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![]() The investigation ranged across the county, and targeted sales of multiple types of drugs: heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine, black-market pharmaceuticals and marijuana. Police believe many of the drugs targeted in the sweep were coming into Ulster County from the New York City area, said Ulster County Lieutenant Ed Brewster, according to the Daily Freeman, which sent several reporters to cover the event live with online video clips. The Sheriff's Office and other URGENT members held a press conference at the Ulster County Law Enforcement Center in Kingston at noon to discuss the arrests. Over three dozen arrests were announced with great fanfare on Wednesday by the Ulster County Sheriff's Office, the result of a seven-month-long undercover investigation into drug sales by the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team (URGENT) dubbed "Operation Spring Cleaning." This will tell the customer that you’re a professional shop that does quality work.Above: Images from a photo gallery of arrests made during the recent URGENT investigation "Operation Spring Cleaning," posted on the Ulster County Sheriff's Office's Facebook page. Your entire staff of machinists should be in uniforms as well. If you can afford it, have all of your front line people dressed in attractive, clean shirts screen printed or embroidered with your company name or logo. The necessary labor forms, pricing schedule and basic inspection tools such as micrometers and dial calipers should be readily available to your counter people. As soon as a job is checked in, it should go directly to the staging area for its intended department. You may also want to have current industry magazines in a rack, especially if your shop has been featured in one of them.ĭon’t let your front counter become a black hole of accumulated stuff that makes the place look disorganized. ![]() Have coffee or water available for your customers. ![]() If you sponsor any local racers have them sign a photo of their car and hang it on the wall. Add a card that describes what machining operations have been performed on a particular set of heads or engine. I suggest that you display some of your finished work pieces for the customer to inspect. Make sure it has seating for your customers when they are waiting. Contact your parts suppliers to see if they have banners, posters, etc. It should be well lit, clean and organized. The front counter is your customers’ first look at your business. Not only will your legs and feet feel better, your productivity will improve. Now, step back and imagine how you can reorganize your shop to reduce the distance you’re walking every day. So buckle up and read how you can get your shop together with these cleaning and organizing tips.įirst off get yourself a pedometer, attach it to your belt and at the end of the day see how many miles you’ve walked around your shop. The sun is nearly back and birds have started chirping which means spring is in the air and with that comes some spring cleaning.
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