2012 Annual Report

Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office

2012 Annual Report

Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office 320 S. Kansas Avenue Suite 200 Topeka, Kansas 66603 785-368-2200

www.shawneesheriff.org

Law Enforcement Center June 1998 to Current

Shawnee County Courthouse – 4th & Kansas Sheriff’s Office & Jail - in Basement 1868 to 1887

Table of Contents 3 / SNSO Preamble & Mission Statement 4 / Message from Sheriff Jones 5 / New Undersheriff Terry Maple 6 / Remarks from the Major Philip Blume 7 / Crime Statistics 8 / Command Staff 11/ Promotions 12 / Sheriff Barta Retirement & Reception 14 / Retirements 16 / Years of Service – LEO’s 17 / Years of Service – Civilians

19 / Administration Sheriff Undersheriff Major General Counsel Admin Assistant Chaplain Training PSU

21 / Administration CALEA

22 / Communications SCECC Awards Radio Services New World Project

27 / Uniformed Operations

Patrol Traffic Grant FTO Program Animal Control Court Security SRO Program Community Services Dare Program K9 Unit

37 / SNSO Emergency Operations

18 / In Memory

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40 / Criminal Investigations

ATF Task Force Detectives Offender Registration Crime scene Narcotics Criminal Interdiction Computer Forensics

45 / Services

Process Fleet, Inventory & Reception Records Fugitive Warrants Maintenance

51 / Reserves 52 / Mounted Posse 53 / 100 Years Ago at SNSO 54 / SNSO Hiring Information

2012 Annual Report Created by Retired Lt. Rich Mergen Command Staff Review Capt. Shane Hoobler Lt. Scott Askew

SNSO Preamble The people of the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office which was established in 1855, in recognition of our mission to the community, do hereby adopt and establish this philosophy of service to the benefit of the citizens we serve.

Mission Statement Working in partnership with the community to protect and serve with honor, integrity, and professionalism. 2005

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Message from the Sheriff

To the Citizens of Shawnee County; I am very pleased to present you the 2012 Annual Report of the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office. The year of 2012 was very important as there was much change and transition to the agency. First and foremost, the Office realized the retirement of my longtime friend and mentor, Sheriff Richard W. Barta. Sheriff Barta’s 12-year tenure as Sheriff was a great success. His stewardship of the Office of the Shawnee County Sheriff helped the agency emerge as a premier law enforcement agency in Kansas. Sheriff Barta’s mentorship was also key to me becoming your current Sheriff in the same year. Other Key events in 2012 included our agency receiving Commission on Accreditation on Law Enforcement’s “Accreditation with Excellence”, selection of a vendor and continued progress toward implementation of a new P25 Compliant digital public safety radio system, opening of a new Topeka based transitional satellite Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory at the KBI, creation of a dedicated Emergency Preparedness and Planning position within the Office and tragically, overseeing the response to and leading the investigation into the tragic loss of two Topeka Police Officers. I hope you will take a few minutes to review our entire 2012 Annual Report, as it is a small reflection of the many accomplishments we have experienced this year. I am proud to be your Sheriff and I am proud of the men and women who make the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office such an innovative, caring, and successful organization. Regards, Herman T. Jones, Sheriff

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New Undersheriff Terry also served as a Board and Executive Committee member of HELP Inc., (Heavy Vehicle Electronic License Plate, Inc.), from 2003-2011. HELP Inc. is a non-profit public/private partnership whose flagship product, PrePass, is an electronic credentialing system that enables qualified motor carriers to electronically comply with state and federal safety, weight and credential requirements while traveling at highway speed, thereby enabling them to bypass PrePass-equipped weigh stations. In 2007, the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration appointed Terry to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee. He served on the select nationwide panel that makes recommendations to the Administrator on critical highway safety issues involving commercial motor carriers until his retirement from the Patrol.

Undersheriff Terry L. Maple

Terry L. Maple was appointed Shawnee County Undersheriff on December 3, 2012. Terry Maple is a seasoned executive with over 30 years government experience. Most recently (July 2011), Maple served as Acting State Fire Marshal in Kansas. His responsibilities included administrative and operational oversight of the Office of the State Fire Marshal, an agency with a $4.8 Million budget and nearly 50 law enforcement and civilian personnel.

Terry is a longtime Shawnee County resident and holds a B.S. degree in Criminal Justice from Washburn University of Topeka. He and his wife of 33 years, Donna, have two adult daughters. A graduate of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, VA, Maple completed an extensive advanced management-leadership training curriculum for police executives sponsored by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He is active in and has served as President of the Kansas/Western MO Chapter of the FBI National Academy Associates and was a member of the FBI’s Kansas City Division Counter Terrorism Executive Board. He has also been active in the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) serving as a State and Provincial Division representative to the IACP Aviation Committee. He is also a member of the Kansas Sheriff‘s Association, the Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police, and is a “life member” of the Kansas Peace officers association.

Prior to serving in the Office of the State Fire Marshal, Terry completed a 32 year career with the Kansas Highway Patrol retiring as Superintendent in January 2011. Maple joined the Patrol in 1979, was promoted to the aircraft unit, commanded the turnpike, worked in Research and Development and served as Special Assistant to the Superintendent where he managed statewide media relations and provided legislative testimony and liaison. In 1999, he was appointed Assistant Superintendent and acted as second in command for 9 years. He was appointed Superintendent/CEO in 2008 and assumed bottom line responsibility for the 900 person, $90M public safety/transportation agency. Upon retiring in January 2011, Maple had successfully served seven Kansas Governors.

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Remarks from the Major

Welcome and thank you for taking the time to review the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office 2012 Annual Report. The Sheriff’s Office Mission Statement is “Working in partnership with the community to protect and serve with honor, integrity and professionalism.” Also, part of our agency philosophy is that we believe in a cohesive partnership with the community it serves. The agency provides a number of services through statutory requirement, as well as through a sense of duty. The Sheriff’s Office is dedicated to providing a user-friendly service for all, not just those residents of Shawnee County, but to all who frequent or visit our community. This annual report will review some of the services that we provide. The leadership of the agency believes that it is critical for the Sheriff’s Office to be integrated into the community. Our staff serves on numerous advisory groups and boards which allows us to be more active in the community we serve. Thank you again for reviewing the annual report of your Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office and please do not hesitate to contact this agency for anything that you may need. Sincerely, Major Philip E. Blume

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SNSO 2012 Uniform Crime Report Part 1 Crimes Homicide……………………………………….3 Forcible Rape………………………………....4 Robbery………………………………………...4 Aggravated Assault & Battery…………..81 Burglary………………………………………271 Theft…………………………………………..672 Auto Theft…………………………………….67 Arson……………………………………………14

2012 Uniform Crime Report Part 2 Crimes Vandalism………………………… 517 Simple Assault & Battery………304 Driving under the influence…209 Drug/Narcotic violations………156 Drug Equipment Violations…..117 Telephone Harassment………….42 Swindle……………………………….4 Trespassing…………………………34 Counterfeiting/Forgery…………30 Credit Card Fraud…………………22 Stolen Property Offenses……….18

Liquor Law Violations……17 Weapon Violations………17 Kidnapping…………………16 Disorderly Conduct………13 Impersonation……………8

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Command Staff

Sheriff Herman Jones

Captain Lance Royer Communications Division

Undersheriff Terry Maple

Captain Shane Hoobler Services Division

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Major Phil Blume

Captain Michael Kolbek Criminal Investigations Division

Command Staff

Captain Phil Higdon

Lieutenant Sam Leone

Uniformed Operations Division

Criminal Investigations Division

Lieutenant John Ostenson Communications Division

Lieutenant Akim Reynolds Uniformed Operations Division – 3rd Shift

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Lieutenant Tom Bronaugh Professional Standards Administration Division

Lieutenant Jay Simecka Uniformed Operations Division – 1st Shift

Command Staff

Lieutenant Scott Askew

Lieutenant Dan Lotridge

Services Division

Uniformed Operations Division – 2nd Shift

Lieutenant Justin Vest

Assistant Director Nancy Ganson

CALEA – Training Administration Division

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Shawnee County Communications Center

2012 Promotions

Dawn Frey

Bruce Fox

Communications Specialist II March 17, 2012

Communications Specialist II March 17, 2012

Shift Supervisor October 20, 2012

Melanie Bergers

Sara Roberts

Shift Supervisor August 7, 2012

Shift Supervisor October 20, 2012

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Sheriff Richard W. Barta Retirement Ceremony

