Annual Report - Elkhart County Sheriff's Department

Investigations
Year 2011
in Review
Crime:
Detectives are responsible for determining
if a legitimate complaint exists. In
addition, they gather all pertinent
information that would lead to the
conviction of a suspect in a crime or
initiate cases based on criminal activity.
Detectives maintain reports of all actions
taken and represent the State of Indiana
and the victim of the crime in court. They
work with other agencies and the
prosecutor’s office on cases received from
patrol officers or through their own
contacts. They make recommendations to
the prosecutor’s office for criminal charges
and work on cases until all leads are
exhausted.
Month Crimes Arrests
January 374 57
February 378 69
March 489 60
April 492 63
May 565 49
June 516 66
July 593 86
August 612 72
September 522 81
October 538 97
November 567 103
December 463 112
Total 6,109 915
Type of Crime:
This is not an exhaustive list of the crimes
reported, rather a list of common and
crimes of note for the year.
Type:
Theft------------------------------------------------------------765
Criminal Mischief----------------------------------369
Residential Burglary------------------------------320
Battery---------------------------------------------------------319
Drug Possession--------------------------------------267
Domestic Violence--------------------------------243
Illegal Consumption-----------------------------173
Child Needing Services-----------------------157
Business Burglary-----------------------------------147
Harassment-----------------------------------------------135
Death Investigation-------------------------------115
Escape---------------------------------------------------------101
Drug Sale/Manufacture------------------------77
Intimidation-----------------------------------------------77
Invasion of Privacy----------------------------------76
Resisting Arrest-----------------------------------------59
Found Property-----------------------------------------58
Public Intoxication----------------------------------44
Child Molest----------------------------------------------43
Criminal Recklessness---------------------------39
False Informing----------------------------------------37
Residential Entry-------------------------------------28
Weapons Law Violation-----------------------20
Neglect of Dependent---------------------------19
Animal Cruelty----------------------------------------15
Rape--------------------------------------------------------------13
Missing Person-----------------------------------------12
Arson--------------------------------------------------------------9
Sexual Battery---------------------------------------------8
Murder----------------------------------------------------------1
Sex Offender Registry:
The Elkhart County Sheriff’s
Department is required under Indiana
law to maintain the Sex and Violent
Offender Registry for Elkhart County.
Detective Holloman, with the
Investigation’s Division, is the Registry
Coordinator and oversees the
completion of registrations for
compliance with Indiana law and is
also responsible for updating
information on Elkhart County
registrants so that the information is
accessible to the general public. In
2011, ECSD completed nearly 1300
registrations. The average number of
offenders registering with the Elkhart
County Sheriff’s Department in 2011
was nearly 408 offenders; of those
nearly 25% were classified as being
Sexually Violent Predators (SVP), the
highest classification in the State of
Indiana. As required under law, the
Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department
conducted nearly 300 SVP house
checks, which must be done on each
SVP at least once every 90 days, and
232 house checks on non-SVP
offenders. In 2011, Detective
Holloman investigated 33 cases
involving non-compliant offenders and
of those, 31 were sent for charges.
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