From: http://camdenfreepress.com/blog/2010/07/19/camden-sheriffs-deputy-shot-with-canon/
Camden Sheriff’s Deputy Shot with Canon
By Paul Rushing on July 19, 2010
Today a Camden County Sheriff’s Deputy was shot with a Canon by a motorist on I-95. Fortunately for the deputy there were no injuries due to this alleged assault. The Sheriff’s department was quick to respond and was immediately able to track down the culprits who did this dastardly deed.
Due to the fact that the officer was not injured in this incident, no arrest was made (which would be very unusual in Camden County Georgia). The Sheriffs Department in Camden County takes a very proactive stance to traffic enforcement and always maintains heavy patrols along the I-95 corridor which splits the county in half. This very aggressive presence may have something to do with the slow growth for Camden County.
The Canon that shot the Sheriff’s deputy is pictured on the left. This clarifies why the shot was non-lethal to the officer. It was a simple point and click. The reason for the rapid response from so many law enforcement officials for this benign occurrence is unknown. Statements made by officer who made the initial traffic stop claimed that the officer whose picture was snapped by this Canon was in fear of his life and thought that it may of been a hand gun?!? (He refused to let us to film this interaction and was very insistent that we stop our video camera from rolling, while not stopping his in the patrol car.)
The reason we were only able to shoot an actual stop versus officers hiding in speed traps is still a mystery to us, since they have several locations across the county in which they sit and wait to pull over speeding motorist. We do know that it did not take four police cars for them to confirm that we were taking pictures of them in action. Maybe at some point the Sheriff’s department could put these officers to work cleaning up the areas of the county inhabited by drug dealers and zoning violations versus looking for fine revenue from passing motorists.
If you capture a pic of any police department in Camden county running a speed trap, please submit your photos and location to us for us to post. Obviously speeding (or recording the results of it) does not work in Camden County GA.
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