Download - 2.007 County Sheriff Kelly Rowe. County Sheriff TheOffice of The Office of Phase II: 2.007
2.007
County Sheriff
Kelly Rowe
County SheriffThe Office of
Phase II: 2.007
Objectives
• Summarize History• Describe Constitutional and Current
Legal Authority• Explain Basic Responsibilities• Discuss Key Issues
Constitutional Authority
• Office supersedes similar office of Spanish and Mexican rule
• 1836 Congress of the Republic • Civil War• Texas Constitution of 1876• Peace Officer Status
Current Legal Authority
• Texas Constitution Article 5, Section 23• Proposition 5
Assuming Office
• Oath of Office• Bond• T.C.L.E.O.S.E.
Primary Responsibilities
• Law Enforcement Operations in all unincorporated areas within the County
• Detention Operations• Managing budgets for all key areas of
responsibility• In certain counties based on population
may act as Tax Assessor/Collector
Legal Enforcement jurisdiction
• Laws of the State of Texas Penal Code Family Code Transportation Code
• Local Codes and Ordinances
Law Enforcement
• Patrol• Criminal Investigations
Persons and Property Crimes Narcotics
• Fugitive Warrant Service, Transportation and Extradition
• Civil Process Service• 911, Dispatch and communications• Courthouse Security
• Animal Control• Environmental
Other possible considerations
• SWAT• K-9 Interdiction• Training Academy• Emergency
Management• Aviation• EOD• Fleet management• Records• Crime Prevention
• Cooperation with State and Federal Agencies DPS, TABC, P&W FBI DEA ATF ICE and Border
Patrol U.S. Marshals Secret Service
Records and Reporting
• Registration and Data Collection Racial Profiling Reports Uniform Crime Reports Inmate Tracking TCIC & NCIC Sex Offender Registration Victims Services/Victims Notification
Everyday (VINE)
“Keeper of the Jail”
• Maintaining a safe and secure jail, in compliance with TCJS, for those lawfully committed
• Managing inmate population/ overcrowding Recitivism ALOS Alternatives to incarcerations
• Bail Bonds
Other considerations
• Contract/required services Food service Medical, Mental Health, Dental Commissary Inmate telephone
• Religions, Educational, Rehabilitative and Re-entry programming
• Working Inmates
Budgeting and Financial
• General Fund Operating budgets Law Enforcement and Jail Other supplemental, Courthouse Security
and Inmate Transportation• Sheriff’s Office funds• Seized and Forfeited assets• Commissary proceeds
Global Issues
• Parole/Blue Warrant inmates in Texas County Jails
• Funding for MHMR, TDCJ and mental health services
• Mental health/special needs impact• Direct/indirect affects of addictions• Gangs• Border Security• Homeland Security
• Targeted legislation• Unfunded mandates• Grants(here today, gone tomorrow)• Competing for resources
Review
• History• Constitutional Authority • Current Legal Authority • Basic Responsibilities• Issues
Resources
• http://www.tjctc.org• http://www.cjcenter.org• http://www.county.org• http://www.tcleose.state.tx.us• http://www.txsheriffs.org• http://www.texasjailassociation.com