Sheriff Barta Greeting Well Wishers

Sheriff Richard Barta & Family

John Ginzel Congratulates Sheriff Barta on his Retirement

Martha Lutz & Michael George with Sheriff Barta

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April 20, 2012 – Downtown Ramada Inn

Sheriff Barta recognized by those in attendance for his many Years of Law Enforcement Service

Undersheriff Herman T. Jones

Sheriff Barta receives mementoes From Undersheriff Jones & SNSO Senior Staff

Sheriff Richard W. Barta Shawnee County Sheriff SNSO Service Mar 14, 2000 – April 20, 2012

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2012 Retirements William “Bill” Vaughn Detective Criminal Investigation Division Years of Service – 21 years 9 months Hired – August 15, 1990 Retired – May 31, 2012

___________________________________________________________ Ernest “Ernie” Lauderback Deputy Process Unit / Services Division Years of Service – 17 years 6 months Hired – December 5, 1994 Retired – June 18, 2012

___________________________________________________________ Michael Mulford Deputy Warrants Unit / Services Division Years of Service – 22 years Hired – June 18, 1990 Retired – June 30, 2012 ______________________________________________________________ Phil McKay Detective Sergeant Criminal Investigation Division Years of Service - 27 years 10 months Hired – February 25, 1985 Retired – December 14, 2012

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2012 Retirements Jane Cooper Floor Supervisor Shawnee County Emergency Communications Center Years of Service – 38 years 5 months Hired – April 16, 1974 Retired – September 25, 2012

Jerry Runkle Mechanic-Supervisor Fleet Maintenance – Services Division Years of service – 35 years 8 months Hired – February 7, 1977 Retired – September 21, 2012

Kathy Bolan Office Assistant Warrants unit – Services Division Years of service – 21 years 9 months Hired – July 30, 1990 Retired – April 27, 2012

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Years of Service Law Enforcement Officers

Cpl. Scott Wanamaker

10 years Patrol – K/9 Officer Uniformed Operations

Dep. Nick Pipkin 10 years

Capt. Phil Higdon 15 years

Criminal Investigations

Division Commander Uniformed Operations

Lt. Scott Askew 15 years Services Division

Sgt. Kenton Lewis 15 years Crime Scene Unit Criminal Investigations

Dep. John Burghart

15 years Warrants Unit

Dep. Jace Beightel 5 years Patrol Uniformed Operations

Dep. Kyle Cochran 5 years Lt. Justin Vest 10 years

Patrol – K/9 Officer Uniformed Operations

Accreditation - Training Administration Division

Cpl Kelly Jordan 10 years Patrol Uniformed Operations

Dep. Dave Tomassi 5 years

Cpl. James Garner 15 years

Patrol Uniformed Operations

Courthouse Security Uniformed Operations

Dep. Doug Fehr 15 years School Resource Officer Uniformed Operations

Dep. Tracey Trammel

Dep. Aaron Steinlage

10 years

Patrol Uniformed Operations

15 years Criminal Interdiction Criminal Investigations

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Dep. James Loghry 5 years Patrol Uniformed Operations

Years of Service Civilians

Dolly Brown 5 years

Jerry Runkle 35 years

OAII – Process Services Division

Auto Mechanic Supervisor Services Division

Vicki Hamilton 30 years Animal Control Officer Uniformed Operations

Chanda Mason 5 years CSI – Communications

Janelle Barnes 15 years OAII - CSU Criminal Investigations

Jean Myers 15 years OAII - Warrants Service Division

Sara Roberts 10 years Sondra Hamilton 25 years CSI - Communications

Debra Childers 20 years OAII Communications

Erin Kelly 15 years CSI - Communications

Kellie Uitts 15 years

CSII - Communications

John Suther 10 years

Trista Roberts 5 years CSII – Communications

Angelica Huber 5 years CSI – Communications

Amber Gold 5 years CSI – Communications

Elizabeth Scott 5 years CSI – communications

Auto Mechanic II Services Division

Sharlene Showalter

10 years

Accountant I Services Division

Rosemary Hanna

10 years

Civil Process Server Services Division

CSII – Communications

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Rosie Sweeten 5 years OAII-Detectives Criminal Investigation

In Memory Retired Reserve Captain

Retired Captain

William Hepp

Wallace L. Mechler

March 31, 2012

April 13, 2012

Retired SCECC Shift Supervisor

Retired Sergeant

Dave Laird

John E. Burghart June 3, 2012

April 16, 2012

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Administration Sheriff Herman T. Jones

Undersheriff Terry Maple

Major Philip Blume

SNSO Chaplain John Hansen

Chaplain “Activities” “By the Numbers” - 2012 Office & Staff Hours - 502 Hours Out on Calls - 141 Number of Callouts – 44 Mileage – 5,038

General Counsel Michael George-Attorney

Professional Standards Unit

Administrative Assistant

Lt. Tom Bronaugh

Martha Lutz

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Administration

Selections & Hiring - 0

PSU “Investigations” “By the Numbers” - 2012

“Hiring Freeze through 2012”

Cases Investigated - 14 Involving Sworn Personnel - 11 Involving Reserve Deputies - 0 Involving Civilian Personnel - 1 Outside Agency Requests – 1 Other Assigned Investigations - 1

Accounting Diana Kobs Accountant II Sharlene Showalter Accountant

Classification of Cases

SNSO Budget “By the Numbers” – 2012

Conduct - 12 Use of Force - 2 Competency - 0 Other - 0

$14,125,814

Results of Investigations Closed - 13 Open - 1

Salaries & Benefits Services Supplies Capital Outlay

$ $ $ $

Funds Returned

$

12,107,579 708,231 878,530 316,893 114,581

Sustained - 2 Not Sustained - 3 Exonerated - 4 Unfounded - 2 Closed - 2 Discipline Resulting No Discipline Issued - 9 Letter of Counseling – 1 Termination of Employment /Reserve Status Suspension – 1 Pending Unknown – 2

Accreditation & Training

Background Investigations – 1 (for Reserve Officer)

Lt. Justin Vest Assistant Accreditation ManagerStephanie Brunkow

Audits Completed – 6 Unannounced Property Room – 1 Drug Burn Box – 4 Annual Property Room - 1

SNSO Training Hours “By the Numbers” – 2012 Law Enforcement Officer – 6,300 hrs Civilians – 273 hrs

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Administration

CALEA

Sheriff Richard Barta, SNSO Staff Officers & other personnel pictured with CALEA assessors Capt. Manago & Major O’Brien

CALEA By Lt. Vest The Shawnee County Sheriff’s office hosted our CALEA on-site January of 2012. Major Michael O’Brien of the Harris Oounty Sheriff’s Office, Houston, Texas and Captain John Manago of the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office, Fort Collins, Colorado were our CALEA assessors. Overall our agency review was outstanding. Major O’Brien indicated that in his decade as an assessor that this was one of the best if not the best assessments that he has been part of. Captain Manago shared similar sentiments. Both expressed their positive impressions of our facilities, our equipment, and most importantly of all of our personnel. As a result of the on site assessment of our accreditation program the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office received the CALEA accreditation with “Excellence Award”. This award is CALEA’s opportunity to provide agencies an opportunity to be further recognized for the effective use of accreditation as a model for the delivery of enhanced public safety services and management professionalism. A special thank you to Stephanie Brunkow our assistant accreditation manager for all her hard work and dedication to the accreditation program.

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Communications SCECC

communications. Because there are always new Communications Specialists going through the nine-month training process at the SCECC, Lt. Ostenson immediately focused on increasing his communications knowledge in order to acquaint himself as much as possible with his new responsibilities. By doing so, he has been able to improve SCECC recruiting and hiring to ensure that the agency continues to employ very capable and professional Communications Specialists. He has also surrounded himself with a small group of seasoned Communications Specialists (“Training Manual Team”) who have been meeting consistently to upgrade the dated training manual. The final product will be completed by January 2014.

By Nancy Ganson The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office Communications Division is comprised of the Shawnee County Emergency Communications Center (SCECC) and Radio Services. Captain Lance Royer, Lieutenant John Ostenson, and Assistant Director Nancy Ganson manage the division. Radio Services is overseen by Senior Communications Systems Engineer Stanley Blanchard. Office Assistant Debbi Childers also assists the division. Lt. Ostenson joined the SCECC management team in January 2012. His previous assignment was with the SNSO Accreditation/Training Unit.

