Crime & Safety

Sheriff's Office Honored for Collecting Most Prescription Drugs

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office was honored Saturday for being the top agency, collecting the most prescription drugs in a Dakota Dyer drop box.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Department was one of the honorees at Saturday’s 1st Annual Dakota Dyer/Waffle House Waffle Eating Contest. Investigator Cindy West was present to receive the 1st Annual Warrior Award on behalf of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, according to the Sheriff's Facebook page.

The DCSO was honored with an award for being the agency that collected the most prescription drugs in a Dakota Dyer drop box. The drop box is located in the Sheriff's Department lobby and is available to all Douglas County residents for disposing of prescription and illegal drugs anonymously.

Video of Saturday’s event can be found here: http://www.bargy.biz/syntheticmarijuana/dakota-dyer-foundation-honors-fox5/

Video of the drop box program can be found here: http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/21230137/dropoff-boxes-take-millions-of-pounds-of-pills-off-streets


Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here

To request removal of your name from an arrest report, submit these required items to arrestreports@patch.com.