Milledgeville Police Specialized Patrol Unit receives community grant

 The Milledgeville Police Department’s Specialized Patrol Unit (SPU) is receiving a $4,600 community grant from Washington EMC’s Operation Round Up program. 

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MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (WMGT/41NBC) – The Milledgeville Police Department’s Specialized Patrol Unit (SPU) is receiving a $4,600 community grant from Washington EMC’s Operation Round Up program.

Operation Round Up is a community development program funded by the voluntary contributions of Washington EMC customers to the Washington Electric Foundation.

Contributions are made to the foundation when participants elect to have their monthly electric bill rounded up to the next dollar. Charitable donations are made by the foundation to worthy projects and needs within the ten-county Washington EMC service area.

The Specialized Patrol Unit has educated various civic organizations, schools, and businesses throughout the community since 2016.

SPU was established to place more focus on community policing, crime suppression, traffic and concentrated patrol, in an effort to establish a stronger relationship between the community and law enforcement.

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Shelby Coates
Shelby Coates is an evening anchor/producer at 41NBC News. She anchors the 5, 5:30, and 6 evening newscasts. She also works behind the scenes producing the 5:00pm and managing newsroom assignments. She returns to 41NBC after working in Evansville, Indiana as the Morning/Noon Anchor and Executive Producer for WEVV. Shelby also spent time in Spartanburg, South Carolina, where she spent three years anchoring and producing the weekend morning newscasts at WSPA-TV. She also worked as a general assignment reporter, receiving several honors for her investigative and consumer reporting. Shelby has spent time working as a news anchor/reporter in Chattanooga, Tennessee; Macon, Georgia; and Abilene, Texas. Shelby is a native of Clarksville, Tennessee. She graduated from Abilene Christian University in Texas with a bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism and Mass Communication and a minor in sociology. Shelby has a passion for empowering local communities, church ministry, public speaking, strengthening women and mentoring young people.