SCECC Personnel 1st Shift SS Michelle Barnes, SS Melanie Bergers, CSII Kellie Uitts, CSII Jamie Ratzloff, CSI Sondra Hamilton, CSI Kaylene McCray, CSI Yolonda McCray, CSI Erin Kelly, CSI Julie Sewell, CSI Riane Harsha, CSI Amber Gold, CSI Melanie Hasselman

Lt. John Ostenson Lt. Ostenson was assigned to head up SCECC recruiting and hiring efforts to find quality Communications Specialists candidates and to coordinate training of new employees. His training assignment included updating the training manual used by trainers for new hires. Lt. Ostenson initially considered his new assignments challenging, since he had no previous experience in emergency

2nd Shift FS Susan Wempe, SS Sara Roberts, CSII Bruce Fox, CSI David Dostaler, CSI Kendra Smith, CSI Erin Heaven, CSI Lacey Mulford

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Communications

3rd Shift

SCECC “Calls Received” “By the Numbers” - 2012

SS Kim Ragan, SS Dawn Frey, CSII Trista Roberts, CSI Angelica Huber, CSI Tony Gottschalk, CSI Heather Gerhardt, CSI Lari Goldsmith, CSI Liz Scott, CSI Belinda Schley, CSI Justin Roberts, CSI Nick Hill

Administrative phone calls – 539,442 “911 Calls - 130,253 87% of all 911 calls originated from cell phones - a percentage that rises each year.

In Training CSI Gabriella Gonzalez, CSI Erin McKeon, CSI Corey Riley

SCECC “Dispatched calls” “By the Numbers” - 2012

Intermittent Employees

Topeka Police Department 136,696

CSI Brandy Janeski, CSI Loren Lossman, CSI Michelle Woody

Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office 51,542

(Key: FS-Floor Supervisor; SS-Shift Supervisor; CSII-Communications Specialist II; CSICommunications Specialist I)

Topeka Fire Department 19,948 and almost 5,000 calls combined to the remaining agencies listed

The SCECC operates on a 24-hour basis with eight or nine Communications Specialists on duty, depending on call rates. The SCECC Communications Specialists receive and handle all 911 calls in Shawnee County and answer many administrative lines for the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office and the Topeka Police Dept. The SCECC dispatches for the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office, Topeka Police Dept, Auburn Police Dept, Rossville Police Dept, Silver Lake Police Dept, and USD #501 police officers. The unit also dispatches for the Topeka Fire Dept, Auburn Fire Dept, Dover Fire Dept, Mission Fire Dept, Rossville Fire Dept, Shawnee Heights Fire Dept, Silver Lake Fire Dept, and Soldier Fire Dept.

CSII Jamie Ratzloff broadcasting the “last call” for Topeka Police Dept. Officer Jeff Atherly Killed in the line of Duty December 16, 2012

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Communications June Overall: Angelica Huber July Overall: Angelica Huber August Overall: Angelica Huber September Overall: Angelica Huber October Overall: Angelica Huber November Overall: Angelica Huber December Overall: Angelica Huber

1167 calls 1772 calls 1914 calls 1310 calls 2031 calls 1713 calls 1960 calls

Note – on an average, 50% of the time, SCECC employees answer all phone calls in two seconds or less.

SS Dawn Frey Broadcasting the “Last Call” for Topeka Police Dept. Corporal David Gogian Killed in the line of duty December 16, 2012

In 2012, Communications Specialist I Riane Harsha received two awards in recognition of her extraordinary efforts handling a call on July 19, 2011. CSI Harsha drew on nearly eight years of experience and expertise to pinpoint the location of four children, ages 6, 5, 3, and 2 years, who were unattended and who had been locked for many hours in a basement room with no air conditioning and with temperatures outside and in the room exceeding 100 degrees. After several hours of the children calling 911 and hanging up, CSI Harsha’s persistence and knowledge of research options resulted in the children being rescued by Topeka Police Department officers.

Communications Awards Fastest Finger Awards

2012 SCECC employees who answered the most phone calls each month in two (2) seconds or less

CSI Angelica Huber January Overall: Melanie Bergers 1268 calls February Overall: Melanie Bergers 955 calls March Overall: Angelica Huber 1837 calls April Overall: Angelica Huber 1295 calls May Overall: Angelica Huber 1714 calls

CSI Riane Harsha

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Communications departments, and for numerous other local agencies on the 800 MHz system. Radio Services also maintains three radio tower sites. In 2012, Radio Services completed two huge projects mandated by the FCC, narrowbanding and rebanding the current radio system. Rebanding, which began in 2011 and involved two phases, was completed on October 29, 2012 and narrowbanding in late 2012.

2012 Kansas APCO Award On Monday, April 2, 2012, the Kansas Chapter of the Association of PublicSafety Communications Officials (APCO) awarded the 2011 Kansas APCO Telecommunicator of the Year (TCOY) 1st Runner-up to Ms. Harsha at its regional conference in Hutchinson. Each year, TCOY awards are presented to emergency service telecommunicators who have been nominated by their agencies for their outstanding overall work and for specific achievements.

P25 Radio Project: A major focus for the Sheriff’s Office and Shawnee County has been the acquisition and implementation of a new six-site P25 digital radio system for Shawnee County. The current analog radio system is 17 years old and is out of repair support. Throughout 2011, the Shawnee County Emergency Communications Center (SCECC) Management Board met to develop standards and investigate vendors for the new P25 radio system. In January 2012, the search was narrowed to two radio systems vendors. The Board of County Commissioners authorized direct contract negotiations with the two vendors, and the SCECC Management Board communicated with both throughout the spring of 2012.

CSI Harsha & Capt. Royer 2012 Kansas KACP Award On Friday, May 11, 2012, Ms. Harsha was honored with the Bronze Award by the Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police (KACP) at the Joint Kansas Law Enforcement Conference in Hutchinson. The Bronze Award recognizes outstanding achievement above and beyond normal law enforcement responsibilities and duties.

On May 14, 2012, the Shawnee County Commission authorized the SCECC Management Board to enter into final negotiations with Motorola Solutions. With a contract assured, Motorola hosted a “project kickoff” meeting on June 22, 2012 and outlined initial task priorities, the first of which was to identify six tower sites. Two towers were to be built by Shawnee County in the northwest and southeast areas of the county. The four remaining sites

Radio Services By Nancy Ganson Radio Services is responsible for the maintenance of Shawnee County’s 800 MHz radio system. Radio Services’ personnel repair and maintain mobile and handheld radios for area law enforcement, city and county fire

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Communications would utilize existing towers. Land acquisition for the two new towers was a top priority. By year’s end, locations for new northwest and southeast tower sites were narrowed down, but neither had been finalized. However, upgrades for existing towers had been approved.

Stan Blanchard inspects Shipment of New Motorola Portable Radios Received in Dec 2012.

Capt. Lance Royer

Radio Services Personnel - Senior Communications System Engineer Stanley Blanchard, Communications Engineer Marion Brown

Captain Lance Royer, the P25 project manager, and Senior Communications Systems Engineer Stan Blanchard travelled to Schaumberg, Illinois on December 12-14, 2012 to test and approve the new radio system before shipping. By December 31, 2012, all radio equipment had been shipped to Shawnee County and was stored in secure locations at the LEC and in other county buildings. Representatives from all user agencies were encouraged to start developing templates so that Motorola could work with message keys, which would enable our Radio Services to start programming equipment.

New World Project By Nancy Ganson Another project begun in 2012 was upgrading the New World computeraided dispatch (CAD) system currently in use at the SCECC and integrated with other Shawnee County agencies. Capt. Royer is the project manager and is working with New World and members of an advisory board from various user agencies to move toward a Microsoft Platform (MSP) Windowsbased system. The current AS400 platform computer-aided dispatch system is 12 years old. MSP plans were still being developed by the end of 2012.

