Operations Division Support Unit - 2006

The support unit is made up of 18 employees who operate four (4) sections consisting of Training, Quartermaster/Asset Inventory, Records/Word Processing, and Fleet Management.

    The Training Bureau conducts all local law enforcement education and training. Training not only consists of basic police education, but areas of specialization. Deputies are trained in firearms safety and use, first aid to include CPR, crowd control, defensive tactics, and in-service law enforcement courses.
    Training also provides all similar training to Corrections Officer.  The Stark County Sheriff's Office conducts Basic Police Officer and Correction Officer Academies.
     Training is an on-going obligation in law enforcement and continued training and education are viewed as a vital ingredient to the professional growth of the Stark County Sheriff's Office staff.  many officers attended training in addition to the forty (40) hours of in-service training that was provided.  The schools and seminars attended in 2006 were:
     2006 Emergency Care Conference
     2006 National DARE Conference
     37th Annual Arson Seminar
     Advanced Hostage Negotiation
     BAC Re-Certification
     Basic Fingerprint Classification
     Covering the Crowd
     CPR Instructor Update
     Crimes Against Children
     Crisis Negotiator Conference
     Crisis Intervention
     DARE / SRO Retraining
     Disaster Planning
     Domestic Violence Seminar
     DNA Evidence Collection
     Drug Endangered Children
     Drug Identification and Field Testing
     Employee Evaluations
     Employment Law
     Front Desk Safety and Security
     Glock Instructor
     Grade Crossing Collision Investigation
     HAZMAT / WMD Awareness
     Identity Theft
     Internet Safety
     K-9 Tactical Medicine
     Managing Emotions Under Pressure
     Mock Prison Riot
     MicroSoft Excel
     NIAT Autotech Training
     Officer Down: Surviving Critical Incidents
     OVI Laws
     Pre Employment Interviewing
     Public Records
     Personnel Records
     Remedial Driving
     Safe Learning Environments
     Semi Auto Pistol Instructor
     Street Drug: Identification
     Suicide Prevention
     Two Days In May
 

The Quartermaster and Asset Inventory Bureau is responsible for issuing all necessary uniform items and equipment for new employees, as well as replacing those items for the entire staff when worn out or damaged.  Maintains on hand supplies and arranges order and delivery of those items not in inventory.  The goal is to keep employees who are part of the Quartermaster System well dressed and equipped.  Also responsible for the recording of assets purchased by the Sheriff's Office

The Records Bureau was staffed by three (3) clerks and a supervisor in 2006.  The supervisor oversees both the Record department and the Word Processing department.  Their purpose is to process all traffic accidents, citations, warnings and booking reports in a timely fashion.  They are the first point of contact at the Sheriff's Office for any persons entering the building.  The clerks answer questions and provide copies of accident and incident reports, upon request, to the public, other police agencies, and the courts.

The Word Processing Bureau was staffed by seven (7) clerks.  They type reports that have been dictated by the deputies in a timely manner.  They also transcribe interviews that are tape recorded by the deputies.  It is a priority that these reports and interview transcriptions be extremely accurate.  They enter pertinent information into the computer system so that anyone can locate any given report at any time

Records and Word Processing handled 15,334 incident and accident reports in the year 2006

The Vehicle Maintenance Bureau is responsible for the preventative maintenance, repair, daily upkeep, and fueling of the vehicles.  The average patrol car is a year travels appx 31,000 miles.
In 2006 the vehicle fleet consisted of:
     1 Mobile Command Post
     1 Tahoe
     6 Expeditions
     8 Taurus - unmarked
     5 Taurus - marked
   39 Patrol Cruisers - marked
   19 Patrol Cruisers - Plain Township - marked
     8 Transport Vans - marked
     1 Suburban Wagon - marked
     4 Litter Control Blazers - marked
     2 Pickup Trucks - marked
     4 riding mower tractors
     1 utility trailer
     1 radar speed trailer

Confiscated vehicles:
1 DARE Corvette, 1 DARE Mustang, 1 Mustang, 1 pickup truck- marked, 3 unmarked vehicles, 1 boat and motor, 1 boat trailer, 2 Yamaha 4-wheel ATVs, 1 electric golf cart, 1 gas golf cart, 1 vehicle handler, 1 unmarked pickup truck