State SWAT Team Conducting Exercise In Rome

Posted under State Patrol, SWAT on October 23rd, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

Officers with the Georgia State Patrol and the State SWAT team were in Rome Thursday morning participating in a training exercise.
Officers are using a vacant building on North Broad Street for the exercise.
We have contacted the State Patrol for more information on this exercise and will have more when information is available.

Good Turnout for Flu Pandemic Exercise, Free Vaccinations

Posted under Sheriffs Department, Police, Emergency Management, health, EMS, SWAT on October 9th, 2008 by Hayden Jennings0 comments

 
(Above: Sydney Arthur, 9, of Rome gets her flu shot)
By RNW Reporter Hayden Jennings
Local Authorities along with many participants were left satisfied Thursday Morning after their flu pandemic exercise went off without a hitch.
The line which wound around the parking lot at times and across the front of the Floyd County Health Dept. on E. 12th St. went fairly quickly […]

SWAT Standoff In Rockmart Ends With One Dead

Posted under Police, Polk County, SWAT on August 6th, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

One person is dead after a SWAT situation ended in Rockmart Wednesday afternoon.
Police had a person barricaded in a home in Rockmart. The location was in the area of 1st and Lane Street.
Police say the person in the home was found dead, sources say it was apparently self inflicted although police would not confirm how […]

SWAT Apprehends Barricaded Suspect in Cave Spring

Posted under Police, Cave Spring, SWAT on June 24th, 2008 by RomeNewswire3 Comments

By RNW Reporter Hayden Jennings
The Rome/Floyd County Swat team responded to a call at the Spring Haven Apartments on Perry Farm Road Tuesday evening after a man reportedly barricaded himself inside his home.
According to Cave Spring Public Safety Director Randy Lacey, Redmond EMS initially responded to the apartment shortly after 4:00 PM. The elderly […]

Man Kills Estranged Wife, Still On The Run From Police

Posted under Crime, Police, Video, SWAT on May 25th, 2008 by Hayden Jennings0 comments

By RNW Reporter Hayden Jennings
Video By: RNW editor, Jerry Duke

Floyd County Police are currently in a manhunt after a female was shot and killed Sunday Morning after an altercation with a Rome man.
Rome Fire, Floyd EMS, And Floyd Co. Police Units initially responded to the call on Woodland St. off Callier Springs Rd. around 10:30 […]