Nancy Ganson

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Uniformed Operations Patrol Unit

New Ford Police Interceptor SUV – SNSO Patrol Vehicle

Other SNSO patrol vehicles include – Chevy Tahoe & Ford Crown Victoria

Uniformed Operations Patrol “By the Numbers” - 2012 Patrol Assignments & Activities Answered Calls – 24,267 Service Requests – 21,295 Reports Written – 12,414 Community Policing Contacts – 8,613 Suspicious vehicle checks – 2,200 Alarm Calls – 2,024 Process Service – 1,643 Suspicious persons checks – 870 Domestic violence calls - 625 Warrants served – 466 Process attempted – 439 Misdemeanor arrests – 434 Juvenile calls – 203 Felony arrests - 149

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Uniformed Operations

Patrol Personnel 1st Shift A-Squad – Sgt. George Salehar Cpl. Tim Kampsen Dep. Ed Nelson Dep. Dave Seymour Dep. Aaron Steinlage Dep. Kyle Cochran K/9 Dep. Brett Hoss B-Squad – Sgt. Steve Luttjohann Cpl. Errin Mahan Dep. Darrin Marr K/9 Dep. John Culver Dep. Henry Harmon Dep. James Loghry Dep. Dave Tomassi

Dep. Kyle Cochran

Dep. Harmon

Dep. Loghry

2nd Shift A-Squad – Sgt. Kiley Rice Cpl. Scott Wanamaker K/9 Dep. Scott Gilchrist Dep. Andy Mergen Dep. Jace Beightel Dep. Nick Custenborder Dep. Abby Pipkin Dep. Matt Akers B-Squad – Sgt. Brad Jones Cpl. Justin Roberts Dep. Jenna Lechner Dep. Joe Forshee Dep. Jesse Julian Dep. Aaron Schmidtlein Dep. Matt Boling

Sgt. Jones

Dep. Custenborder

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Dep. Beightel

Uniformed Operations

Patrol Personnel 3rd Shift

A-Squad – Sgt. Eric Frey Cpl. Kelly Jordan Dep. Cole Hawkins Dep. Sean Swords Dep. Malary Shinn Dep. Ben Scheid Dep. Colton Johnson B-Squad – Sgt. Mike Wright Cpl. Stephen Evans K/9 Dep. Jason Mills Dep. Mitch Johnson Dep. Jesse Foster Dep. Matt Johnston Dep. Melissa Dial

Dep. Mills

Dep. Johnston

Dep. Dial

Uniformed Operations Traffic “By the Numbers” - 2012 Traffic Assignments & Activities Traffic stops – 3,956 Written Warnings – 2,470 Tickets/Citations Written – 851 Accidents worked – 839 Accidents with injuries – 198 Accident Fatalities – 4

Patrol Unit – Ford Crown Vic

Patrol Work Station

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Uniformed Operations

Traffic Grants By Lt. Akim Reynolds SNSO traffic enforcement and sobriety efforts are enhanced by the continued participation in the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) Grants – “STEP” - Special Traffic Enforcement Program and “IDDP” - Impaired Driving Deterrence Program The traffic programs supplement the daily traffic enforcement efforts made by SNSO personnel and continue to educate the driving public, all in an effort to make the roadways of Shawnee County a safer place.

Traffic Grants “By the numbers” - 2012 Three (3) Step Enforcement Campaigns Car stops – 265 Speeding citations – 125 Other citations - 203 Seatbelts citations – 46 DUI Arrests – 13 Six (6) Saturations Patrol Activities Car stops – 128 Speeding Citations – 13 Other citations – 202 DUI Arrests – 5 Two (2) DUI / DL Check lanes Contacts – 232 SFST’s – 14 DUI Arrests – 5

Field Training Officer (FTO) Program By Lt. Dan Lotridge In 2012, the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office had two officers in the Field Training Officer (FTO) Program. Deputies Colton Johnson and Aaron Schmidtlein completed the FTO Program and were released to solo patrol in March, 2012.

Dep. C. Johnson

Dep. Schmidtlein

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Uniformed Operations The FTO Program consists of three phases, with each phase consisting of approximately 30 working days. Each phase is structured to progressively provide recruit officers with knowledge of the inner workings of the Sheriff’s Office and to provide them with an opportunity to demonstrate that they can proficiently carry out the duties of a deputy. At the completion of each shift, the FTO will complete a Daily Observation Report, grading the trainee on five different categories. FTO’s submit a memorandum half way through each phase and at the end of each phase, reporting areas of strengths and areas of improvement for each trainee. After completing all three phases, each trainee will begin an Evaluation Phase to demonstrate that they are capable of operating in a solo capacity.

Animal Control Unit

ACO Duckworth

2011 4x4 Ford F250 Animal Control Truck

Animal Calls “By the Numbers” - 2012 Animal Related Calls “Total” – 2,531 # Of the Animal calls handled by Animal Control Officers – 1,835

ACO’s – Vicki Hamilton Justin Hottman Ronnie Duckworth

Court Security Unit By Sgt. Caleb Acree Starting in 2012, the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Court Security Unit, was transferred from the Services Division to the Operations Division. This move created the opportunity for the Court Security Unit to mimic the same quarterly shift bid as the Patrol Unit. By including the Court Security Unit into the Operations Division, officers have been able to bid the Courthouse and return to Patrol or vice versa. This transition has made the Court Security Unit a more enticing work experience for some of the officers. Since the transition was made, officers have filled the

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Uniformed Operations shift bid requirements without having to assign officers not wanting to work in the Court Security Unit. The exceptions to the bid positions are the Sergeant and Corporal positions of the Court Security Unit. These two positions were left as permanent positions in order to ensure that necessary functions, reports, equipment maintenance, and day to day procedures were not lost due to any total manpower transitions. Along with the divisional reassignment, other changes were made to make the Court Security Unit uniformed to match the other Units under Operations. Court Security Officers are now assigned take home vehicles and equipment the same as Patrol officers. This was done to alleviate the cumbersome task of switching out inventory should the bid results change every 4 months. The other part of that was to eliminate the hesitation from officers to voluntarily bid the Court Security Unit for fear of losing their newly issued patrol vehicle. Court Security Unit officers are no longer required to drive their personal vehicle to work while all other officers were provided take home patrol vehicles. Now when Court Security officers leave their house prior to shift and upon returning home after shift, officers are outfitted with the equipment to assist the Patrol officers on calls. This has been a big factor in streamlining the transition between the Court Security Unit and Patrol Unit. This move also helped address the never ending battle of struggling manpower. By combining the Court Security Unit with the Patrol Unit, schedules are now able to supplement between shifts without having to modify or adjust shift hours. Whenever needed, assistance is available within the Division to adequately staff the minimum positions required. With the current shortage of manpower among the entire SNSO, this has been a great benefit to officers. By being able to borrow manpower from Patrol, officers are not as restricted on their time away from work. This was a huge benefit considering some of the officers working the Court Security Unit earn vacation at a rate that, prior to the 2012 transition, often resulted in officers “maxing out” on accrued vacation. For the most part every shift bid has resulted in “fresh faces” working the Court Security Unit. Officers have received the training and fit in nicely with the atmosphere inside the Courthouse. They are quick to make friends and demonstrate day after day the pride and professionalism that makes up the Shawnee County sheriff’s Office.

Court Security “By the Numbers” - 2012

Persons entering courthouse screened – 524,878 Packages entering courthouse screened – 506,777 Felony warrants served – 50 Misdemeanor warrants served – 263 Other warrants served – 149 Reports taken – 183 Felony arrests – 3

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Uniformed Operations Court Security Personnel - Sgt. Caleb Acree Cpl. James Garner Dep. Tracy McKnight Dep. Ashley Previty Dep. Caitlin Johnson Dep. Eric Coffin Dep. Tyler Vaughn Dep. Dane Cohen

School Resource Officer (SRO) Program By Sgt. Todd Stallbaumer

The School Resource Officers work on the “triad” concept of school-based policing. The triad concept divides the SRO’s responsibilities into three areas: Teacher, Counselor, and Law Enforcement Officer. The goal of the SRO program is to educate, counsel, and protect our school communities while promoting a positive image to the students and school personnel in Shawnee County. They work in partnership with the schools to provide a safe learning environment.

2009 Dodge Charger Assigned to SRO Deputy Doug Fehr Seaman High School

Dep. Doug Fehr

SRO Assignments – Dep. Craig Cochran-Washburn Rural; Dep. Doug Fehr-Seaman; Dep. Tim McCaffrey-Hayden; Dep. Marcus Scheid-Shawnee Heights; Dep. Desiree Wright-Silver Lake & Rossville

SRO “By the Numbers” - 2012 SRO Classes Taught - 112 SRO counseling Sessions – 611 SRO Arrests – 37 SRO Issued Warning Tickets – 89 SRO Issued Traffic Tickets – 53 SRO investigated traffic accidents - 41

SNSO Historical Tidbits The Sheriff’s Office concept of a law enforcement youth camp originated at Hayden High School in the summer of 2003. Sgt. Todd Stallbaumer and Lt. Jay Simecka taught a law enforcement youth camp at Hayden High School from 2003 through 2008. During the summer of 2007, the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office started their official Youth Academy at Shawnee Heights High School. The Academy expanded to two school districts in 2009 when Seaman High School began hosting a separate Sheriff’s Youth Academy.

