1 / 10

The Office of the Sheriff

The Office of the Sheriff. Buncombe County Sheriff Van Duncan. History of the Sheriff. The Office of the Sheriff is over 1000 years old It dates back to the rule of Alfred the Great in the 9 th century England divided geographical units into “Shires”

sun
Download Presentation

The Office of the Sheriff

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Office of the Sheriff Buncombe County Sheriff Van Duncan

  2. History of the Sheriff • The Office of the Sheriff is over 1000 years old • It dates back to the rule of Alfred the Great in the 9th century • England divided geographical units into “Shires” • The Kings representative in each shire was referred to as the “Reeve” • This is where the name of Sheriff was derived • The Bible refers to the “Sharif” in the book ofDaniel

  3. Similarities Of Police and Sheriffs • Patrol • Criminal Investigations • Narcotics Investigations • Telecommunications • Community Services • School Resource Officers • Special Response Teams • Animal Control

  4. Differences Between Sheriffs and Police • Office instead of Department • Responsible for Civil Process • Responsible for Court Security • Responsible for the Jail • Sheriff reports to the citizens • Fiscal control is through the County Commissioners and County Manager

  5. Buncombe County Sheriffs Office • 380+ Employees when the new Detention Center is complete • Administrative Offices at 202 Haywood Street and at the Detention Center • New Detention Facility • Joint Telecommunications Center • Responsible for 90% of 656 miles in Buncombe

  6. Patrol- 2006 calls for service 42,981-11.39 2007 calls for service 51,625-10.45 2008 calls for service 54,600- 9.21 Arrests for 2008- 9691 (+143) Sheriffs Office Changes

  7. Changes in Criminal Investigations • Field Investigators • Computer Forensics and participation in ICAC • BCAT • Breaking and Entering Suppression Team • 2007 Cases initiated 1,876 • 2008 Cases initiated 3,202

  8. Other Divisions • Civil Process- Served 17,848 Civil Papers and 12,767 Criminal Warrants • Detention- 16,249 People Processed and the Secure Communities Initiative started • Animal Control- 11,273 calls answered

  9. NIKE

  10. New Things Coming • On- Track Mentoring • New Sheriff’s Office Web-Site • Law Enforcement Leadership Academy • Gang Task Force

More Related