Administrative Services - 2006

This Division provides the administrative support that is necessary to carry out the organizational mission and goals of the Sheriff's Office.  Employees assigned to this division work closely with members of every other division.  Responsibilities include recruitment  selections, in-service training, grant writing, technical writing, research, project development and planning, payroll, purchasing, labor management and maintaining computer systems. 

GRANTS
The Stark County Sheriff's Office has taken the initative to actively seek grants and funding from numerous and varied sources. The following grants were in effect in 2006.

LITTER AGREEMENTS
In 2006, the Stark County Sheriff's Office was awarded grants for $359,500 from the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint Solid Waste District.  This covers salaries, benefits, and equipment purchases for deputies assigned to litter patrol.

Deputies inspect all areas of the county for illegal dumping.  They investigate and prosecute those persons responsible.  They check for trash trucks with loads not tarped and issue citations.  They also check to make certain that trucks are not depositing mud on the roads from the landfills.

THIRD GRADE SAFETY BELT PROGRAM
In 2006, the Stark County Sheriff's Office applied for a Grant through the Ohio Department of Public Safety 'Operation Buckle Up' for funding to teach the Third Grade Safety Belt Program.  The funding was approved and the Cops in Schools Deputies will be teaching the program to the third grade students of Canton Local, Marlington Local and Plain Local School Districts.

SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM (S.T.E.P.)
In 2006, the Stark County Sheriff's Office applied for and received a grant for $55,168 through the Ohio Department of Public Safety for funding to provide extra patrol for Traffic enforcement.  This grant as approved and the Enforcement Program was scheduled into nineteen (19) blitz periods

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT
In 2006, the Stark County Sheriff's Office applied for a Federal Sub Grant through the Ohio Department of Criminal Justice Services to further investigate incidents of domestic violence.  The grant was approved and deputies were trained and assigned to this position.  The deputies collaborate with prosecutors, victim services, court personnel, probation, judicial, parole officers, social services personnel, children services and adult protective in this assignment.  The grant was awarded for $53,982.


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Information Systems Group

The information Systems group is responsible for the operation and maintenance of 17 different computer systems,  over 100 workstations and associated printers and approximately 160 users located at the Stark County Sheriff's Office.  Several of the systems are mission critical and must be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  These mission critical systems include, but are not limited to, the Jail Management and Booking System. the Computer Aided Dispatch System, WEB development , and the Records Management System.

2006 projects included the following:
-Expanded the Mobile Data Incident Entry System, a Forms Assistant product
- Updated the computer and  network infrastructure to accommodate the jail addition
- Began migrating the network infrastructure from Novell NDS to Microsoft Active Directory
- Implemented a new wireless in-car video system from Mobile Vision
- Replaced all of the 35mm cameras with Fuji Digital Cameras 
- Implemented a photo database application from Veripic|
- Implemented a new CCTV digital recording system from ViconNet
- WEB page development and enhancement
- Assisted in the jail renovation

The mission of the 'Information Systems Group' is to provide the technology and support to assist in all facets of the day to day operation of the Stark County Sheriff's Office