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Uniformed Operations

Community Services

Dep. Justin Boyles

2012 Dodge Charger – DARE vehicle

Community Services “By the Numbers” - 2012 Community Events Attended – 229 Other Meetings Attended – 157 Patrol Division Appearances – 17 Media Releases - 72 Job Fairs Attended - 12

Community Services Personnel - Sgt. Todd Stallbaumer Dep. Justin Boyles Dep. Shayna Anderson

D.A.R.E. By Dep. Shayna Anderson D.A.R.E. continues being a law enforcement officer led program taught in schools and gives young students a chance to meet and interact with officers in a positive way. It allows students to view officers as people they can go to for help instead of being afraid of them. In 2012, D.A.R.E. changed the elementary school curriculum in order to add lessons about risks and consequences, stress, and bullying and continued to have officer teach about alcohol and tobacco health effects, resistance to peer pressure, communication, and help networks. These lessons give students the skills to make safe and responsible choices whether they are related to drugs or not. Each lesson involves the officer and students discussing the lesson topic and the students are given the opportunity to team up to work their way through scenarios that they could potentially face in real life. In order for students to graduate the D.A.R.E. program they must have good attendance, complete the D.A.R.E. workbook, and write a D.A.R.E. essay. SNSO teaches the Elementary School Curriculum to over 600 5th and 6th graders in eleven schools, three different school districts, in Shawnee County: Shawnee heights USD 450, Seaman USD 345, and Kaw Valley (Rossville) USD 321. In late 2012, the Sheriff’s Office added Silver Lake USD 372 as a D.A.R.E. participant starting the Program in the spring of 2013, bringing the total number of schools to twelve (12) in four different school districts.

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Uniformed Operations

Dare “By the Numbers” - 2012 # DARE Students Attending – 2,582 # DARE Classes Conducted - 1000

Dep. Shayna Anderson

2012 4x4 Chevy Tahoe – D.A.R.E. Vehicle

D.A.R.E. Officers – Dep. Justin Boyles, Dep. Shayna Anderson

SNSO Historical Tidbits The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office became involved in the D.A.R.E. program in the 1992-93 school year. The first SNSO D.A.R.E. Officers – Deputy Michael O’Shea and Deputy Kyle Scheideman. D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) was founded in Los Angeles, California in 1983 by L.A. Police Chief Daryl Gates and the Los Angeles Unified School District in response to unrivaled drug use among youth in the early 1980’s.

K/9 Unit By Sgt. Brad Metz The K/9 unit had a successful and productive year in 2013. During the year the unit was downsized by one team – removal of a full time K/9 team from the courthouse. As part of the process, Deputy Marr’s dual purpose patrol / narcotics detection K/9 was replaced by a new patrol / explosive K/9. Deputy Marr and Deputy Kyle Cochran have picked up the duties at the courthouse as well as conducted routine preventative sweeps at the building and parking lots adjacent to the courthouse.

Sgt. Brad Metz

SNSO K/9 Unit – Chevy Tahoe

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Uniformed Operations

K/9 Unit “By the Numbers” - 2012 Patrol deployments – included area searches, tracks, building searches, vehicle searches, perimeter searches, officer protection and evidence searches. Patrol Deployments – 727 Resulted in 39 suspects being located Narcotic detection Sniffs – included vehicles, buildings, and articles/parcels at various Locations - all area high schools, the “Villages”, Shawnee County DOC, Fed Ex and UPS, several schools in Pottawatomie County, and Jeffrey Energy Center. Total Drug Sniffs – 15, 615 Article/Parcels – 12,964 Vehicles – 1,339 Buildings – 1,312 Illegal narcotics located – Approximately 28 lbs. U.S. currency located – approximately $36,100 Explosive Detection sniffs – included vehicles, buildings and articles/parcels – sniffs of deliveries to the courthouse, random sweeps of the courthouse, routine sweeps at National Guard base and National Guard armory. Total Explosive sniffs – 5,108 Articles/parcels – 4,529 Vehicles – 559 Buildings – 21 2012 SNSO K/9 teams – Sgt. Metz & “Bolt” (Patrol/Narcotics); Dep. Kyle Cochran & “Diablo” (Patrol/Explosives); Cpl. Scott Wanamaker & “DICE” (Patrol/Narcotics); Cpl. Steve Evans & “Buddy” (Patrol/Narcotics); Dep. Tracey Trammel & “Rowdy” (Patrol/Narcotics); Dep. Darrin Marr & “Kaos” (Patrol/Explosives).

K/9 Unit “By the Numbers” - 2012 Training conducted – included basic training for Deputy Marr and his new K/9, continued training for Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office and Jackson County Sheriff’s Office K/9 teams. Training conducted – 1,403 hours Certification & Judging – Sgt. Metz assisted with approximately 80 K/9 teams in the areas of patrol, narcotic and explosive detection from all over the state.

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SNSO utilize the NIMS or National Incident Management System by and through the use of ICS or the Incident Command System. Officers become familiar with the Sheriff's Office "All Hazards Plan", which is a series of general orders predetermined and categorized to be used individually or in conjunction with one another in order to give recommendations on how an emergency response should be handled and things to consider including formal policy and procedure. Some of these general orders include "Bomb Threat Response", "Hazardous Materials Response", "Hostage and Barricaded Subjects", "V.I.P. Response" and others like it. These orders were chosen due to the fact that any emergency response can effectively be handled by using one or a combination of them. Acting as a blanket document for all responses within Shawnee County is the Shawnee County Emergency Operations Plan.

Emergency Operations By Cpl. Errin Mahan

The Shawnee County Sheriff's Office is dedicated to preserving life and property in the event of a disaster or other emergency response function. We are involved in most, if not all types of emergency response. Historically the Sheriff's Office has responded to major vehicle accidents, natural disasters to include tornados, flooding, and other types of severe weather events and manmade emergencies such as the shooting and bombing incident at the Frank Carlson Federal Building in 1993. We were involved in the flooding emergencies in 1951 and 1993 and the years ensuing, the collapse of the Kansas Avenue Bridge in 1965 and the often remembered Topeka Tornado of 1966. There have been many other disasters we have responded to and been an integral part of throughout the history of Shawnee County.

(Topeka State Journal Photo)

(Sheriff Chaffee photo Collection)

Kansas River - High Water in 1923

1966 SNSO Patrol – respond to Washburn campus after an EF-5 tornado hits Topeka, Kansas.

Officers are trained in all phases of response to an emergency that may occur in Shawnee County. We currently

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SNSO Emergency Operations This plan encompasses all forms of response and lists Agency and Department responsibilities to include not only those involved in law enforcement, fire service and medical response but some outside agencies as well such as the Shawnee County Extension Office, private and public transportation systems, and city and county road departments.

Training and preparation is done in a meticulous manner following a predetermined set of guidelines developed by the Dept. of Homeland Security. We attend many tabletop exercises where a scenario is given then attending agencies work out a plan for response while different twists and turns within are presented to the attendees at different times throughout the scenario. This type of training allows the involved agencies to identify planning and training needs and prepares responders for the 'real world response'. We also work with volunteer agencies such as the Community Emergency Response Teams, the Red Cross, Salvation Army and VOAD or Volunteer Organizations Assisting in Disasters among others. Also included are fully functional exercises where agencies will physically respond to a staged disaster scene to put into practice their plans and procedures and learn to work together through multiagency coordination, cooperation and communication.

(Topeka Capital Journal photo collection) Sheriff F.T. “Jim” Chaffee (middle) and Topeka Mayor Charles Wright listen to SNSO Dep. Keith Butts (Uniform) Regarding the Melan Bridge (over the Kansas River) Collapse – 1965

The Sheriff's Office has recognized the need for continued planning, training and multi-discipline response by appointing an emergency management coordinator to attend to all manners of planning and training. This includes the responsibilities of security and vulnerability assessments, disaster response, ICS, active shooter and any other form of emergency response. Also in the works is the Continuity of Operation Plan. This plan allows the Sheriff's Office to continue its day to day operations in the event of a disaster such as alternate facilities in case the Sheriff's Office is damaged, retention of vital documents and records, an alternate communications center, care of employees and vital resources among many other planning aspects.

