Union County Sheriff s Star SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST: Union County Law Enforcement Memorial Spain graduated Police Executive Leadership College (PELC) APCO/NENA Gold Star Award INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Crime 2 Prevention Communications 3 Court Services 5 Patrol 8 Investigations 9 Save the Dates 12 Volume 4, Issue 2 Union County Law Enforcement Memorial The Union County Law Enforcement Memorial was held May 21, 2015 on the north lawn at the Union County Courthouse and Justice Center. This year the late Sheriff Forest S. Hager was dedicated to the monument. It was discovered he died in the line of duty on September 23, 1927 while serving papers in the Richwood area. The lives of Sergeant Roger Beekman and Sheriff Harry Wolfe of the Union County Sheriff s Office were also remembered during the ceremony. Sergeant Beekman gave his life in service on September 19, 1979 while responding to an alarm. Sheriff Wolfe was killed while investigating a burglar alarm on January 21, 1982. Next years memorial will be held April-June 2015 on May 19, 2015 at 7:00pm. Please mark your calendar and join us in honoring these gentleman for their ultimate sacrifice.
PAGE 2 Police Executive Leadership College (PELC) Congratulations to Director Betsy Spain for recently completing the Police Executive Leadership College (PELC) Class 67. This program is a very intense course presenting key executives leadership topics and providing them with one of those rare moments in their professional careers to learn how to practically apply leadership concepts. It is an intensive learning experience focused on leadership skills vital to long term personal success and change in the organization and for the benefit of the community. PELC CLASS #67 Crime Prevention/Community Education 1st 2nd 3rd 4th DARE Classes Taught: 55 15 Community Presentation Hours: 57 27.5 Neighborhood Watch Hours: 25 18.5 Daytime Meeting Hours 60 31.5 After Hours Meeting Hours 9 9 Project Lifesaver Hours: 32 29 Senior Watch Hours: 52 54 Security Survey Hours: 3.5 Senior Programming Hours: 77 98.5 Citizen Academy Hours: 2 VIPS Hours: 59 75 ALICE Hours: 1.5 43 Incident Reports Taken: 4 4 Training Hours: 17 55 Special Event Hours: 65.5 222.5 Senior Contacts: 249 220 UNION COUNTY SHERIFF S STAR 2
VOLUME 4, ISSUE 2 PAGE 3 UNION COUNTY 2014 MONTHLY 911 STATISTICS 1st 2nd POLICE 95 140 FIRE 22 22 EMS 425 462 ACCIDENTS 19 22 UNKNOWNS 36 51 TOTAL 597 697 3rd Communications Division 4th 911 MISROUTE 1 0 INFORMATION 20 25 FOLLOW UP 118 96 TOTAL 139 121 3
PAGE 4 Communications Division 1st 2nd ALLEN 267 294 CLAIBOURNE 278 294 DARBY 86 86 DOVER 118 145 JACKSON 43 33 JEROME 415 420 LEESBURG 85 94 LIBERTY 110 114 MILLCREEK 89 116 OTHER 266 375 PARIS 1339 1512 TAYLOR 110 121 UNION 88 122 WASHINGTON 39 62 YORK 78 15 ZANE 40 90 WASHINGTON/ DUBLIN 15 30 TOTAL 3466 3923 3rd 4th 1st 2ND 3rd 4th CELL 911 POLICE 1264 1602 CELL 911 FIRE 125 103 CELL 911 EMS 388 399 CELL 911 ACCIDENTS 539 348 CELL 911 UN- KNOWN 12 8 CELL 911 ERROR/ INFO 402 645 TOTAL 2730 3105 UNION COUNTY SHERIFF S STAR 4
VOLUME 4, ISSUE 2 PAGE 5 Court Services Division Sex Offender Registrations Sex Offender Address Verifications 1st 2nd 31 31 111 113 3rd 4th Web Checks 400 408 CCW Applications Received 180 230 CCW Licenses Issued 86 192 Renewal Licenses Issued 54 86 Civilian Fingerprints 19 25 Civil Process Received 183 694 Warrants Received 190 283 Total Received 237 977 Sheriff Sales Received 36 32 Sheriff Sales Sold 22 22 5
