Gone are the Good 'Ole Days - Tybee Breeze

departments that work together to keep our beach
safe. My thanks and congratulations go out to
Corporal Heckman and his staff for a job well done.
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The Results Are In
On the 4th of July weekend, that is. For our
purposes, we considered the weekend as
beginning on Friday, June 30, at the morning shift
change at 7:00 AM, and ending on Wednesday,
July 5, at 7:00 in the morning. And what a weekend
it was.
The traffic figures are:
These are the numbers of cars coming on
to the island and passing Breezy Point. The July 3
figures are not a record, with more than 16,000
Tybee Breeze
cars counted on July 3 in both 2005 and 2004. But
it is impressive for a Tuesday. Starting at the 10:00
hour, over a thousand cars each hour poured into
Tybee, until the 8:00 PM hour. That made it eleven
straight hours with over a thousand cars each
hour—and that’s a new record. The total for the five
days comes to 60,045, and we’re not sure—that
could be a record, too.
For the period, we recorded a total of 353
calls for service, with a total of 226 new case
numbers assigned. A total of 45 custodial arrests
were made and 124 various citations were issued.
We counted 9 traffic wrecks and 20 assorted
medical emergencies. The fireworks event on
Monday the 3rd was the busiest time. That day
alone we made 26 arrests. We even added
another court session in July just for that weekend.
The fireworks were great, but we were glad
when the weekend was over.
Attack of the Killer Vegetables
From case number
2007072503 on July 4,
2006:
“Unknown
person(s) threw
onions, peaches,
tomatoes, and a beer
can at the windshield
of the vehicle causing it
to break in several
places. The vehicle
was parked in the city
parking lot the
evening before. The
items looked as if they had been thrown from a
balcony on Strand Avenue. The building has six
rental units with porches facing the vehicle.”
We don’t make this stuff up. Honest.
How Not to Beat a DUI
On the night of June 12, Senior Officer
Mathews watched as three people climbed into a
convertible with the top down. Two of the persons