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Message From the Sheriff Making Headway in an Alarming Situation We all know how effective alarm systems can be in deterring theft — especially when someone pays attention to them. And BSO does pay attention to them — all 51,691 alarm calls in 2002 alone, in fact. The year before that, we responded to 63,385 calls and in 2000, to 65,911 calls. You might ask why alarm calls in our jurisdiction are decreasing when we’re all hearing so much on the news about false alarms being on the increase. National statistics indicate than more than 90 percent of all alarm calls are false alarms and that 80 percent of those false alarms are caused by operator error. With more and more people buying alarm systems nationwide, it only goes to reason that there are increasing numbers of false alarms. That’s not the case in the communities where we patrol and there’s a very good reason for it, too. Our deputies are trained to treat every alarm as a serious call for service. Of the 51,691 calls we responded to last year, 51,552 (or 99.7 percent of them) were false alarms. In other communities nationwide, those false alarm statistics are causing agencies to rethink their response time to alarm calls. In fact, in Los Angeles and eight other major cities, law enforcement now refuses to respond to unverified alarm calls. We don’t agree with that philosophy. Rather than punish those who originate false alarms — and run the risk of not responding to a real alarm call — we’re spending our efforts focusing on educating homeowners and business operators on alarm operation. Through POWERTRAC sm , we track all alarm calls and once we’ve received two false alarms from the same address, we dispatch a deputy to discuss the problem and work with the homeowner or business operator to take corrective action. This benefits not only the alarm’s owner, but also BSO. When you take into account that it takes an average of 14 minutes for a deputy to respond to an alarm call and multiply that by 4,300 events a month, you see that our 2 deputies are spending about 1,000 hours a month on alarm calls. Those hours have a value in excess of $22,000 of taxpayer dollars! Multiply that amount by 12 months and it has even more impact. Our efforts are paying off. Since the year 2000, we’ve effectuated savings estimated at $112,408.58 and reduced alarm activations by more than 18 percent. And we’re not finished yet. Our false alarm philosophy is healthy and proactive. It protects those who need it and assists those who don’t. All around, yet another win-win situation for BSO and the people we serve. — Sheriff Ken Jenne Test Your Alarm System Aptitude There are a few basic steps that alarm system owners can take to reduce the number of false alarms: Do you … ✔ Know your password and how to cancel false alarms? ✔ Check your system's back-up batteries frequently? ✔ Check all windows and doors to make sure that they are completely closed and locked? Have you … ✔ Taught everyone who has a key to your property how to operate the system and how to cancel an alarm? ✔ Remembered to make similar arrangements for houseguests and workers? ✔ Made sure your motion sensors are properly adjusted? ✔ Notified your security system if you think your system isn’t working properly? Paying attention to these simple processes can make an alarming difference! Signal 14 is published monthly for and by employees and friends of the Broward Sheriff’s Office. We welcome and encourage your ideas, stories, photos and comments. If your district/facility/department is not represented, please consider serving as a correspondent by sending your submissions to Candace Hartsell in the Community Relations Department via interoffice mail or e-mail . If you are photographing an event for possible inclusion in Signal 14, please contact Candace at (954) 831-8902 prior to taking the photos for instructions on Signal 14 photo requirements.
