{"id":2726,"date":"2020-04-03T11:17:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T15:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holdenbeach.me\/?p=2726"},"modified":"2020-04-03T11:17:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T15:17:00","slug":"town-news-message-from-police-chief-dixon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holden.me\/2020\/04\/03\/town-news-message-from-police-chief-dixon\/","title":{"rendered":"Town News: Message from Police Chief Dixon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>The following was originally published in the Town of Holden Beach Newsletter.  Visit http:\/\/www.hbtownhall.com to sign up. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chief Dixon has requested the following information be communicated.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Holden Beach Police Department\u2019s phone lines have previously been forwarded to the Brunswick County 9-1-1 dispatch center while officers were on patrol and out of the office.\u00a0This was in effort to allow the community better access to and communications with the Police Department.\u00a0Unfortunately, the 9-1-1 center is now being inundated with administrative, non-emergency phone calls in reference to parking and closure questions.\u00a0This hinders their ability to serve the community during emergency situations, creating a danger to the life and safety of everyone herein.\u00a0In response to this situation, as directed by the Brunswick County Sheriff\u2019s Office and its 9-1-1 center, the Police Department administrative phone lines will no longer be accepted by the 9-1-1 center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have an emergency situation, please dial 9-1-1 immediately for assistance.\u00a0Dispatchers are standing-by at the ready to gather needed information and send law enforcement, the fire department and emergency medical personnel to your location.\u00a0If you simply have questions about parking or closures, please refer to the Governor\u2019s Executive \u201cStay at Home\u201d Order, or the Town of Holden Beach\u2019s State of Emergency.\u00a0These orders, along with the guidelines from the CDC, will provide clear answers to your questions about social distancing, parking restrictions and any municipal closures.\u00a0If you are not performing essential services, we kindly ask that you comply with these orders to avoid conflict.\u00a0Failure to adhere to these orders place the health and welfare of yourself, your neighbors, our community and our public service members at great and unnecessary risk.\u00a0For these reasons, violations of any of these orders are prosecutable in criminal court as a Class 2 misdemeanor, which carries a maximum punishment of up to 60 days confinement and up to $1,000 in fines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we all adjust to the pandemic known as COVID-19, the Holden Beach Police Department is continuing to serve our community with the utmost regard to each citizen\u2019s needs and safety.\u00a0While we are sympathetic to the inconvenience you are experiencing, we deeply appreciate your understanding and cooperation as we continue to work together during these difficult times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Respectfully,<br>Jeremy Dixon, Chief of Police<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following was originally published in the Town of Holden Beach Newsletter. Visit http:\/\/www.hbtownhall.com to sign up. Chief Dixon has requested the following information be communicated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1649,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[196],"tags":[90],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/holden.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2726"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/holden.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/holden.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holden.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holden.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/holden.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holden.me\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/holden.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holden.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holden.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}