Seminole County Sheriff's Office (Florida)
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| Seminole County Sheriff's Office | |
| Abbreviation | SCSO |
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| Formed | 1913 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | County of Seminole in the state of Florida, USA |
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| Map of Seminole County Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction. | |
| Size | 345 square miles |
| Population | 365,196 |
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| Headquarters | Sanford, Florida |
| Agency executive | Donald F. Eslinger, Sheriff |
| Facilities | |
| Stations | 7 |
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| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Seminole County Sheriff's Office is the chief law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of Seminole County, Florida, USA. The current sheriff is Donald F. Eslinger who was appointed following the death of Sheriff John E. Polk in 1991. Eslinger has been reelected by a wide majority ever since and is credited with modernizing the agency of over 1,000 sworn and civilian employees and keeping the county's crime rate among the lowest in Central Florida.
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[edit] Organization
The Sheriff's Office is organized into two major groups, Operations and Administrative Services, each headed by a Chief. Operations is headed by Chief Deputy Steve Harriett who is also the Chief Deputy Sheriff and second in command. Administrative Services is headed by Chief Penny Fleming.
Operations consists of law enforcement and law enforcement investigative services which includes the Departments of Neighborhood Policing and Diversified Investigative Services. Administrative Services consists of administrative support to include staff and financial services, information services, and the Department of Corrections.
[edit] Department of Neighborhood Policing
Headed by Chief Deputy Steve Harriett, it provides county wide law enforcement and community support services in support of neighborhood policing; provides support service to the community with the intent of developing a functional community/law enforcement relationship; conducts all uniform patrol activities, general criminal investigations, and other related law enforcement and community support functions.
The patrol function of the Department is referred to as Seminole Neighborhood Policing (SNP) and is organized into three regions; North Region, East Region and South Region.
- North Region - Sanford Lake Mary and Longwood
- East Region - Oviedo, Chuluota, Geneva, Black Hammock, Jamestown, Slavia, Winter Springs, Casselberry, and Longwood (32750)
- South Region - Altamonte Springs, Casselberry, Longwood (32779) and Seminole County west of I-4
The Special Operations Division provides specialized equipment and personnel to support the enforcement, investigative, and crime prevention objectives of the Sheriff's Office, including canine, range and water, and tactical air.
[edit] Department of Metro Services
Headed by Director William Kennedy, Metro Services provides county-wide law enforcement and community support services essential to the fulfillment of the Sheriff's Office neighborhood policing mission. City-County Investigative Bureau is responsible for multi-jurisdictional investigations of criminal activity relating to narcotics, vice, and organized crime. Diversified Investigative Services conducts investigations into major crimes that require protracted or in-depth specialized investigations; and it provides agency wide support functions in crime analysis, crime prevention, and evidence management. The Emergency Services Division addresses law enforcement needs that cannot be met by other elements of the Sheriff's Office. The Juvenile Assessment Center operates in conjunction with allied and legal social service providers and serves as a central incarceration facility for criminal and non-criminal juvenile offenders. The Division of Juvenile Crime Enforcement and Intervention provides a concentrated agency-wide focus on juvenile crime prevention and intervention in areas such as Drug abuse and resistance education, gang suppression, School Resource Deputies, and Youth Deputies. Professional Standards Division administers the functions of accreditation management, the Wellness Program, and investigates allegation of employee misconduct.
[edit] Administrative Services
Administrative Service is under the direction of Chief Penny J. Flemming and includes all administrative support function of the Sheriff's Office and the Department of Corrections. The departments/divisions under Administrative Services are: Human Resource Division, Judicial Services Division, Information Services Division, Professional Standards and Development Division, Fiscal Services Division, Grants Administration and the Department Of Corrections.
The Human Resource Division includes Building Security, Records and School Crossing Guard Unit. The Judicial Services Division handles civil Process for Seminole County, as well as providing judicial security for the Courthouse and the Juvenile Courthouse. The Information Services Division includes the Telecommunications Section and also provides computer and technology support to members of the Sheriff's Office as well as outside agencies. The Professional Standards and Development Division includes the Accreditation Section, Professional Conduct Review and also provides training to all law enforcement, correction and civilian employees. The Fiscal Services Division includes budget preparation and tracking payroll, accounts payable, contracts maintenance, facilities, fleet and purchasing service. The Grants Section evaluates, applies for and maintains all grant accounts within the Sheriff's Office. The Department of Correction is under the direct supervision of Director David Diggs for the care, custody and control of every inmate incarceration in the John E. Polk Correctional Facility.
- Communications Center
- Operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week processing approximately 2,000 calls for service daily the communications center is equipped with state-of-the-art E911 and cellular GPS locating technology. In addition to unincorporated Seminole County service calls are also handled for the cities of Altamonte Springs, Casselberry, Longwood, Sanford and Casselberry (added October 2008) Police Departments.
[edit] Department of Corrections
Responsible for detention services which support the Sheriff's Office's mission, and provides constitutionally humane methods which emphasize importance of incarceration while supporting the dignity of the individual. The department is administered by Major David W. Diggs, who is supported by a risk management (accreditation) and safety Sergeant, the facility physician, the Jail Expansion Team, and civilian and certified staff.
A. Inmate Health Care Services Division: Provides initial and extended inmate medical services that include medical screening and treatment. The division is also responsible for the safe and secure management of supplies and equipment. Health Care Services is also responsible for collateral programs relating to mental health.
B. Intake/ Work Release Division: The Intake/Work Release Division is responsible for booking, classification, intake and release functions, breath testing, pre-trial release and work release (which manage inmates assigned or permitted to work outside the correctional facility).
C. Operations Services Division: The division is responsible for support functions that include fire, safety and sanitation inspection, and inmate laundry. The division is also responsible for the facility's security function that provides for inmate custody.
D. Support Services Division: Support services is responsible for support functions including the facility's lobby operations and inmate programs that include farming, mail and transportation.
E. Jail Expansion Team: Managed by a Captain, and supported by sheriff's office personnel, the team is responsible for facilitating the expansion of the John. E. Polk Correctional Facility and facility maintenance.
[edit] Accreditation
The Seminole County Sheriff's Office became the first accredited law enforcement agency in Seminole County in 1995,and is currently holding Flagship Agency Status from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies,Inc. (CALEA). The John E. Polk Correctional Facility also holds accredited status, having received accreditation from the Florida Corrections Accreditation Commission in 2003 and comparative compliance accreditation with the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation. In January 2007 the jail received accreditation from the National Commission on Correctional Health Care within 9 months of application despite the national average of this process taking over 2 years to bring to fruition, and the Sheriff's . Office just received, in the spring of 2009, its accreditation from the American Society of Crime Lab Directors (ASCLD).
[edit] Honor Roll
- Deputy Sheriff Cleveland V. Jacobs - End of Watch: September 14, 1922
- Deputy Sheriff Robert O. Moore - End of Watch: June 9, 1975
- Reserve Deputy George A. Pfeil - End of Watch: December 29, 1977
- Deputy Sheriff Hugh Ellis Thomas Jr. - End of Watch: March 28, 1989
- Deputy Sheriff Eugene Andrew Gregory - End of Watch: July 8, 1998
[edit] External links
- Seminole County Sheriff's Office (Official Site)
- FDLE List of Sheriffs
- The Officer Down Memorial Page
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