City of Sarasota Demographics City of Sarasota Officials
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Internal Affairs<br />
The Internal Affairs Section is staffed with one<br />
Lieutenant and one Sergeant. The section receives<br />
and documents all internal and external inquiries<br />
and complaints. They thoroughly and fairly<br />
investigate all Administrative cases. Once<br />
completed, they provide recommendations and<br />
possible disciplinary actions to the Chief.<br />
The Section utilizes programs to randomly<br />
select employees for drug screening and monitor<br />
employees with the Early Intervention System.<br />
Personnel within the section also provide requested<br />
documents in accordance with Public Records<br />
Law. In 2015, the section completed the following:<br />
Complaints Received 175<br />
Formal Administrative Investigations 19<br />
Division Level Investigations 92<br />
Inquiries Investigated 64<br />
Public Records Requests Completed 47<br />
Random Drug Tests Administered 118<br />
Early Intervention System Alerts Processed 42<br />
Intelligence Unit<br />
The Intelligence Unit consists <strong>of</strong> two<br />
detectives and a Crime Analyst responsible<br />
for collecting and disseminating criminal<br />
intelligence information. The Detectives<br />
conduct investigations and maintain<br />
liaisons with other regional intelligence<br />
units in the State <strong>of</strong> Florida. In addition,<br />
they participate in the Regional District<br />
Six and F.B.I. Terrorism Task Forces.<br />
The Crime Analyst assists sworn personnel<br />
in identifying crime trends occurring in the<br />
community. Statistics are based on factors<br />
such as crime types, locations, dates and<br />
times, as well as suspect descriptions.<br />
The chart to the right shows Part 1 crimes<br />
have decreased by 7.3% in the <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Sarasota</strong> . Over the past five years, the <strong>City</strong><br />
has seen a 28.1% decrease in crimes.<br />
Want to see the<br />
crime mapping<br />
for your neighborhood?<br />
Log on to www.sarasotapd.org<br />
and select Crime Mapping.<br />
UNIFORMED CRIME RATE SUMMARY FROM 2011-2015<br />
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015<br />
Murder 8 4 4 2 5<br />
Forcible Sex Offenses 36 39 39 34 34<br />
Robbery 172 136 151 108 112<br />
Aggravated Assault 297 246 219 213 206<br />
Total Violent 513 425 413 357 357<br />
Burglary 698 705 564 479 417<br />
Larceny 2,414 2,093 2,023 1,947 1,798<br />
Motor Vehicle Theft 114 99 155 111 111<br />
Total Non-Violent 3,226 2,897 2,742 2,537 2,326<br />
Total Index 3,736 3,322 3,155 2,895 2,683
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