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

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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 30
Annual Report - 2006 Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Key West Court Security a great staff. The goal for 2006 was to scan the injunctions into the Fortis System to reduce paper storage. The staff worked hard to complete this task and it has saved us from purchasing additional storage cabinets. Jail Records Records Manager Jamie Denton and her staff have done an excellent job keeping up with inmate files. Jail Records makes sure inmate records are correct and complete. Jail Records is now scanning all Jail Records Division released inmate files into the Fortis System reducing paper storage. Central Records Central Records worked on scanning case files into the Fortis System. Records Supervisor Tiffany O’Connell has taken on a huge project in her department trying to become 100% paperless. The records conversion was completed in 2006, which was a major task. Professional Standards Lt. Bruce Winegarden Marathon Court Security Alachua County Sheriff’s Office and Lori Collins, Accreditation Manager for the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office. The inspection team recommended the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office be reaccredited. Re-accreditation was awarded at the Fall commission meeting in Coco Beach. Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., CALEA, recently updated it’s standards and issued Edition 5 Standards Manual. The Sheriff’s Office decided to convert from Edition 4 to Edition 5 before the next on-site inspection by CALEA. The conversion is on-going. We were able to combine several standards, eliminate a few and there were several new ones as well primarily addressing technological changes within law enforcement. Plantation Key Court Security Central Records Division The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office holds professional accreditation from state and national accrediting bodies for law enforcement and corrections. The Division of Professional Standards manages the accreditation process, including making sure agency policies and procedures are in compliance with accreditation standards and the agency is following established policy. In 2006 preparations were completed for an inspection by the Florida Commission for Law Enforcement Accreditation, which took place in April. The inspection team consisted of Chief Allen Morrow of The Sheriff’s Office receives re-accreditation from CALEA in 2006. Preparations are being made for an on-site inspection by a CALEA assessment team sometime in late November or early December of 2007. 31
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