.
There are. I'm so sorry, sorry,
I was distracted by the phone, so
no one should be in the area.
And so like I said, we're simply
just asking people to leave and
hoping that they voluntarily
comply with the executive order and
what's going on here?
Why is this road closed?
Why is this road? Now closed
in the morning was open and
we are ensuring that the barricades
are being placed and that the people
doing the barricades can do it safely.
So there will be some Rd. closure.
It would be limited, not complete Rd.
closure just to ensure that they
can work safely. And I don't have
anything additional at this time.
Thank you. Thank you.