At the most recent Appomattox Town Council meeting held Oct. 15, Appomattox County Sheriff Robby Richardson gave an update on the police department’s statistics and its K-9 dog unit.

During the past six months in the Town of Appomattox, the sheriff’s office served 171 summons for speeding and traffic infractions, 135 misdemeanor warrants, and 103 felony warrants.

Although Richardson didn’t have the total number of parking infractions with him at the moment, he told Town Council that the numbers have increased and that the department is doing its best to address concerns within the town.

“I can tell you they have risen, mostly due to the new parking signs on Church Street, and also whenever we’ve had the time and people have called in, we try to monitor the mornings over near the ABC store and Kroger parking lot, things of that nature,” he said. “We can’t get to them all. I know there’s been a lot of complaints we haven’t gotten to, and it’s strictly because deputies are on call and they can’t get over there in time before the person’s already left. And the law also dictates if somebody’s in the driver’s seat we can’t write them a parking ticket, we have to ask them to move on; it’s only if somebody’s not in the driver’s seat.”

Town Council member Claudia Puckette asked Richardson to discuss the current status of the two K-9 officers, Virgilio and Conner. The response was all good news as the dogs are keeping up with state requirements and standards.

“They’re being used consistently,” Richardson answered. “They both just took their state test again, and I think it was back in August, and both of them passed in drug identification, narcotics, and also in tracking, which is a good thing.”

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