HCSO Asking for Citizens to Participate in Survey

On Friday, Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond is officially releasing the 2020 Online HCSO Citizen’s Survey.

The survey, available online, is open to all Hamilton County residents who wish to participate and offer feedback as to the services provided to them by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office.

“This survey is a unique way for us to see how we are doing as a law enforcement agency…. It gives the citizens of Hamilton County an opportunity to voice their concerns and tell us what we are doing right and what we can do better,” stated Sheriff Jim Hammond, in a press release.

The online citizens survey consists of (20) questions and discusses a variety of issues related to the work and efficiency of the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office. There is also a portion available for personal input. All names are kept confidential.

The survey is designed to reinforce our agency’s commitment to excellence for all citizens with fair and equitable performance.

Citizens may access the online survey at http://www.hcsheriff.gov/gen_info/survey.asp or via the HCSO Facebook page.

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.

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