JoCo Commissioners Hear Homeless Site Proposal after Brief Recess during Workshop
A brief recess paused today's County Administration Workshop due to an undisclosed security issue. The board reconvened shortly thereafter, and invited U-Turn for Christ to introduce their proposal for a 24-hour supervised, low-barrier entry site to help provide shelter and reintegration resources for the homeless. Further discussion will be on the next workshop agenda. The board approved a manager report and recommendation regarding County Legal Property at 210 Tacoma, along with documents from the September auction. A recommendation to stick with a 10% fee funding 50% of property management in the matter of confirming the Sheriff's certificate of sale and authorization to distribute the proceeds was also approved. Department business saw no objection from the commissioners to the Sheriff's request for authorization to acquire the e-Citations Integration Program.
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JCSO Search and Rescue Technical Rope Team Saves Man after 300-Foot Fall
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Technical Rope Rescue Team saved a man after he fell nearly 300 feet down a cliff near Prospect. At 2:19 a.m. Saturday, October 4, dispatch received a call reporting that a man had gone over a Rogue River canyon cliff near the 1100 block of Mill Creek Drive. Witnesses told dispatchers they could hear the man calling for help from below. The Jackson County Fire District 4 and JCSO deputies responded with assistance from the JCSO Fire District 3 Technical Rescue Team, and determined that a high-angle rope rescue would be necessary. The JCSO SAR Technical Rope Rescue Team and Fire District 3, conducted a complex rope operation. Using 400 feet of rope and a litter, SAR volunteers lowered rescuers and raised the injured man back to safety from the bottom of the canyon. Mercy Flights Inc. transported the man by air ambulance to the hospital, where he remains in stable condition.
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JCSO Reports New Scams Targeting Vulnerable Community Members
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office has received reports of two new scams targeting vulnerable people in the community. JCSO reports the victims included a mother of a runaway child and family members of a recently arrested Adult-in-Custody (AIC). In the first case, suspects obtained information from a social media post about a missing juvenile. They sent the family a video, possibly AI-generated, showing the child restrained in a chair, and demanded $1,500 or they would harm their family member. The video could only be viewed once, and the call originated from a Canadian phone number. The family quickly confirmed the juvenile was safe. This marks the second local scam of this kind in less than a month. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has tracked over 100 similar ransom scams since 2020. NCMEC tells families to allow authorities to create and distribute missing child posters and warns against including personal phone numbers or emails on self-made posters. In the second case, scammers called a family of a newly arrested AIC, impersonating a JCSO deputy. The scammer asked for $1,500 for bail and another $500 for an ankle monitor to secure the AIC’s release to a drug treatment program.
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