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

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Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Annual Report - 2006 or unidentified death. One investigator is on call at all times. In 2006, the Unit handled 132 cases including one child death resulting in the arrest of the child’s mother. They also routinely assist other jurisdictions when a homicide in another location calls for some type of follow up in the Keys. This unit is led by Detective Sgt. Trish Dally. The two detectives in this unit are Mark Coleman and Terry Smith. Victim Advocates There are five Victim Advocates in Monroe County who work for the Sheriff’s Office. There is one stationed at each Sheriff’s sub-station (Plantation Key, Islamorada, Marathon, Cudjoe Key) and one assigned to the Key West Police Department. Victim Advocates assist crime victims - particularly victims of violent crimes - and Members of the Homicide Unit, Crimes Against Women and Children and Victim Advocates. two are on call in the County at all times. The Advocates are funded by a grant from the Office of the Attorney General and for the past year they assisted 914 people. The Victim Advocates are supervised by Detective Sgt. Trish Dally. The Victim Advocates in the Keys are: Sally Ann Crawford, Debbie Shepherd, Carol Albury- Johnson, Josh Peters, and Elaine Woodson. Homeland Security / Intelligence Unit The Homeland Security Division coordinates with the applicable Regional Domestic Task Force for the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. This division assists in the coordination of the applicable Regional Strategic Plan as outlined in the State of Florida Domestic Task Force. Lt. Nancy Alvarez works as a liaison with various local, state and federal agencies on areas of Homeland Security specific to the Regional Domestic Security Task Force. Her work involves ensuring Florida residents and Monroe County Sheriff’s Office employees receive clear and accurate messages regarding the mission, activities and accomplishments of the agency. This unit is a liaison with various local, state and federal agencies on areas of domestic security and natural disasters. The Unit maintains a working relationship with elected officials, municipal, state and federal governmental agencies and business officials and other provider entities to assure the on-going development, improvement, and readiness of the various preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery plans for situations in Monroe County that deal with the Regional Domestic Security Task Force. The Unit participates, conducts and/or attends various intra and interdepartmental meetings, including agency administrative meetings and meetings involving the general public and maintains current knowledge of trends and developments in the field of public safety and homeland security. The Intelligence Unit is responsible for gathering, analyzing, and disseminating information concerning known or suspected criminal activity including Organized Crime, Gang Members, Terrorists, Extremists, any Dignitary related activity, Homeland Security, Convicted Felons, and Narcotic trends. Intelligence information about narcotics, memos of information received (MOIR), Crime Stoppers Tips, and general intelligence is all maintained in one database. The collection of intelligence information is gathered from informants, prisoner debriefing, and roll call briefings. It is important every member share intelligence, as the more information gathered and entered, the more valuable it is to all members who have access. The Intelligence Unit maintains membership in state and regional intelligence groups to include the Florida Intelligence Unit (FIU), the Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit (LEIU), and the Regional Organized Crime Information Center (ROCIC). The Intelligence Unit works closely with the Crime Analysis Unit to provide timely officer safety information, criminal trends, and MO’s for patrol as well as other agencies located in Monroe County. Intelligence Bulletins are produced and provided to members of the Sheriff’s Office, including Intelligence flyers and officer safety information. emails are distributed to members with intelligence pertinent to their sectors. Dive Team The Dive Team leader is Detective Mark Coleman. The following members serve on a part time basis: 40
Annual Report - 2006 Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Detective Henry Hamilton, Sergeant Daryl Hull, Sgt. Jim Wirth, Deputy Win Higgins, Deputy John Whortenbury, Deputy Ray Jodlowski, Reserve Lieutenant Bob Smith and Reserve Lieutenant Bob Jason, Reserve Deputy Bob Guhl, and Reserve Deputy C.J. Behrens. New members include Detective Terry Smith, and Deputies Nelson Sanchez, and Dan Chu. The goal of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Underwater Search and Recovery Team is to rapidly respond to any water-related operations and to safely affect any type of waterborne recovery or rescue operations. The dive team’s primary responsibility is underwater search and recovery of persons and/or evidence. The team consists of Deputy Sheriffs who are specially trained and equipped to conduct such operations. The Sheriff’s Office Dive Team responds to calls in Monroe County including the areas surrounding the City of Key West, City of Marathon, Key Colony Beach, The Village of Islamorada, and Ocean Reef. The Dive Team is available and has been called upon to assist agencies in other areas of the state as well. The Dive Team assists the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, United States Coast Guard, U.S. Customs, Key West Police, and Key Colony Beach Police. The members of the Dive Team are volunteers that work in addition to their regularly assigned duties. The standards for the Dive Team are high and require extensive training. The Dive Team conducts underwater crime scene investigations, evidence recovery, body recoveries, and recoveries of vehicles from the water, hull searches of vessels, underwater photography, and videography. The Dive Team trains in various areas of Monroe County including channels, bridges, canals, and offshore shipwrecks; however, the team’s primary training location is the Florida Keys Community College Aquatic Training Facility and the Roth Marine Public Safety Annex building where skills in the fields of underwater search and recovery and investigations are continuously updated. The Dive Team has become more involved in port security operations that include advanced techniques in searching for and identifying destructive or parasitic devices below the waterline around ship hulls, docks, piers, and bridges. The Dive Team often trains with specialized equipment consisting of full-face masks, underwater communication systems, tethers, side-scan sonar, remote operations cameras, and magnetometers. Highlights of 2006 : • Jan. 4: Recovered stolen property off Stock Island shrimp docks. • Jan. 20: Investigated sunken sailboats off Key West. • Jan. 30: Investigated suspicious object at bottom of canal in Key Largo. • Mar. 3: Nitrox/deep dive/air management training at Spiegel Grove site. • Apr. 6: Recovered stolen car from Tom’s Harbor Channel. • May 8: Assisted National Transportation Safety Board by inspecting and photographing crashed aircraft in canal in Marathon. • June 22: Recovered drowning victim from rock quarry near Key West. • July 10: Stress course training in Florida Keys Community College (FKCC) lagoon. • July 27: Searched for missing diver off Big Pine Key. • Aug. 21: Recovered gun from Boca Chica Channel. • Oct. 11: Inspected and photographed crashed helicopter off Ocean Reef. • Nov. 13: Diver rescue training in ocean off Islamorada, and navigation practice at Channel Two. • Dec. 8 & 15: Worked with US Army Corps of Engineers divers in training scenarios at FKCC lagoon. • Dec. 18: Assisted Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) with search of area around capsized boat in Whale Harbor Channel. Hostage Negotiation Team The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Crisis Negotiation Team is a unit of specially trained persons who are tasked to respond to crisis incidents. These incidents include but are not limited to: suicide attempts, hostage situations, sniper attacks and barricaded armed subjects, with or without hostages or other victims. 41 A Member of the Sheriff’s Office dive team in training on the wreck Spiegal Grove off of Key Largo.
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