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Aggressive Criminal Enforcement (ACE) Team
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The Rockingham Police Department's A.C.E. Team was first formed in late 2002 due largely in part to a grant received from the Governor's Highway Safety Program. The A.C.E. Team is a dual-purpose team. Their first objective is to reduce traffic fatalities and injuries by aggressively enforcing motor vehicle laws. Traffic accidents and personal injuries have been reduced by a significant amount since the inception of this team.
The Aggressive Criminal Enforcement (ACE) Team is charged with the task of aggressive tactics in the war on drugs and the transportation of illegal substances. The primary mission of the ACE Team is to stop the delivery of illegal narcotics before reaching the dealers. The officers of this unit are highly trained to recognize and search-out those using, possessing, selling or handling illegal narcotics. The ACE Team is also charged with aggressive DWI detection, enforcing seatbelt usage and general highway safety.
The A.C.E. Team has become a very productive part of our anti-drug and traffic safety campaign. The officers have struck a good balance between traffic and criminal law enforcement to make our streets safer.
ACE Officers:
Major Billy Kelly, Commanding Officer
Lt. Creed Freeman, Supervisor
ACE Glenn Harris
ACE Lee Bailey
ACE Dustin Johnson
ACE Cheyenne Revels
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| ACE Officers Lee Bailey & Dustin Johnson with Major Billy Kelly |
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Traffic stop results in four arrests
by Peter Williams/Richmond County Daily Journal
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 Rockingham police didn’t have to wait long to make an arrest at a traffic checkpoint Sunday.
The traffic stop was set up at the corner of Lawrence and Leak Streets about 5 p.m. When a blue 2008 Ford Focus pulled up, Officer Lee Daily noticed a strong odor of marijuana. It was the only the second car to go through the checkpoint.
Marijuana worth $10,000 was seized and four people arrested.
One of the suspects, Danny Moore Jr., 29, of Ann Street, Rockingham, was already on probation. He pleaded guilty just over three weeks ago to felony marijuana charges. He has an arrest record dating back to 2003 and now faces new charges of possession of marijuana with intent to sell and deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Also arrested were Jamie Ott, 24, of Gathings Street, Hamlet, Jennifer Taylor, 20, of Ann Street, Rockingham and Moore’s wife, Summer Dawn Moore, 25.
Also seized was $677 in cash from Danny Moore. Summer Moore also faces charges for having two methadone tablets on her person.
Ott, who was driving the vehicle, was jailed under $35,000 bond. Danny Moore had bond placed at $10,000. Bond for the other two was $5,000.
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| Members from RPD's ACE team spoke to over 200 attendents at a Job Fair held April 08, 2009 at Richmond Community College's Cole Auditorium.
Officers answered questions on working in law enforcement, as well as, DWI, seatbelt use, and other traffic laws.
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Items Seized During Traffic Stops
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