In DeKalb County the Sheriff’s Department has released details of their dispatch log from March of 2007 through March of 2008. 
Reports show the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department has been extremely busy considering the small population count. DeKalb County is where a portion of Center Hill Lake is located. Center Hill Lake is utilized by thousands of Rutherford County residents each summer.
A few highlights of the nearly 5,000 incident calls include:
67 four wheeler calls
228 animal related calls
3 boat fires
206 Domestic violence calls
157 Funeral Escorts calls from funeral homes
4 Indecent exposure calls
2 Kidnapping’s and
23 Suicide related calls
The population of DeKalb County is less then 20,000 according to U.S. Census figures. The largest city in DeKalb County is Smithville.