Meet Your Employees of the Month The Main Jail Bureau’s Employee of the Month for April is Dep. Natalie Duncan. During a recent shakedown at the Main Jail Bureau, Dep. Natalie Duncan found two one-dollar bills wrapped in plastic and concealed inside a full bottle of lotion. A couple days later, she found several batteries hidden inside a stick deodorant container and a pink powder substance hidden inside toilet paper. Just weeks later, she found yellow pills, two razor blades and a 10-dollar bill concealed in another deodorant container. Her ability to find this contraband during shakedowns is a credit to her methodical and meticulous efforts, which earned her Employee of the Month honors for April. Detectives Ronen Barerez and John Brindle of District 15 are credited with viewing an auto theft in progress and subsequently arresting the two subjects. They later realized the subjects were responsible for approximately 16 other thefts throughout the county. On another unrelated occasion, they seized 4 kilos of cocaine from a couple of subjects and conducted photo line-ups to help solve a car burglary and a robbery. For these efforts and many more, they are District 15’s Employees of the Month for April. Detectives John Brindle (left) and Ronen Barerez, District 15’s Employees of the Month. BSO Babies Mae Elizabeth Marks Even a war couldn’t stop Det. Matthew Marks of Criminal Investigations from meeting his new baby girl. Deployed in Iraq with the U.S. Army, Det. Marks was permitted to return stateside to meet Mae Elizabeth, who was born on April 29th weighing six pounds, five ounces and measuring 19 inches long. Congratulations to Det. Marks and his wife, Amy, on their bundle of joy. Congratulations to Dep. Arthur Reeves and his wife, Virdea, on the birth of their first child. Arthur Lee Reeves III arrived on April 9th weighing eight pounds, seven ounces and measuring 22 inches long. 3 Congratulations to all of BSO’s Employees of the Month for April Det. Christopher Percival, Det. Richard Rossman, Det. Frank Pennachio, Det. Richard Anton, Det. Michael Sweeney, Dep. James Barter and Dep. John Wolf, District 1 Dep. Daniel Miller, District 2 Dep. Gary Celetti, District 3 Dep. Lynne Philbrick, District 4 Dep. Michael Dingman, District 5 Anna Letizia, District 6 Det. Patrick White, District 7 Dep. Jesus Manresa & Det. Shane Campbell, District 8 Dep. Philip Billings (deceased), District 9 Dep. Roy Beraglia, District 10 Dep. Brian Faust, Dep. Ronald Miller and Dep. Charlotte Kemp, District 11 Dep. Kevin Lanham, District 12 Det. Tony DelPozzo, District 13 Sgt. Michael Carabine, District 14 Det. Ronen Barerez and Det. John Brindle, District 15 Dep. Joseph Gautieri, Civil Division Dep. Timothy Doughty, Countywide Operations Tamarian Smith, CPIS Communications Operators Joanne Atkinson, Sandra Melendez, and Cynthia Rivera, CDC1 Communications Operators Gail Chandler, Jane Davis, Lori Jones, and Walter Parks, CDC2 Duty Officers Corinne Casella, Diane Gordon, and Liz Norman, CDC4 Communications Operator II Dawn Hamilton-Rigby, District 12 Det. Steve Kopp, Criminal Investigations Crime Analysts Jennifer Sahler and Michelle Campbell, POWERTRAC sm (first quarter) Dep. Natalie Duncan, Main Jail Dep. Marty Narain, Stockade Facility Dep. Joseph King, Central Intake Dep. Kathleen Bolling, North Broward Bureau Brian Perrotta, Classification Sgt. Deborah McKinney, Conte Facility Stephen Kennedy, Support Services Dep. Edward Kristofik, Women’s Facility James McFadden, In-Custody Treatment* Samantha Mazzocchi, Probation Division* Nicholas Anari, Drug Court* Supervisor Jorie Harris, Pretrial Division* Dep. Kelly Masi-Klesper (February), Susanna Armold (March), and Dep. Tim Langelier (April) Michael Applegate, BIRM (*quarterly honors) Breakfast With the Sheriff Sheriff Ken Jenne’s April Breakfast With the Sheriff meeting consisted of guests hailing from the organization’s northernmost facilities. Pictured here are: (seated from left to right) Janet Kearse, Probation Unit (north satellite), Dep. Paul Mount, District 13; (standing from left to right) Dep. Morris McCool, District 11; Dep. Kevin Vieira, District 11; Sheriff Ken Jenne; Court Dep. Sheree DeLong, District 6 (north satellite); Dalia Rozier, Communications (Pompano dispatch); Dep. James DeMato, District 10; Dep. Deborah Cox, District 9; Dep. Kyle Russell, Central Intake (Pompano satellite); and Dep. Rory Alberto, North Broward Bureau.
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Page 7 and 8: Dear Sheriff Jenne Condolences From
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Page 11 and 12: BSO’s Marine Cadets Earn High Hon
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