January
9, 2010
Greetings to all Elected Officials and Citizens of Clark County,
Our Office strives to provide the most professional service that our
organization can offer to the citizens of Clark County. The men and
women of the Clark County Sheriff’s Office are dedicated to
excellent service through partnerships that build trust, reduce
crime, create a safe environment and enhance the quality of life in
our community through our core values of Integrity, Courage, Honor,
Respect and Equality.
My office is always trying to develop and implement new ideas to
assist County government as well as saving taxpayer dollars. I have
included within this report our “2009 Statistical Highlight’s”; this
will provide you with a brief description of our activity this past
year.
The CALEA Program
continued through 2009, which on November 17, 2007, the Clark County
Sheriff’s Office became one of five Sheriff’s Office’s out of the
total of Eighty Eight in the State of Ohio to achieve National
Recognition with the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement
Agencies (CALEA). The accreditation process is to develop a set of
law enforcement standards; through which our office can demonstrate
that we meet professionally recognized criteria for excellence in
management and service delivery.
In 2009, the Sheriff’s Office
continued its contract with the partnership involving the United
States Marshal’s Service in ordered to address the issue of violent
offenders who are currently fugitives of Justice. The Southern Ohio
Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team or “SOFAST” is a unique way to
combine Federal, State and local law enforcement officers together
to reach one common goal, which is to locate and apprehend or
community’s most serious and violent offenders.
The Sheriff’s
Office presented the 2009 Public Safety Award of Excellence”, to
those individuals or organizations for their grateful recognition of
meritorious service by advancing the cause of partnerships that
build trust, reduce crime, create a safe environment and enhance the
quality of life in our community. The following 2009 award
recipients:
1.
Mrs. Thea J. Walsh, Director-Clark County,
Springfield Transportation Coordinating Committee..
