Lake County Sheriff's Office (Florida)

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name = Lake County Sheriff's Office

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The Lake County Sheriff's Office is largest law enforcement agency in Lake County, Florida, United States. Per the State of Florida Constitution, the sheriff is the chief law enforcement officer of both the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county. The current sheriff is Gary S. Borders who was appointed by former Governor Jeb Bush following the death of Sheriff Chris Daniels in 2006. In November 2007, Sheriff Gary S. Borders led the agency to be awarded with a certificate of accreditation from the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation. [http://www.flaccreditation.org/]

The Lake County Sheriff's Office is located at 360 W. Ruby St., Tavares, Florida 32778. The Lake County jail is located at 551 W. Main St., Tavares. The county courthouse is directly across the street at 550 W. Main St.

Divisions

Law Enforcement Operations
*Uniform Patrol Bureau (Ag/Marine Unit, K-9 Unit, Traffic Unit, Road Patrol)
*Investigations Bureau( Criminal Investigations, Special Investigations, Intelligence, Crime Scene Investigations)
*Criminal Justice Academy (Training, Part-time deputies, recruitment)Criminal Justice Operations
*Court Services Bureau (Court Deputies)
*Detention Security Bureau (Detention Deputies, Building Security)
*Support Services Bureau (Booking, Classification, Fugitive Extridition, Transportation)"'Administrative Services
*Communications Bureau (Communications center, IT, Building Maintenance)
*Special Services Bureau (School Resource Deputies, Hazardous Devices Team, Mounted Posse, Community Services)
*Support Services Bureau (Aviation, civil, property section, warrants, fleet maintenance, records)

pecialty Units

Like many law enforcement agencies, the Lake County Sheriff's Office also has deputies with specialized training. These deputies perform their normal full-time jobs (road patrol, detectives, detention deputy, etc.) and perform one the specialty units as the needs call for.Some of the specialty units are:
*Dive Team
*HDT (Hazardous Devices Team)
*Honor Guard
*Hostage Negotiations
*Mounted Patrol and Posse
*SWAT

heriff Gary Borders

Sheriff Borders is currently serving the remaining term of Chris C. Daniels. He is currently pursuing his Criminal Justice Administration degree. Sheriff Borders began his career as a corrections officer with the Osceola County Sheriff's Office. Prior to his appointment as Sheriff, he served as Chief Deputy of Criminal Justice Operations at the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

Honor Roll

*Deputy Jean Estelle Daugharty - End of Watch: Sunday, January 24, 1993 [http://www.odmp.org/officer/442-deputy-jean-estelle-daugharty]
*Deputy William James (Bill) Marie - End of Watch: Saturday, March 19, 1994 [http://www.odmp.org/officer/637-deputy-william-james-(bill)-marie]
*Deputy Wayne J. Koester - End of Watch: Wednesday, February 9, 2005 [http://www.odmp.org/officer/17562-deputy-wayne-j.-koester]
*Sheriff Christopher Cooper Daniels Sr. - End of Watch: Saturday, October 14, 2006 [http://www.odmp.org/officer/18542-sheriff-christopher-cooper-daniels-sr.]

ee also

*List of law enforcement agencies in Florida
*List of U.S. state and local law enforcement agencies
*Sheriff (Florida)

External links

* [http://www.lcso.org/ Lake County Sheriff's Office (official site)]
* [http://www.odmp.org/agency.php?agencyid=2039 The Officer Down Memorial Page]
* [http://www.keepsheriffborders.com (Sheriff Borders campaign site)]