2007 ANNU 2007 ANNUAL REPORT AL REPORT - Berrien County

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Retirees Retirees Joe Garski 25 years of service Deputy eputy of of the the Y YYear Y ear Deputy Ben Crawford was selected by his peers as Deputy of the Year for 2007. Ben does an outstanding job in his day to day duties. His main focus is to provide the utmost safety to everyone within this facility. His attitude towards everyone he comes in contact with is remarkable. He is a wonderful example of what the brown uniform should stand for. Ben has completed his nineteenth year with Berrien County. He served fifteen and a half years as a Court Security Officer in Niles and four years at the Berrien County Jail. In In Honor Honor and and A AAppreciation A ppreciation John Briney 25 years of service Berrien County Sheriff’s Department records clerk Felicia M. White was presented an Honor and Appreciation Certificate for providing essential information that led to the identification, arrest and conviction of an individual charged with robbing the Chemical Bank in Benton Township. As a direct result of Ms. White’s information the individual was sentenced to a minimum eight year prison term. 2 Patty Reed 12 years of service
Records Records Bureau Bureau The Records Bureau provides many services to both the public and other law enforcement agencies. Located in the front lobby of the Sheriff’s Department, the Records Bureau fields numerous requests for general information and is the main reception area for anyone visiting the department. The office is responsible for preparing all of the police reports and traffic citations for the Sheriff’s Department and the Baroda – Lake Township PD. The Records Bureau has custody of all jail records – inmate criminal files, mugshots, and fingerprints. Duties of the records personnel also consist of cataloging all crime scene evidence photos and patrol car videos. Staffing consists of five (5) full-time employees and three (3) part-time employees. Services provided to the public include permits to purchase handguns, handgun safety inspections, fingerprinting for concealed weapons permit applications and various types of employment, (such as postal workers and teachers), criminal background searches, and the release of copies of reports. In 2007, Records Bureau issued 1,498 individual permits to purchase handguns and 201 firearms dealer permits to purchase. Safety inspections were completed for 1,201 handguns. Fingerprinting services were completed for 305 citizens to obtain concealed pistol licenses. Another of the duties of the Records Bureau personnel is the registration / address verification of sex offenders living within Berrien County. Offenders are required to report quarterly and show proof of residency. This information feeds the Michigan State Police on-line sex offender registry, (SOR), which is accessible to the public. The SOR is also used by law enforcement to track and prosecute those offenders that failed to report their current address. In 2007, 563 sexual offenders reported addresses in Berrien County. The video mugshot system yields a very important investigative tool, not only for the Sheriff’s Department, but for other law enforcement agencies, as well. This system has the capability to produce photo line-ups, which include a suspect’s photograph, along with five (5) other similar photographs. Officers are then able to show this to crime victims / witnesses, who then attempt to identify the suspect. Photos in this system are e-mailed to law enforcement agencies throughout the country, to aid in their investigations. Numerous crimes have been solved through the use of these photographs. The Sheriff’s Records Bureau has seen the implementation of new technology, which has yielded the capability to capture many types of information on various types of crimes. This has helped to keep our department on the cutting edge of law enforcement reporting and procedures. The Records Bureau personnel have received highly specialized training and are very dedicated to providing the highest level of service to the citizens of Berrien County. 3
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