SERVICES PROVIDED:

• Protect life, property, and preserve public peace
• Provide physical security at the courthouse and in courtrooms
• Serve as bailiffs to the courts
• Serve summonses, subpoenas, warrants, and civil process papers
• Execute court orders
• Transport the mentally ill to appropriate institutions
• Direct traffic, investigate accidents, and enforce traffic laws
• Answer calls and complaints regarding fires, misdemeanors and felonies
• Investigate crimes and search for missing persons
• Provide escorts for funerals, parades, and hazardous situations
• Provide security at special events
• Assist motorists
• Provide directions
• Enforce laws and make arrests when necessary
• Deter crime through crime prevention efforts
• Perform business and residential security checks
• Responsible for health, safety, and welfare of prisoners, including preventing escapes
• Provide drug abuse resistance education to the community
• Special Response Team assists in high risk, barricaded and hostage situations
• Narcotic detection through the use of the K-9 Unit
• Provide a means for citizens and media to get involved in the apprehension of wanted persons through the Criminal Apprehension Network.

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