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2011 Polk County Sheriff's Office Annual Report.pdf

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Division title<br />

Here<br />

Special Operations<br />

The Special Operations Division supports law<br />

enforcement through the innovative use of Aviation,<br />

Environmental and Marine Unit, Agriculture, School<br />

Resource, School Crossing, Telecommunication, and<br />

Animal Control services. Special Operations also<br />

provides crisis response and control teams to include<br />

the PCSO Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team,<br />

Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT), the Mounted Search<br />

and Rescue Team (MSART), the Protective Service<br />

Team, and the Honor Guard.<br />

Environmental and Marine, Agriculture, and<br />

Aviation deputies are specially-trained to deploy a<br />

variety of specialty vehicles and equipment, including<br />

several types of watercraft, all-terrain vehicles, as well<br />

as fixed-wing and rotor aircraft. They also investigate<br />

special crimes that occur in the rural areas of the<br />

county. In <strong>2011</strong>, Environmental and Marine units<br />

had 135 felony arrests and spent approximately 6,591<br />

hours conducting investigations.<br />

In <strong>2011</strong>, 600 people<br />

attended the Adoption<br />

Event at Animal Control<br />

for Miranda Trail Animals.<br />

79 animals were adopted<br />

that day.<br />

animal cruelty<br />

reports<br />

investigated<br />

1,919<br />

did you<br />

know?<br />

Environmental and Marine, Aviation,<br />

and Agricultural total calls<br />

for service 4,448<br />

During <strong>2011</strong>, agricultural deputies<br />

responded to 2,681 calls for service.<br />

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