Sheriff Chaffee photo collection)

SNSO officer during 1966 Tornado emergency response

The Sheriff's Office is involved with many different organizations involving training for emergency response.

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SNSO Emergency Operations In 2010 the Sheriff's Office, in conjunction with several other Agencies, developed a functional exercise using the 1966 tornado as a scenario set in 2010 Shawnee County and Topeka. Many different agencies and departments were involved and all became familiar with a potential real world event that could devastate the county and city. Many lessons were learned that day and many more will come from more exercises. Officers are also given different tools to assist them in their response such as personal protective equipment in the form of anti-contamination clothing, air purifying respirators and information on different chemicals and their potential effects. Officers attend yearly training on response to hazardous materials incidents, weapons of mass destruction response, anti-terrorism and the All Hazards Plan. Classes are given in an attempt to educate the Officers about pathogens, diseases and situations that may cause injury or incapacitation and how to avoid them in conjunction with decontamination efforts. They are given training in the treating of in the field trauma wounds, first aid and CPR. These techniques are learned by all members of the Sheriff's Office be it the patrol officer, the SWAT officer, civil process and courthouse security.

(Topeka State Journal Photo)

Topeka State journal Newspaper photos and headlines related to 1951 Flood

(Topeka State Journal Photo)

Topeka State Journal Newspaper Photos and Headlines Related to 1951 Flood

(Topeka State Journal Photo)

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Criminal Investigations ATF Task Force

Detectives

By Capt. Michael Kolbek

By Sgt. Phil McKay

In September 2009 The Shawnee County Sheriff’s office assigned Detective Glenn Hawks to the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives (ATF) as a Task Force Officer (TFO). This partnership has proven to be vital due to numerous investigations that involved Shawnee County burglaries where firearms and other valuables were stolen. Agents, Task Force Officers and Deputies have recovered numerous firearms, valuables and have received too many federal convictions to count.

The Detective Unit is a section of the Criminal Investigations Division. Investigators focus on determining the facts about allegations of crimes reported to the agency. This unit is also dedicated to the pursuit of those individuals responsible for the commission of various crimes. The Detective Unit separates case assignments into two main categories, person crimes and property crimes. Person crimes include homicide, rape, robbery, battery, assault, sex crimes, as well as crimes against children. Property crimes include burglary, theft, criminal damage to property, identity theft and other financial crimes

The Task Force also assists with firearm tracing, state firearm investigations, shootings, etc. Detective Hawks is still assigned to the ATF as a Task Force Officer and continues to investigate federal firearm violations.

Detective personnel – Sgt. Phil McKay Det. James Mummey Det Glenn Hawks Det. Erin Thompson Det. Brett Butell Det. Brian Clemmons Det. Kevin Kasl

SNSO ATF personnel - Det. Glenn Hawks

SNSO Historical Tidbits The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office entered into a partnership with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives in 2000 when the Topeka ATF Task Force Office began. Detective Danny Jaramillo was the first SNSO Deputy Sheriff assigned to the ATF as a Task Force Officer in 2000.

Det. Kevin Kasl

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Det. Jim Mummey

Criminal Investigations

Detectives-Investigations “By the Numbers” - 2012 New Cases Assigned - 974 Cases closed – 602 Cases closed Referred to District Attorney - 204 Exceptional Clearance – 90 Unfounded – 39 Miscellaneous - 264

Offender Registration unit “Processing” office &

Offender Registration Unit

& work Station

Det. Dustin Carlat joined Offender Registration Unit in the summer of 2012 to assist Deputy Emily Adams and OAII Debra Hoffer with the constant increasing numbers of registered offenders. In 2012 the number of offenders increased to 999 registered offenders living, working, and going to school in Shawnee County. Construction was completed on a new office for Offender Registration and a whole new registering process began.

ORU Personnel - Det. Dustin Carlat (Jun-Dec) Det. William Vaughn (JanMay) Retired Dep. Emily Adams OAII Deb Hoffer

Offender Registration Unit “By the Numbers” - 2012 Det. Carlat

Offender Registrations in 2012 New Registrations – 177 Registration Updates – 3,184 Violators Referred to DA – 34

Offender Registration Unit “By the Numbers” - 2012 Shawnee County Offenders – 999 Sex offenders – 489 Violent offenders – 179 Drug offenders - 331

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Criminal Investigations

Crime Scene Investigation Unit

other agency’s using the same system. Currently Lawrence Police Dept. and the KBI use the BEAST System.

By Sgt. Kenton Lewis

By the time I had arrived at this agency the CSI unit had since been established and working for a number of years. It was called CSST-Crime Scene Search Team, but was changed the year (1998) that I arrived to Crime Scene Investigations Unit. Sgt. Curtis Wagers was in the unit, along with Dep. Allen Kisler, Dep. John Ostenson and the officer I replaced, Dep. Ken Smith. Upon my arrival we were double slotted in so far as duties went, we worked crime scenes and when not doing scene processing or lab work associated with the scenes we worked we were also Property Technicians and responsible for the booking cataloging, preservation, accountability and disposal of evidence collected by the Sheriff’s Office.

Julie Heinrich

CSIU “By the Numbers“- 2012 Case investigations Deaths - 48 Person crimes - 14 Property crimes - 94 Motor vehicle accidents – 2 Miscellaneous calls - 2 Laboratory examinations Photo – 889 Digital Downloads – 1,065 Latents – 61 Evidence-Property New Cases Received – 1,917 Cases Disposed – 1,681 New Items Received – 4,394 Items Disposed – 4,545

This system forced a systematic change to the property room that increased efficiency two-fold, sped up property disposal and with Julie and Therese’s organizational skills and drive to meet agency and personal standards has made the Sheriff’s Office property room a model of efficiency for other agency’s to follow. I have had The Emporia Police Department Property Room, Prairie Band Pottawatomie Tribal Police Property room supervisors contact me for information and policies we have put into effect and written for copies to improve their own Evidence Control Centers. Over the past 15 years many in CSI have come and gone leaving their positive marks behind as corner stone’s to the SNSO.

Therese Hodges

In 2000 under the Supervision of Sgt. Wagers the unit hired two Property Technicians for the sole purpose of dealing with the operation of the property room. The two individuals hired were Ms. Julie Heinrich and Ms. Therese Hodges and were trained in Property Room Management and Control. A short time later we got a new property tracking system called the BEAST, Bar code Evidence and Statistical Tracking System. This system allows for systematic tracking and accountability of all types of evidence that is collected. This new system uses a bar code reader to categorize, track, account for and audit property items that are stored within our Evidence Control Center. Other features allow it to communicate with

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Criminal Investigations Sgt. Chris Keys came into CSIU and supervised it for several years and four years ago I took over as the Evidence Custodian and CSIU Supervisor. This unit is but a piece of the great men and women that comprise the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office.

have led to multiple arrests with several narcotics and currency seizures.

CSIU Personnel - Sgt. Kenton Lewis Dep. Reanne Rice Dep. Stephanie Dicken Property Tech Julie Heinrich Property Tech Therese Hodges OAII Janelle Barnes Dep. Trammel

Narcotics Unit

Dep. Rhodd

In their almost 10 years of working together they have accumulated an impressive amount of statistics. Since 2003 they have made approximately 8,470 car stops with over 200 persons arrested. This has lead to the following seizures: $4,321,543 in US Currency, 7,763 pounds of marijuana, 261 pounds of cocaine, 119 pounds of meth, 40 vehicles and 36 guns.

Narcotics unit personnel – Sgt. Andy Dale and narcotics deputies.

SNSO Historical Tidbits January 1, 1979 The Crime Scene Search Team unit (Sgt. Dick Warrington-Supervisor) took over responsibility of the Evidence Vault & property Room at the Sheriff’s Office, basement of the courthouse (200 east 7th).

Criminal Interdiction “By the Numbers “- 2012 Car stops - 826 Arrests - 17 Marijuana seized – 28 lbs U.S Currency seized - $54,416 Vehicles seized – 2 Guns seized- 2

Criminal Interdiction Unit By Capt. Michael Kolbek

Their efforts have made them recognized across the country as experts in Highway Drug Interdiction. Deputies Trammel and Rhodd continually educate themselves on the latest in narcotics and drug currency smuggling trends and gladly share this within the agency as well as across the state. They are frequently asked to present training as part of the Drug Interdiction Assistance Program (DIAP) throughout the United States.

