The Office of the Sheriff Buncombe County Sheriff Van Duncan.

The Office of the Sheriff

Buncombe County

Sheriff Van Duncan

History of the Sheriff

• The Office of the Sheriff is over 1000 years old• It dates back to the rule of Alfred the Great in

the 9th century• England divided geographical units into “Shires”• The Kings representative in each shire was

referred to as the “Reeve”• This is where the name of Sheriff was derived• The Bible refers to the “Sharif” in the book of

Daniel

Similarities Of Police and Sheriffs

• Patrol• Criminal Investigations• Narcotics Investigations• Telecommunications • Community Services• School Resource Officers• Special Response Teams• Animal Control

Differences Between Sheriffs and Police

• Office instead of Department

• Responsible for Civil Process

• Responsible for Court Security

• Responsible for the Jail

• Sheriff reports to the citizens

• Fiscal control is through the County Commissioners and County Manager

Buncombe County Sheriffs Office

• 380+ Employees when the new Detention Center is complete

• Administrative Offices at 202 Haywood Street and at the Detention Center

• New Detention Facility• Joint Telecommunications Center• Responsible for 90% of 656 miles in

Buncombe

Sheriffs Office Changes

Patrol- 2006 calls for service 42,981-11.39

2007 calls for service 51,625-10.45

2008 calls for service 54,600- 9.21

Arrests for 2008- 9691 (+143)

Changes in Criminal Investigations

• Field Investigators

• Computer Forensics and participation in ICAC

• BCAT

• Breaking and Entering Suppression Team

• 2007 Cases initiated 1,876

• 2008 Cases initiated 3,202

Other Divisions

• Civil Process- Served 17,848 Civil Papers and 12,767 Criminal Warrants

• Detention- 16,249 People Processed and the Secure Communities Initiative started

• Animal Control- 11,273 calls answered

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New Things Coming

• On- Track Mentoring

• New Sheriff’s Office Web-Site

• Law Enforcement Leadership Academy

• Gang Task Force