Annual Report, Year 2006 - Monroe County Sheriff's Office

Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Annual Report - 2006
Trauma Star Helicopter, SWAT Van, Bomb Squad Truck, four new marine patrol boats, several F-250 pickups,
bulletproof vests, intoxilyzers, radar units, in-car computers/video equipment, dive equipment, Night Vision and
Viking Radio Equipment. The Division was also able to replace the majority of assets destroyed by Hurricane
Wilma with grant reimbursements during the year.
Information Systems
Information Systems is charged with taking care of all the computer and information
technology needs of the Sheriff’s Office, including office computers, in car
computers, system printers and all system related software. With a staff of eight,
the team is kept busy maintaining and servicing computers and systems from Key
Largo to Key West.
Change pretty sums up the year 2006 in the Information Systems Division.
Bonnie Randolph moved out of the Division to become the new Crime Analyst.
She promises to continue helping us keep our users going as well as bringing
Director Jim Painter
a new dimension to the analyst position with her keen computer skills. She was
replaced by Drew Moyer who spent a brief period in dispatch, but comes with
years of experience in the information systems field. In the upper Keys, we are very fortunate to have Captain
Ted Migala at our beck and call to assist us with the in-car computer systems updates/upgrades and vehicle
citation printer installations.
In our Key West office, Sandy Bartlett was promoted to the Senior Tech Administrator position and continues
to supervise our technicians on the many projects we have before us. Replacing her in a slightly different
capacity is Steve Heitman who paid some dues in jail records before moving across the street. Steve has had
his head in coding a project - a work order type system where we can track and report progress on virtually
all purchasing requests as well as having a self-help knowledge base program on our internal web site mcso.
net. Amy Arevelo left the Division in 2006 to tend to her baby Emma. Amy did an outstanding job for us, but we
found an excellent replacement in Joey Finch who came to us from Human Resources. The Sheriff’s practice
of promoting from within has proven advantageous to us during the year.
Despite the staff shuffle, we managed to accomplish many of our goals and then some. We put GPS units
in the road patrol vehicles allowing for real time tracking of the deputies which gives us their exact locations
on a map, available both in the cars and in dispatch. We more than doubled the speed of our wireless lap tops
by switching over to the latest Verizon air cards. We replaced many of our old lap tops with the newer models,
which means officers with the new equipment have begun using our electronic citation systems. Writing a ticket
and being able to send it in electronically alleviates the time it takes for a clerk to type them into our system
manually.
We installed new 64 bit servers making our applications much faster. Mike Grattan rewrote the most
popular portions of our web site: the arrests, webcad, warrants and the calls for service pages. Lee Johnston
still manages the trouble desk, answering user questions, fixing printers, giving user support, wiring, ordering
hardware and then setting up the hardware when it comes in.
We contacted our cell phone provider and helped them to identify problems with their service in our county.
Working hand in hand with their engineers we regained our high level of service helping not only the Sheriff’s
Office, but all subscribers in Monroe County.
Our accomplishments are far too many to mention, but we strive daily to keep our agency at the forefront
of technology.
Director Sharon Harrold
Judicial Services / Central Records
This division provides information and security for the court system and is
charged with maintaining accurate records for the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
Court Services
In 2006, Court Services has focused on moving into the new courthouse. The
deputies are working on generating emergency plans and creating changes in
procedures. Sgt. Leird and Sgt. Torres worked on developing a FTO program and
will be tested in 2007.
Warrant Division
The Warrant Division has worked on training the new employees. We now have
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