Verizon wireless customers in the southeast area of Brundidge could see increased download speeds and better connections thanks to Resolution 2015-03, which was approved during Tuesday’s City Council meeting.

Andy Rotenstreich, , the Verizon Wireless representative present at Tuesday’s meeting, said upgrades being made to the tower would include replacing two antennas on the tower and also adding three others, which will push the number of antenna from nine to 12 and increase service speeds.

“We’re just making sure that that site has the latest and greatest technology,” Rotenstreich said. “We’re doing what they call an AWS, which stands for Advanced Wireless Services, which just has to do with some extra spectrum that Verizon purchased from the Federal Communications Commission.”

Rotenstreich said the upgrades would give the tower a broader range of coverage offering Brundidge better connections. But, improvements to the tower won’t just benefit Brundidge citizens. Rotenstreich said the tower would also reach travelers on U.S. Highway 231.

“The 4G technology was already there, so we’re just expanding it and making it better,” Rotenstreich said. “A lot of it is to cover the citizens of Brundidge, at least in the southwest side of town, but also 231.”

The Brundidge City Council also heard from Brundidge Police Chief Moses Davenport. Davenport presented data on arrests and complaints the police department had received in 2014 and compared them to 2013.

The information Davenport provided accounted for 1,672 total complaints called in and 16,547 total entries on the Computer-Aided Dispatch system, or CAD. The police department also reported 75 total wrecks, 117 total arrests, made two drug possession cases, fives counterfeiting cases, eight menacing cases, no possession of forged instrument cases, four forgery cases, no terrorist threat cases, two reckless endangerment cases, nine criminal trespassing cases, 39 criminal mischief cases, no property damage cases, two unauthorized use of a vehicle cases, three breaking and entering a motor vehicle cases, nine identity theft cases, no sexual misconduct cases, no missing persons cases, no stalking cases, no receiving stolen property cases, no public lewdness cases, 15 harassing communications cases, two deceased persons cases, 31 cases for assault, 130 domestic violence cases, 79 harassment cases, 19 burglary cases, two attempted murder cases, 110 theft of property cases, four robbery cases, no gas drive off cases, no violation of protection order cases, one theft of services case, 11 disorderly conduct cases, no minor in consumption of alcohol cases, no open container violation cases, five rape/sexual abuse cases and no bomb threat cases.

Davenport also said the police department had faced difficulties in obtaining information for cases, especially the Dec. 27, 2014, shooting incident that led to the death of Pryzim Thesolonnians Ransom and the hospitalization of two other individuals. Davenport told council members that although people had been at the scene of the crime, no one had come forward with information to aid the investigation.

“With the situation we have going on right now, everyone was there but no one knows what happened,” Davenport said.

Ransom was shot and killed near the Upper Kutz barbershop on Veterans Road after an altercation broke out in the morning hours of Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014. An arrest has yet to be made in the case, but Davenport said the police department had gathered enough information to make an arrest.

“Hopefully, this time next month, we will have an arrest report,” Davenport said. “We have enough evidence to arrest now, but there are a few more things we need to do before we make an arrest.”

Verizon wireless customers in the southeast area of Brundidge could see increased download speeds and better connections thanks to Resolution 2015-03, which was approved during Tuesday’s City Council meeting.

Andy Rotenstreich, , the Verizon Wireless representative present at Tuesday’s meeting, said upgrades being made to the tower would include replacing two antennas on the tower and also adding three others, which will push the number of antenna from nine to 12 and increase service speeds.

“We’re just making sure that that site has the latest and greatest technology,” Rotenstreich said. “We’re doing what they call an AWS, which stands for Advanced Wireless Services, which just has to do with some extra spectrum that Verizon purchased from the Federal Communications Commission.”

Rotenstreich said the upgrades would give the tower a broader range of coverage offering Brundidge better connections. But, improvements to the tower won’t just benefit Brundidge citizens. Rotenstreich said the tower would also reach travelers on U.S. Highway 231.

“The 4G technology was already there, so we’re just expanding it and making it better,” Rotenstreich said. “A lot of it is to cover the citizens of Brundidge, at least in the southwest side of town, but also 231.”

The Brundidge City Council also heard from Brundidge Police Chief Moses Davenport. Davenport presented data on arrests and complaints the police department had received in 2014 and compared them to 2013.

The information Davenport provided accounted for 1,672 total complaints called in and 16,547 total entries on the Computer-Aided Dispatch system, or CAD. The police department also reported 75 total wrecks, 117 total arrests, made two drug possession cases, fives counterfeiting cases, eight menacing cases, no possession of forged instrument cases, four forgery cases, no terrorist threat cases, two reckless endangerment cases, nine criminal trespassing cases, 39 criminal mischief cases, no property damage cases, two unauthorized use of a vehicle cases, three breaking and entering a motor vehicle cases, nine identity theft cases, no sexual misconduct cases, no missing persons cases, no stalking cases, no receiving stolen property cases, no public lewdness cases, 15 harassing communications cases, two deceased persons cases, 31 cases for assault, 130 domestic violence cases, 79 harassment cases, 19 burglary cases, two attempted murder cases, 110 theft of property cases, four robbery cases, no gas drive off cases, no violation of protection order cases, one theft of services case, 11 disorderly conduct cases, no minor in consumption of alcohol cases, no open container violation cases, five rape/sexual abuse cases and no bomb threat cases.

Davenport also said the police department had faced difficulties in obtaining information for cases, especially the Dec. 27, 2014, shooting incident that led to the death of Pryzim Thesolonnians Ransom and the hospitalization of two other individuals. Davenport told council members that although people had been at the scene of the crime, no one had come forward with information to aid the investigation.

“With the situation we have going on right now, everyone was there but no one knows what happened,” Davenport said.

Ransom was shot and killed near the Upper Kutz barbershop on Veterans Road after an altercation broke out in the morning hours of Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014. An arrest has yet to be made in the case, but Davenport said the police department had gathered enough information to make an arrest.

“Hopefully, this time next month, we will have an arrest report,” Davenport said. “We have enough evidence to arrest now, but there are a few more things we need to do before we make an arrest.”

In other items of business the council:

• Deemed two trailers, three golf carts and a former police drug dog as surplus items that will be sold to the highest bidders.

• Discussed the movement of the cameras at Galloway Park in order to better see if or when people are littering.

The Brundidge City Council’s next meeting will be held Tuesday, Jan. 20, at 4 p.m. in City Hall.