PAGE 6 Court Services Division 1st 2nd Transports 208 239 Municipal Court Transport 22 43 Juvenile/Probate Transport 38 30 Common Pleas Court Transport 63 45 Adult Parole Transports 9 1 Total Transports 340 358 3rd 4th Municipal Court Detail Probate/Juvenile Court Detail Common Pleas Court Detail Total Court Details 0 1 63 44 92 114 155 159 Cases Processed 174 252 Citations 320 418 Friendly Warnings 390 619 Public Records Request 237 218 Background Checks 189 190 UNION COUNTY SHERIFF S STAR 6
VOLUME 4, ISSUE 2 PAGE 7 Tri-County Regional Jail Tri-County Regional Jail houses Union County inmates, as well as those from Champaign and Madison Counties. Average Daily Bed Counts $321,256.00 is paid quarterly by the Union County Sheriff s Office for our share of the Operating Expenses at the Tri-County Regional Jail. This does not include the amount for bed overages. Tri-County Regional Jail is located at: 4099 State Route 559 Mechanicsburg, Ohio43044 www.tricountyregionaljail.com (937) 834-5000 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Cost per day: $45.00 Maximum Number of Beds Allowed Per Day: 52 Overage Amt. Daily Average Common Pleas Daily Average Municipal Court Union County Monthly Paid To Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Bed Overage Tri-County 131 95 36 27 23 4 158 227 10,215.00 173 137 36 25 18 7 198 1270 57,150.00 7
PAGE 8 Patrol Bureau 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Calls For Service 3832 4511 Reports Taken 176 253 Civil Process Served 493 577 Citations 304 418 Warnings 383 615 Traffic Stops 664 1048 Assist Disabled Motorist 299 250 Vacation Watch Checks 1538 1020 Housing Addition Checks 1148 929 Alarm Responses 411 416 Crash Reports 154 100 Felony Arrests 44 39 Misdemeanor Arrests 83 109 Juvenile Arrests 6 7 Drug Criminal Patrol Arrests 13 22 UNION COUNTY SHERIFF S STAR 8
VOLUME 4, ISSUE 2 PAGE 9 Investigations Bureau The Union County Sheriff s Office Investigative Division is comprised of several areas of criminal investigation. In general, the division is assigned to investigate felony-level crime which means any crime of a more serious nature. Within this wide spectrum detectives are trained to investigate specific types of crime relating to narcotics, computers, burglary, murder, death scenes, sexual assault, white collar theft, fraud, arson and many other areas of criminal activity. 1st 2nd New Cases 42 78 Cases Closed 33 71 Under Investigation 365 439 # Individuals Indicted 8 14 # Counts of Indictments 82 81 # Cases presented to Prosecutor 13 17 Scenes Processed-UCSO 6 12 Scenes Processed-Outside Agency 1 0 Search Warrants (Affiant Officer Only) 12 3 Search Warrant Assist in Execution 13 8 # Subpoena requests to Pros. Office 32 28 # Pre-Employment Background Investigations Completed 4 6 # of Narcotic Evidence Tests Performed 6 3 Hours Spent Managing Evidence 60 40 3rd 4th 9
PAGE 10 M.A.D.E. Multi-Agency Drug Enforcement Task Force The Red number within the columns represents figures from the 1st Quarter in 2014. Ac vity: 1st 2nd Cases Ini ated: 9 (4) 6 (2) Cases Indicted: 2(6) 5(3) Search Warrants Executed: 9(1) 2(6) Drugs Seized: Heroin: (unit dosages) 10 (0) 8 (0) 12.2g+6 plants 29 Marijuana: (grams) 513.42 (0) (207,163) Pills: (unit dosages) 90 (0) 18 (34.5) Cocaine (grams) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3rd 4th Medication Drop Boxes Mushrooms: (grams) 2 (0) 0 (0) Synthe c Marijuana: (grams) 0 0 Man Hours U lized: (approx) 457 (337.5) 671 (334) Complaints Inves gated: 9 (2) 9 (4) Local Law Enforcement Agencies partnered in 2012 to have drop off boxes available throughout Union County to stop not only prescription drug abuse, but improper disposal of unneeded, expired or unwanted medicines. Prescription medications should not be flushed down the toilet or thrown into the trash. The drop boxes were made available through the NADDI Rx Drug Drop Box program; medicines languish in medicine cabinets and are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse and abuse. Rate of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high. Studies show individuals abuse prescription drugs and often obtain them for family and friends, including from home medicine cabinets. 2015 1st 7,796.70g 2015 2nd 12,275.25g 2014 2013 2012 84,601.90g 64,347.20g 7,291.80g UNION COUNTY SHERIFF S STAR 10
