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