The office of the Sheriff

This office is responsible for establishing policy and working with the County Board of Supervisors and other agencies to ensure that the resources necessary to accomplish the agency's responsibilities are provided.  Additionally, this office is the arbitrator of all complaints/grievances of and about departmental employees

Policy is issued in the form of guidance to division commanders who, in turn, are responsible for the formulation and continuing update of specific directives for their respective divisions.  The directives must reflect the most up to date procedures and techniques to provide for the safety of all employees and to meet all legal mandates.  Therefore, the commanders must review directives, at least, annually.  All division directives, changes or updates must be approved by the Sheriff before becoming effective.

This office consists of the Sheriff, the Chief Deputy, the Office Manager, and other support personnel.  The Chief Deputy Sheriff assumes the functions of the Sheriff in his absence.

The Office Manager is responsible for overseeing the following areas.

1. Criminal Records:  Maintains all departmental records of offenses, arrests, calls for service, etc.; enters records into and manages the Automated Criminal Records Systems.  In addition, this function generates statistical data used in analysis of various departmental functions
2. Civil Process and Warrants:  receives and processes all legal documents requiring service by the Sheriff’s Office.
3. Personnel and Processing of bills:  performs a number of administrative personnel tasks; receives and processes all bills, invoices and vouchers for payment.  
4. Receptionist:  In addition all secretarial staff greets the public and answer the phone lines making referrals and offering assistance as needed.