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Lane County Sheriff’s Office DEPARTMENT Presented by Sheriff Cliff Harrold Presenter(s): Add Here Add Here FY 20-21 Proposed Budget Presentation

Sheriff’s Office Overview Mission: To conserve the peace . The Sheriff’s Office is committed to Justice and Integrity, Sworn to Protect Lane County, and Honored to Serve. Divisions of the Sheriff’s Office Office of the Sheriff 2.0 FTE Administration 62.0 E Police Services 69.0 FTE Adult Corrections 171.75 FTE FY 20-21 Proposed Budget Presentation

FY 20-21 Budget Details 20-21 RESOURCES General Fund  Public Safety Levy  Police Services Contracts  Cities of Creswell & Veneta  Oregon State Parks & Marine Board  Bureau of Land Management  Dispatch Contracts  Oakridge PD, Oakridge Fire, LCC,  Parole & Probation, Coburg PD Jail Contract w/ City of Eugene  Community Corrections Act (CCA)  Grants  FY 20-21 Proposed Budget Presentation

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FY 20-21 COVID-19 Resource Impact  At Risk  Not at Risk  Police Services Contracts  Sheriff’s Work Crew Fees –  Dispatch Contracts Crews shut down  Grants  Reduction in Residential Reentry Center (RRC) bed usage  Bureau of Prisons  RLAN (Release Lane County)  Electronic Surveillance – Fees waived  Concealed Handgun Licensing  Public Fingerprinting  Community Corrections Act FY 20-21 Proposed Budget Presentation

FY 20-21 Budget Details 20-21 EXPENDITURES FY 20-21 Proposed Budget Presentation

Office of the Sheriff Division The Sheriff oversees all operations of the Sheriff’s Office to ensure integrated and consistent application of Public Safety programs. The Office of the Sheriff consists of the elected Sheriff and an executive assistant. The Sheriff is responsible for working closely with Lane County elected officials, department directors and managers, federal, state, and municipal governments and the community members of Lane County regarding public safety issues. FY 20-21 Proposed Budget Presentation

Administrative Division Civil Processing (Protection Orders, Civil Papers)  Concealed Handgun Licensing  Dispatch  Fingerprinting  Registration of Sex Offenders  Fiscal  Jail Records  Professional Standards  Property and Evidence  Police Records  Public Information Officer  Radio Technology  Training  FY 20-21 Proposed Budget Presentation

Administrative Division Service Impacts due to COVID-19 Less than 1 FTE is able to work remotely. • Loss of revenue from: • Concealed Handgun Licensing (CHL) fees • Fingerprinting fees • Fees from processing of (non-protection order) civil papers • Fees from processing eviction notices • Applications for new CHLs are being rescheduled. • CHL renewals are being received via USPS. • Sex Offender Registry is now by phone. • Fingerprinting services are being prioritized to give those needing prints for medical employment highest priority. • Public records requests are received online or by phone only. FY 20-21 Proposed Budget Presentation

Corrections Division Jail (382 beds)   Medical and Mental Health Services Residential Reentry Center (RRC)  Electronic Surveillance Program (ESP)  Defendant and Offender Management Center (DOMC)   Jail population management & alternative to jail programs  Sheriff’s Work Crew (SWC)  Community Service Program  Education Program  Sit In Program FY 20-21 Proposed Budget Presentation

Corrections Division- COVID19 Service Impacts due to COVID-19 Staff in this division are unable to work remotely • Sheriff’s Work Crew temporary program closure • Loss of revenue • Delayed sentence completion for many offenders • Reduced jail population • Jail programs temporarily canceled • AA/NA • Church/ Bible Study • In person social visiting • Attorney visiting is happening behind glass, over the phone, or via video conferencing • Booking process reworked to prevent spread of COVID-19 FY 20-21 Proposed Budget Presentation

Police Services Division  Patrol (~4,600 square miles)  Contract Law Enforcement  Marine Patrol  Search and Rescue (SAR)  Bureau of Land Management  Civil Service  Motor Carrier Enforcement  Court Security and Prisoner Transport  Dunes Patrol  Criminal Investigations  Cities of Creswell and Veneta Section FY 20-21 Proposed Budget Presentation