Deputies Tracey Trammel and Brian Rhodd have been in the Criminal Interdiction Unit since 2003. Their primary focus has always been drug and criminal interdiction on the highway systems that run through Topeka and Shawnee County. Recognizing that criminals will continually find ways to defeat law enforcement, Deputies Trammel and Rhodd began working package interdiction at local parcel service locations. Their efforts in this alone

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Criminal investigations

Criminal Interdiction Personnel - Dep. Tracey Trammel Dep. Brian Rhodd

The unit disbanded due to increasing costs of training and equipment in 2005 when the Sheriff’s Office joined the Federal Bureau of Investigations Heart of America Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory as a participating agency. The Sheriff’s Office assigned Dep. Thad Winkelman. Dep. Winkelman has remained at the laboratory since that time. He was trained and certified by the FBI to conduct examinations on computers (Windows and Linux based), cellular phones and hand-held devices, and video forensics. As a member of the HARCFL, now Cpl. Winkelman has conducted examinations that ranged from classified to front page headlines.

SNSO Historical Tidbits The SNSO Criminal interdiction Unit was established in 1996. Dep. John Schrock, Dep. Wally Long and Dep. Greg Stubbs were the first officers assigned to the unit.

Computer Forensics By Capt. Michael Kolbek

Like many law enforcement agencies in the United States, the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office recognizes the importance of trained “high tech” investigators to understand and extract data from digital devices.

Dep. Winkelman suggested a satellite laboratory consisting of the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office, Topeka Police Department, and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation in 2006. In October of 2012, that suggestion became the United States first satellite office of an RCFL in non-FBI space and is a pilot program for similar solutions around the country.

In 1998, Capt. Gaylon Thompson received training in a fledgling forensic science called “Digital Forensics”. Capt. Thompson attended Washburn University classes as well as traveling to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to receive training. The Sheriff’s Office became known for the ability to tap into this electronic documentation. In 2001 as the demand for services rose, Capt. Thompson recruited then Det. Scott Askew to assist and learn to conduct the examinations.

Cpl. Winkelman

Capt. Thompson left the Sheriff’s Office to take a position with the Department of Defense’s Defense Computer Forensics Laboratory (DCFL) in Washington, D.C., and then Dep. Akim Reynolds joined the unit in 2003. The two man unit performed examinations for many other agencies including “Donna Lynette Walker”, a case that drew national attention when a local Topeka woman was being investigated by Indianapolis Authorities for claiming to be an Indiana couple’s missing daughter that vanished 17 years earlier.

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Capt. Kolbek

Services Process Unit By Sgt. Chris keys The sheriff’s office is mandated by Kansas state statute (60-2602) to serve civil process papers and is one of the very few things actually mandated by law for a sheriff’s office to do. The four civilian clerks put together all t he process papers received by the sheriff’s office and ready them for service by any of the six process servers who serve the less serious and risky papers while the sworn officers serve the higher risk papers. Historically the Shawnee County sheriff’s Office has been the highest volume server of civil process papers in the State of Kansas. The fees for service of process have fallen significantly behind those of surrounding states with Kansas only charging $5 per paper served while those surrounding states minimums varied between $50 and $200. Additionally Kansas statute allowed multiple service attempts for the one fee due to “alias” service papers which were allowed to be filed when people don’t show up for court after being served papers. The Kansas Sheriff’s Association made a very strong lobby to increase the fee of service as well as eliminate the free rides the alias service allowed. After lengthy and hard fought battle by the Kansas sheriff’s association against the collections bar lobby and others the Kansas legislature voted to amend the statute governing the fees allowed to be collected as well as eliminating for the most part almost all “alias” papers. Effective July 1, 2012 the fee increased from $5 a paper to $10 a paper but more importantly essentially required payment for almost all “alias” papers which previously were serve with no additional fee. The statute change has had significant impact on the numbers of paper received for service as well as fees received for service. From January through June we received 74,758 papers and after the statute change on July 1, 2012 from July through December we received 42,047 for a 43% reduction in papers. Due to the “alias” service change the fees dramatically increased in the same time frame, for the first six months the sheriff’s office received $85,492 in fees and $196, 982 in the last six months. While the sheriff’s office takes this money in as a fee for service the money does not stay with the sheriff’s office as it is turned over to the Shawnee County general fund and there is no guarantee the funds will be returned.

Process Unit “By the numbers” - 2012 Papers received – 116,805 Papers served – 118,395 Money from $5 & $10 process fee - $138,402 Other money collected - $144,072

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Services Other significant changes are in store for the process unit as well as a project to generate a totally new in house tracking system for all process papers and services has been undertaken by the process unit and county it. The new system will be totally redesigned from the ground up and is intended to be more efficient and user friendly than the current obsolete system being used. Process personnel – Sgt. Chris Keys; Cpl. Rob child; Dep. John Huball; Dep. Ernie Lauderback, Jan-Jun Retired; Dep. Aaron Rivera, Jul-Dec. Process Office Assistants Debbie Wells; Jean Myers; Dolly Brown; Marguerita Essman. Civilian Process Servers Rosemary Hanna; Paul Tavares; Steve Krueger; Andrea Westby; Wayne Beaman; Debra Perez

Fleet, Inventory & Reception By Sgt. Todd good

2013 Ford Staff Vehicle

2013 Ford Patrol vehicle

In 2011 the last Ford Crown Victoria rolled off the assembly line. Law enforcement agencies across the country had to figure out what was going to be its next patrol vehicle. Over the years, Ford’s Crown Victoria and more recently the Chevy Tahoe have been seen patrolling the streets of Shawnee County but 2012 would bring a big change. The sheriff’s office purchased eleven of the all new Ford Police Interceptor SUV’s introduced as a 2013 model. The new Interceptor is an all wheel drive vehicle and is powered by an efficient 3.5L v6 engine. This vehicle is built on the Explorer platform but includes several law enforcement specific upgrades, such as suspension.

Vehicle maintenance “By the Numbers” - 2012 Vehicle repairs – 1,341 Fleet, Inventory & Reception – Sgt. Todd Good; Jerry Runkle (Mechanic supervisor) JanSep Retired; John Suther (Mechanic II), Jeff Rhoades (Mechanic); Glenda Anderson, (Inventory clerk); Tomlin Robinson (receptionist).

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Services

Records Unit By Cecilia Craig

The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office records unit is responsible for maintaining any and all criminal offense reports, accident reports, etc. prepared by SNSO personnel. Records staff / Clerks are responsible for not only the reports portion, but also various NCIC activities, fugitive warrants items, state mandated reporting to KIBERS (Kansas Incident based reporting systems) and several other activities. Records unit clerks, on a daily basis, are working with the merging of Offense Reports along with Accident Reports through the CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch) and MDT (Mobile Data Terminal) systems. The “reports” prepared / completed by the patrol officer via the MDT in their vehicles, and after patrol supervisor approval, those reports are merged directly into New World System – a records management program. This process continues to greatly assist in the reporting process and eliminating the data being entered by Records staff.

Cecilia Craig

Becky Spielman

There have been a lot of improvements made in the “mobile system” (thanks to Lloyd Tremble, Information Technology) and New World. Records clerks continue merging these reports along with records Supervisor Becky Spielman who oversees this process and checks the reports prior to merging to make sure they are KIBERS ready. Future improvements in the Record keeping system will include updating New World and changing the system to a “Microsoft Base Platform”. This will be a major undertaking and will take at least a couple of years to complete. This new system will be a lot easier to read and navigate through. Records Unit clerks continue scanning older reports, currently from year 1987, and placing those reports into the new world system. This is a major project, but once completed it will allow one system (New world) to retireve or view all snso reports.

