Jackson County Sheriff's Office 2010 Annual Report

The Law Enforcement Support Bureau is made up of 97employees, of which 66 are sworn deputy sheriffs. TheSupport Bureau handles a variety of divisions inside theJackson County Sheriff’s Office, including the jail,administration, investigation, civil services, recruitment andtraining.Notable Activities• Lodgings at the Jackson County Jail have climbed nearly7% from last year’snumbers. Support Bureau• The number of peopleapplying for a Concealed Handgun License or renewalsaw significant increases in 2010.• Training provided to sworn and non-sworn employeeswas up by more than 500 hours.• The Criminal Investigations Division cleared 81% of itscaseload in 2010. The national average is less than 50%.• The Traffic Safety Program saw an increase in the numberof people who participated in the program. In 2010, morethan 4,000 people attended one of the three classes offeredto the public.CHILD ID KITSThe Jackson County Sheriff’s Office provides ChildIdentification and DNA Kits to families in our region. The I.D. kitincludes space for medical andpersonal information,fingerprint kit, and DNA kit.Parents take home the kit andcomplete it with their child.The Child Identification andDNA kit provides a completetool to record a child’sidentifying characteristics inone easily accessible place, in case the information is ever needed.CRIMINAL RECORDSCriminal Records is responsible for documenting all reportsfrom deputies regarding criminal offenses, accidents and arrests.Operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the staff also processesall requests for criminal and background checks as well as impoundedvehicle releases, sex offender registrations, and all records requestsfrom citizens, law firms, insurance companies, and other lawenforcement agencies. Additionally, the division manages warrants forthis and nine other county agencies. In 2010, the criminal recordsdivision entered 23,774 incidents into the reporting systems. Ithandled 652 sex offender registrations and provided 849 recordschecks for people in Jackson County.15JCSO