One of the goals of the Henderson Police Department’s ongoing reorganization plan has been the implementation of a “Power Shift” component within the Operations Division.
The Power Shift was formed to fight criminal activity at the street level within the City of Henderson.
The officers assigned to this unit assist and coordinate with the Criminal Investigation Division, Drug Unit, and Patrol Section using a geographical-based enforcement strategy involving investigations of crimes against persons and property.
The Power Shift is comprised of officers with training in proactive law enforcemnt methods as well as the ability to adapt to the ever-changing atmosphere and mode of operatios of crimnal elements within the city.
The Power Shift began operation on July 31, 2008. The shift consists of one lieutenant, one sergeant, and four patrol officers.
Since the inception of this unit, the officers have been aggressively concentrating on quality of life crimes such as criminal gang activity, property crimes, robberies, prostitution, and street-level narcotics offenses.
The goal of the Power Shift is to reduce crime and to improve the quality of life for the citizens of Henderson.
Below is an accumulation of the work the officers produced over the last two weeks of operation:
On August 17, 2008, members of the Power Shift conducted a special operation called “Scratch Off”. This operation targeted local merchants for selling lottery tickets to underage individuals.
These are the stores within the city limits that sold lottery tickets to a minor:
Shell Station
1022 Ruin Creek Road
The clerk was cited for underage sale of lottery ticket and released.
Oxford Road Mini Mart
The clerk was cited for underage sale of lottery ticket and released.
Shell Station
101 N. Cooper Drive
The clerk was cited for underage sale of lottery ticket and released.
BOWS Convenience Store
401 Raleigh Road
The clerk was cited for underage sale of lottery ticket and released.
Rose Mart
1204 W. Andrews Avenue
The clerk was cited for underage sale of lottery ticket and released.
Boomerang
200 W. Andrews Avenue
The clerk was cited for underage sale of lottery ticket and released.
Snackers
1208 E. Andrews Avenue
The clerk was cited for underage sale of lottery ticket and released.
Hauter’s Best Bet
1225 E. Andrews Avenue
The clerk was cited for underage sale of lottery ticket and released.
The scheduled court date for those cited is September 22, 2008.
These are the stores within the city limits that did not sell lottery tickets to a minor:
Hess Station
929 Garnett Street
Hess Station
N. Garnett Street
Snackers
1205 W. Andrews Avenue
BP
946 W. Andrews Avenue
Gate City Foods
601 W. Andrews Avenue
Party Pickup
655 N. Garnett Street
Henderson Food Mart
420 E. Andrews Avenue
K&H
1425 E. Andrews Avenue