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Services

Records Unit “By the Numbers” - 2012 Offense Reports prepared – 2,769 Narrative Reports corrections – 4,227 Miscellaneous Reports typed – 1,457 NCIC activities Checks – 25,034 Validations – 2,397 Warrant paperwork – 1,980 Record Checks – 1,707 Records personnel – Cecilia Craig (Supervisor); Becky Spielman (2nd shift supervisor); Rhonda Hawkins; Virginia Best; Jennifer Newman; Jeri Anne Mayo; Jacque Blanch; Leslie Bargas; Megan Steele (Jun-Dec); Juston Drake (intermittent employee)

Fugitive Warrants Unit By Sgt. Scott Baker The Fugitive Warrants Unit consists of twelve personnel of which eight are deputies and four are civilian clerks. The four clerks are responsible for all the duties related to getting the warrant and warrant information into the computer systems and following up on any inquires that occur as of a result of their work. One clerk is specifically assigned to handle all of our prisoner transports that occur daily and are mainly carried out by a private contractor in order to save money. These clerks also wrote eight hundred eleven bonds totaling approximately ninety five thousand dollars for the Clerk of the District Court.

Fugitive Warrants Unit “By the Numbers” - 2012 Transports Number of transports – 766 Cost of transports - $131,459 Bonds Number of bonds – 881 Bond Money collected - $94,101

The seven deputies are responsible for the service of all the warrants which are issued from the 3rd Judicial District Court. There are approximately four thousand active warrants in Shawnee County not including out of county and state which

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Services courtesy service is requested. During 2012 records indicate our office received 5403 warrants and served and or returned 9663. During the day we will have two, two man teams out attempting service of warrants with an additional two man Team out in the evenings. All Deputies assigned to the Fugitive Warrant Unit are also deputized as US Marshal’s and are assigned to the Marshal’s Fugitive Apprehension Task Force and respond when the Marshal’s request assistance. Deputy John Peterson of the Fugitive Warrants Unit is assigned full time to the US Marshal’s Task Force and works with other agencies assigned to the Task Force. This Team focuses on violent crimes and domestic related cases in and around Shawnee County. The Fugitive Warrants Unit Deputies represent over 140 years of Law Enforcement experience with 85 years of experience serving warrants in Shawnee County.

Fugitive Warrants Unit “By the Numbers” - 2012 Felony Warrants Received – 2020 Served – 2,013 Misdemeanor Warrants Received – 1,101 Served – 1,079 Traffic warrants Received – 362 Served – 1,015 Limited actions warrants Received – 1,098 Served – 3,856 Other warrants Received – 822 Served – 1,700 Total warrants received – 5,403 Total warrants served – 9,663

Fugitive Warrants personnel – Sgt. Scott Baker; Cpl. David Burkett; Cpl. Harry Louderback; Dep. Mike Mulford, Jan-Jun Retired; Dep. Darrin Johnson; Dep. Richard Westgate; Dep. John Peterson; Dep. John Burghart; Dep. James Ward; Warrants Office Assistants “Clerks” - Vicki Gideon-Mauer; Jodi Child; Kathy Bolan, Jan-Apr retired; Terri Neill.

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Services

Maintenance

Richard W. Barta Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office Training Center & Firearms Range Maintenance personnel - Rick Hladky (Contract employee)

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SNSO Reserves

SNSO Reserve Patrol Units

Reserve Capt. Allen Moran Reserve unit activities – patrol Lake Sherwood area; assist silver lake on Halloween; participate in national night out; conduct follow up on registered offenders to verify location and other information. Reserve unit Traffic control assistance – Topeka Tinman, Sunflower State Games 5/10k runs; other 5/10k run events; ½ marathon Topeka to Auburn; Dover Days and Auburn Parade. Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office Reserve Personnel - Cpl. Arlin Olson, Dep. Tony DeJesus, Dep. Casey Evans, Dep. Alan Laub, Dep. Justin Sharples, Dep. Chuck Wichert, Dep. Mike Wikle

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Mounted Posse

SNSO Mounted Posse Washburn University Annual Homecoming Parade

SNSO Mounted Posse By Capt Hoobler The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Mounted Posse is a volunteer organization established in 1994 with approximately 40 members. The Mounted Posse performs various duties at the direction of the Sheriff such as Parades, Search & Rescue, patrol at large events and any other duties to assist the Sheriff’s Office. All horses of the Mounted Posse must pass a six (6) week stimulus training course, and riders attend additional classes in Search & Rescue classroom training. The volunteers are required to complete certification requirements, meetings and mandatory assignments. 2012 Mounted posse activities – Sunflower Strider Running Club, St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Secretary of State Ad Astra Archery Tournament, March of Dimes-March for Babies, Emergency Showcase, Heartland Park Event, Burlingame Rodeo Parade, Topeka Parks & Recreation Day Camp, Dover Heritage Days, Zoo Summer Safari Night, Potwin Independence Parade, Osage City Event, Sunflower 5K Run at Hummer Park, Ag Hall of Fame Tractor Daze, Valley Falls Event, Overbrook Fair, Tall Corn Festival, National Night Out Block Parties, Labor Day Event, Auburn Event, Aldersgate Parade, Natoma North Topeka, Linemen Rodeo at Ag Hall, Washburn Homecoming Parade, West Ridge Mall Parking lot, Osage City Christmas Parade, Lawrence Old Fashion Christmas. Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office Mounted Posse Personnel – Amy Bermudez, Brad Boehmer, Ann Bullock, Fran Bullock, Jim Burks, Debbie Clough, Shawn Cooper, Chris Crawford, Rosemarie Doyle, Katie Edson, Penny Gazvoda, Patti Grant, Steve Grant, Renee Hall, Gayle Killion, Mike Killion, Hannah Lafountaine,, Sheila Long, Jean Mccormick, Fred Mezger, Alisa Mezger-Crawford, laurinda Ramonda, Connie Rasmussen, Paul Rasmussen, Jessica Snook, Dana Snyder, Debra Stockwell, Triny Tolbert, Linda Weber, Christy Winsinger, Randy Winsinger, Stan Zaremba.

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January 12, 1912 The Topeka Daily Capital

September 17, 1912 The Topeka Daily Capital

Norton is Destroying Beer Kegs; Good Fuel

Sheriffs Favor Salary Instead of Fee System

Sheriff Jonathan D. Norton is obeying an order of the district court to destroy beer kegs taken on various raids on joints by burning them in a fire place in the corner of his office. He said the staves in many of which there is considerable pitch and resin, make good fuel, siding material in keeping the office warm.

Twenty Sheriffs, members of the Kansas State Sheriffs’ Association, went on record yesterday as favoring a state law placing the sheriffs office on a strict salary basis and abolishing the fee system that now prevails. Note: Additional conversation was introduced regarding removal of the two term limit for the position of Sheriff

“As a usual thing, in making a raid on a joint, we pay but little attention to empty beer kegs,” said Colonel Norton. “In as much as they make such good fuel I think from now on we will take them for such emergencies as this. They make good fuel and save the county the expense of furnishing coal to help heat his office.”

November 5, 1912 The Topeka State Journal

Note: Above is a portion of the article

Snap Shots at Home News Deputy Sheriff Josiah Ross has been promoted to the capacity of Undersheriff, taking the place of former Undersheriff Henry M. Bayless, who died recently. The announcement of the promotion was announced by Sheriff Jonathan D. Norton this morning. Ross is one of the oldest peace officers in point of service in the county. He has served many years as a member of the Topeka Police force, and also has served as constable and deputy sheriff.

February 22, 1912 The Topeka Daily Capital Short Stories of Topeka Happenings Sheriff Jonathan D. Norton made a record run in his automobile Tuesday afternoon to Silver Lake and return, making the round trip in an hour and 20 minutes. He went after Herbert Rickels, a witness wanted in the Rickels inquest and made a special point to make the trip as quickly as possible.

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Hiring Information Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office 320 S. Kansas Avenue Suite 200 Topeka, Kansas 66603 785-368-2200 Hiring Information Qualifications Minimum of 21 years of age Good health Good moral character High School diploma or GED Good credit history Valid Drivers License No Felony or Domestic Violence conviction United States Citizen Ability to complete examinations & interviews

Testing Procedure Physical agility – timed plank, push-ups, vertical jump, 300 meter run, trigger pull, and weighted dummy drag. Written Exam – each category require a minimum of 70% to pass. Interview & Background Process – includes a thorough background check and inperson interview with the Sheriff’s staff and polygraph. Additional procedures – will include drug screening, physical and psychological testing and personal interview with the Sheriff. For more information - visit www.shawneesheriff.org and click on the “become an officer” link. Application will only be accepted when an official opening is posted on www.snco.us/jobs Once the online application is completed and the required information is submitted, the candidate will be notified of the testing date and location. The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office is committed to diversity in the work place and an equal opportunity employer.

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