Police Services Division Service Impacts due to COVID-19 Staff in this division are unable to work remotely The Police Services Division continues to respond to emergency calls for service. FY 20-21 Proposed Budget Presentation

Future Challenges & Opportunities The Lane County Sheriff’s Office is the primary 9-1-1 response for over 100,000 people in Lane County, from the coast to the mountains. Over 4,600 square miles Deputies drive hundreds of miles from call to call. FY 20-21 Proposed Budget Presentation

Future Challenges & Opportunities • Currently, County Patrol is staffed with 25 deputy sheriffs, which allows us to schedule enough staff to provide 24 hour response to emergency calls for service without dropping below minimum staffing levels (three deputies and a sergeant for dayshift and swing shift, and two deputies and a sergeant for graveyard). FY 20-21 Proposed Budget Presentation

Lane County Sheriff’s Office FY 20-21 Proposed Budget Presentation

Future Challenges & Opportunities To get to .36 officers per 1,000 population for Lane County, we would need 127 deputies, or 63 more deputies than we currently have (twice the number). FY 20-21 Proposed Budget Presentation

2019 Dispatch entered 65,551 calls for service. That’s an average of 180 calls for service per day, Community members receive no deputy or 60 calls per shift for 3 deputies and a sergeant response, or deputy response takes much to respond to. longer than community members feel is appropriate. The result? FY 20-21 Proposed Budget Presentation

“One of my most stressful days in dispatch was when we had multiple priority 1 calls at the same time. There was a dispute south of Cottage Grove where multiple people were in a physical fight. There was a stabbing up the McKenzie where the suspect was still on scene and armed, and a dispute involving a gun at the coast. We had three deputies on and all of these calls happening at once. Every dispatcher was on a 9-1-1 call and it was a horrible situation to have to prioritize where to send deputies. And this happens more often than people think.” ~Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Supervisor 32 FY 20-21 Proposed Budget Presentation

2019 605 reports of assault Additional funding for more deputies is needed to: Increasing the safety and • Increase the number of calls the Sheriff’s Office Average response time? can respond to. quality of life for Lane County 1 hour 25 • Decrease the time it takes to respond to calls, residents and visitors. ultimately…….. minutes. FY 20-21 Proposed Budget Presentation

Future Challenges & Opportunities • Facets of the jail are aging and require replacement, including: • The roof, much of which is over 40 years old and leaking. • The elevators used to transport inmates and staff 24/7 frequently fail to function or stop mid-route, trapping staff and inmates inside. The age of the elevators requires complete replacement. • Building design of the jail is not efficient or in line with current needs. • Lane County is ranked as one of the worst two Oregon counties for traffic fatalities since 2007. Since the disbanding of the Traffic Safety Team the Lane County Sheriff’s Office has seen a 88% decrease in traffic citations. The three elements involved in the reduction of vehicle crashes and fatalities are engineering, education and ENFORCEMENT . With the current staffing levels, deputies have little to no discretionary time for traffic enforcement. FY 20-21 Proposed Budget Presentation

Future Challenges & Opportunities The prolific use of cell phones and computers has created the need for staffing and technology to perform computer forensics. Nearly all felony investigations have a component that involves a cell phone or computer. The Sheriff’s Office is in need of a Computer Forensic Examiner dedicated and trained on the appropriate and legal manner to obtain vital evidence from electronic devices, which is instrumental to the investigation and prosecution of felony cases. FY 20-21 Proposed Budget Presentation

Future Challenges & Opportunities The Criminal Investigations Section, staffed with four detectives and a sergeant, continues to investigate a high volume of sex crimes, serious assaults, homicides and child abuse cases for our service population of ~110,000 people. 2019 Stats 334 cases opened/ investigated by detectives 7 homicides investigated Hundreds of cases referred to the Sheriff’s Office by DHS for review LCSO – 5 FTE serving population of ~110,000 EPD – 30 FTE serving population of ~171,000 SPD – 10 FTE serving population of ~63,000 FY 20-21 Proposed Budget Presentation