VOLUME 4, ISSUE 2 PAGE 11 APCO/NENA Gold Star Award The Ohio Chapter of APCO/NENA held their Gold Star Awards Luncheon on April 15, 2015 at the Kalahari in Sandusky, Ohio. The Union County Sheriff s Office had two of its own awarded with the 2014 Double Gold Award. Dispatcher Becky Heath and Dispatcher Brittany Stoops were nominated by Director Anne Barr for the Double Gold Award for their actions during the early morning hours of May 11, 2014. On that night, Dispatcher s Heath and Stoops received a 9-1-1 call from a woman at 207 Windsor Drive who reported her coach was on fire. After instructing the caller to get out of the residence, a commercial fire assignment was dispatched to the Windsor Manner High Rise for what would eventually become a major four alarm fire. Working together Supervisor Heath and Dispatcher Stoops demonstrated outstanding performance under unusual and difficult circumstances. They calmly and efficiently performed their duties while dispatching over thirty different pieces of fire equipment to the scene and making numerous notifications. Dispatcher Heath and Dispatcher Stoops were also nominated for their actions with the Union County Sheriff s Office Certificate of Merit during the 2014 Annual Awards Banquet. Thank you to both dispatchers for a job well done and for their dedication to the residents of Union County! 11
PAGE 12 Volunteers In Police Services (VIPS) The Union County Sheriff s Office VIPS program joins thousands of other law enforcement agencies nationwide utilizing local residents to enhance daily operations. Our dedicated group of individuals volunteer their time and talents working in all areas at the UCSO. 2015 VIPS Donated Hours 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 503.25 773.75 UNION COUNTY SHERIFF S STAR 12
VOLUME 4, ISSUE 2 PAGE 13 Union County Sheriff s Office Benefit Turkey Shoot November 14, 2015 15146 U. S. Route 36, Marysville, Ohio 10:00am to 4:00pm Proceeds to benefit the Union County Sheriff s Office youth and community programs Raffle Tickets $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00 Savage Stevens Model 555 Over/Under Shotgun 12 Gauge 28 Barrels 2 Rounds 3 Chambers Turkish Walnut Stock Blued Tickets available at the Union County Sheriff s Office and the day of the event For more information or to purchase tickets please contact: Captain Jeff Frisch 937-645-4150 13
Welcome Aboard Welcome aboard to the newest members of the Union County Sheriff s Office. Communications Officer Brittany Rausch Communications Officer Paige DelPico Deputy Sheriff Jaymie Williams Deputy Sheriff Cheyenne Craft Communications Officer Andrea Schalip CCW Clerk Matthew Perry Deputy Sheriff Kevin Rigano Communications Officer Sean Phelan Deputy Sheriff Zach Schnarre Deputy Sheriff Jeremy Kidder Next Citizens Academy; contact Kim Zacharias at kzacharias@co.union.oh.us September 14, 2015 thru December 7, 2015 Drug Take Back Event September 26, 2015 from 10:00am to 2:00pm Drop Off Locations Union County Sheriff s Office, Pleasant Valley Fire Department and Richwood Police Department Turkey Shoot November 14, 2015 from 10:00am to 4:00pm at the Union County Sheriff s Office Training Facility on US 36. Cookouts August 14, 2015 Shop With A Cop September 11, 2015 Union County Aids Task Force October 9, 2015 Special Events November 6, 2015 United Way Fundraiser Chili Cook-off Class 003 14