Monroe County Sheriff's Office Annual Report - 2009

Sheriff’s Command Staff, 2009
The Undersheriff holds the rank of Colonel and is second in command of the Sheriff’s Office, reporting
directly to Sheriff Peryam. He is responsible for the day to day actions of Sheriff’s Office personnel and for the
enforcement of General Orders and Policy within the Sheriff’s Office. He also handles the disposition of disciplinary
action.
Colonel Ramsay oversees all Sheriff’s Department Bureaus, including the Operations, Corrections and
Administrative Bureaus; the Sheriff’s Community Relations Division, the Communications Division, the Aviation
Division, the Internal Affairs Division and the Chief of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area group in Miami
report directly to him.
Colonel Ramsay, raised in the Florida Keys, started with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office in 1987 as a
patrol deputy. He has worked in virtually every area of the Sheriff’s Office over the years, in Traffic Enforcement
as a deputy and then as Traffic Sergeant. He worked as a Patrol Sergeant, and Detective Sergeant of both the
Sheriff’s Monroe County HIDTA Group and as head of Special Operations and Narcotics. He was promoted
Colonel Richard Ramsay to Lieutenant in the year 2000, placed in charge of all investigative functions, including general crimes, crime
scene investigations and special teams.
He was promoted to Captain in 2001, serving as Commander of Operations at the Main Detention Facility
and then Captain of the Lower Keys District. He became Lieutenant Colonel in 2003, third in command of the entire office, and has served
as Colonel since 2004.
He has attended the prestigious Federal Bureau of Investigations National Academy and the Southern Police Institute’s Command Officers
Development Course. He serves on the board of United Way, the MARC House, the Guidance Care Center, the Florida Keys Children’s
Shelter and the Florida Keys Community College Training Advisory Committee.
Colonel Ramsay’s depth of experience in law enforcement, and in Monroe County law enforcement, makes him particularly effective at
directing all aspects of the office.
Left to right:
Chief Ken Dugger, Captain Joe Mendez, Captain Penny Phelps, Captain Don Hiller, Captain Tim Age, Captain
Lou Caputo, Captain Ted Migala, Chief Tommy Taylor, Colonel Rick Ramsay, Sheriff Bob Peryam, Chief
Joel Widell, Captain Chad Scibilia, Captain Don Fanelli, Chief Mike Rice, General Counsel Mark Willis, Director
Bill Martin, Lieutenant Colonel Tim Wagner.
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