2011 Polk County Sheriff's Office Annual Report.pdf

Division Law title
here Enforcement
West and East Division continued
The West Division geographically includes the
western portion of the county.
Within each district there are patrol platoons
which are broken down into different units such as
Community Oriented Policing (COP) Unit, Crime
Suppression Unit, General Crimes Unit, Traffic Unit
and Canine Unit.
The Community Oriented Policing Squads
(COPS) are located in each district and serve specific
communities. Deputies assigned to COPS provide
direct support to their communities in a variety of ways
to address crime and social issues through community
partnerships and different methods of service delivery.
The General Crimes Unit (GCU) is located
within each of the patrol districts. Detectives assigned
to the GCU are responsible for conducting followup
investigations on felony property crimes, and a
number of felony person crimes.
Community Contacts
724,318
Proactive Law Enforcement
In 1997, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office
adopted “PROCAP”, a proactive approach to combating
crime and its effects on the community. The Proactive
Community Attack on Problems program uses crime
analysts and mapping software to alert deputies to realtime
crime trends, allowing them to immediately deploy
the necessary resources to effectively fight crime. The
basis of PROCAP is to prevent crime from occurring in
the first place, instead of relying solely on the reactive
policing method of investigating past-occurred crimes.
PROCAP has been a highly successful tool in reducing
the crime rate in Polk County since its inception 12
years ago.
did you
know?
In 2011, PCSO deputies made 724,318
community contacts. Almost 2,000 a day! A
community contact is defined as interaction
with the Polk County community in reference
to criminal activity, prevention and deterrence
of crime, quality of life issues, holiday season
prevention tips for our neighborhood children,
and/or just to be friendly and show that we
care.
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