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The majority of our personnel make up our Patrol Division, which is comprised of ten full-time officers. The division is made up of four squads: A, B, C,
D. The division works twelve hour shifts and is responsible for patrolling the five square miles that comprise the town limits. The officers answer all calls for service, investigate traffic accidents, and perform
daily checks on businesses.
A Squad
- Assistant Chief of Police Tammy Hooper
- Joined the Sylva Police Department in August 1997
- Police Officer Rick Bryson
- Joined the Sylva Police Department February 1998
- Associate Applied Science, Criminal Justice 1995
- North Carolina Basic Law Enforcement Training Certification 1995
- Western Carolina University Police 1995-1997
- United States Marine Corp. Base Reaction Force, Stationed Okinawa, Japan 1983-1987
- Awarded Officer of the Year for the Sylva Police Department
- Phone: 586-2916 ext. 210
E-mail: bryson@sylvapolice.org
B Squad
- Sergeant Davis Woodard
- Joined the Sylva Police Department November 1989
- Jackson County Sheriff’s Department 1987-1988
- Jackson County Rescue Squad Member 1986-1987
- North Carolina Basic Law Enforcement Training Certification
- North Carolina Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced SWAT Law Enforcement Training Certification
- Phone: 586-2916 ext. 207
E-mail: woodard@sylvapolice.org
- Police Officer Curtis Lambert
- Joined the Sylva Police Department August 2007
- Police Officer with the Sylva Police Department 1995-1998
- North Carolina Basic Law Enforcement Training Certification Southwestern Community College 1995
- Bachelor of Science in Radio & Television, Western Carolina University 1992
- Associate of Applied Science in Radio and Television, Southwestern Community College 1989
- Phone: 586-2916 ext. 214
E-mail: lambert@sylvapolice.org
C Squad
- Sergeant Jason Owen
- Joined the Sylva Police Department 2006
- Police Officer Western Carolina University
- North Carolina Basic Law Enforcement Training Certification
- Phone: 586-2916 ext. 208
E-mail: owen@sylvapolice.org
- Police Officer Mark Bennett
- Joined the Sylva Police Department March 2003
- Associates of Applied Science from Southwestern Community College
- North Carolina Basic Law Enforcement Training Certification
- Phone: 586-2916 ext. 211
E-mail: bennett@sylvapolice.org
- Police Officer Caleb Harris
- Joined the Sylva Police Department July 2008
- Deputy with Jackson County Sheriff’s Department
- North Carolina Basic Law Enforcement Training Certification
- Phone: 586-2916 ext. 212
E-mail: harris@sylvapolice.org
D Squad
- Sergeant George Lamphiear
- Joined the Sylva Police November 2004
- Bachelor of Science in EMC from Western Carolina University 2003
- North Carolina Basic Law Enforcement Training Certification
- National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians -Paramedic
- North Carolina Rescue Technician -OSFM
- National Association of Search and Rescue- SAR Tech II
- Phone: 586-2916 ext. 209
E-mail: lamphiear@sylvapolice.org
- Police Officer Matt Rathbone
- Joined the Sylva Police August 2008
- Sergeant with the Western Carolina University Police 2002-2007
- Deputy with Jackson County Sheriff’s Office 2007-2008
- North Carolina Basic Law Enforcement Training Certification Haywood Community College October 2002
- Phone: 586-2916 ext. 213
E-mail: rathbone@sylvapolice.org
- Police Officer Daniel Peoples
- Joined the Sylva Police August 2008
- North Carolina Basic Law Enforcement Training Certification Southwestern Community College 2008
- North Carolina Rescue Technician- OSFM
- Phone: 586-2916 ext. 216
E-mail: peoples@sylvapolice.org
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