Orange County Sheriff's Office, FL

Orange County Sheriff's Office, FL

Much has changed within the Orange County Sheriff's Office since the first sheriff was elected more than a hundred and fifty years ago. Every sheriff elected since then has strived to improve the agency. Today the Orange County Sheriff's Office has a budget of over 140 million dollars and over 2,400 employees. Sheriff Kevin Beary is the current Orange County Sheriff and has been since January of 1993.

Sheriff's Office personnel are involved with providing direction and role models for the county's young people through the D.A.R.E, School Resource, Police Athletic League, and after school and summer B.A.D.G.E. programs. The agency also has programs for the elderly, the disadvantaged, and all community members through Community Policing outreach programs such as Victims of Crime Assistance League (VOCAL), and the Senior and Civilian Police Academy. Additionally, members of the agency and numerous citizens are assisted through the Sheriff's Chaplain Program, one of the largest in the nation, composed of all-volunteer ministers.

Sheriff Beary has improved the Orange County Sheriff's Office computer, communications and records management systems. Mobile data terminals have been installed in patrol vehicles as well as the use of automatic vehicle locator system to ensure rapid response to citizen's calls for service. New 9mm semi-automatic weapons were issued to all deputies in lieu of revolvers, and new facilities were built in order to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of the agency. Many functions, such as criminal investigation, were consolidated and moved to the new facilities. In addition, enhanced training for all members of the agency was implemented. Thanks to all sworn and civilian personnel, including volunteers, the Orange County Sheriff's Office, under the guidance of Sheriff Kevin Beary, became the first nationally and state certified Law Enforcement Agency in Orange County.  The Orange County Sheriff’s Office currently serves a population of over 1,000,000.

The Orange County Sheriff's Office utilizes the Tiburon Records Management System.

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