Sheriff's Department Report May 2010

    Sheriff Stan D. Owens has released the Sheriff Department Activity Report for May 2010. 

    Sheriff Department cruisers traveled 18,991 miles while on patrol, transporting prisoners to state institutions and juveniles to juvenile detention center facilities, answering citizens' complaints, serving criminal and civil papers and performing other department functions.  Of the total miles, 2,053 miles were made on inmate transports for a total of 16 trips.

    There were 148 prisoners housed in the Van Wert County Correctional Facility.  The average daily inmate count was 53 for the month  Inmates housed for other counties generated MTD $14,625, YTD $78,435, which will be paid into the General Fund. 

    Other inmate programs generating income paid into the general fund are: 

•     Inmate Work Release MTD $1,557.21, YTD $3,063.76.

•     Inmate Phone Service MTD $1,030.56, YTD $5,553.66.

•     Inmate Pay to Stay MTD $5, YTD $14.

•     Office of Child Nutrition Services -- Government Donated Food Entitlement -- MTD $1,250.34, YTD $5,738.04.

    The food cost per meal per inmate was $.72.

    Inmate work crews worked a total of 1354 hours at the Sheriff's Office and jail.

    Deputies handled a total of 107 citizens' complaints with reports being filed and a total of 59 complaints that did not require reports or further investigation.

    There were 5 traffic accidents investigated during the month.  There were 5 traffic citations issued to motorists and 20 traffic warnings issued.

    Deputies filed 9 criminal cases.

    Deputies made 128 assists to motorists and other departments during the month and handled 5 funeral procession escorts.  while on patrol, deputies found 41 open doors at businesses, schools and residential house checks.  65 homes of vacationing county residents were checked for a total of 568 times, and a total of 12 business and residential alarms were answered.

    Deputies served a total of 224 of 243 papers received form the courts during the month.  19 sheriff sales were conducted during the month  and 20 sheriff sales were received.

    The Department K-9 team worked 14 perimeter checks of buildings while on patrol, and 1 building search, 1 drug search.

    5 new criminal investigations were forwarded to the Detective Bureau with 4 felony charges being filed.

    20 web checks were processed for residents.

    There were 24 sex offender registrations for periodic registrations, change of address, employment, or other offender status changes conducted during the month.  There were no sex offender notices sent or delivered to residents, schools, daycare facilities, preschool and law enforcement agencies during the month.

    There were 14 new or renewed handgun Concealed Carry Licenses issued during the month.

    249 Child Photo IDs were provided to parents.