Patrol
Patrol is the largest sub-unit of the Operations Division, and the most visible component of the Sheriff’s Office. When the public sees a marked Sheriff’s vehicle driven by a uniformed Deputy, in their neighborhood, at their child’s school, or responding to a call for service in a commercial district, that is Patrol.
The Patrol unit consists of three Lieutenants, 14 Sergeants, and 76 Deputy Sheriffs who work around the clock answering a wide array of calls. El Dorado County is unique in that there are only two incorporated cities within the nearly 1,786 square miles of our area. South Lake Tahoe and Placerville make up only 23 square miles of that area leaving the rest to be handled by the Sheriff’s Office. In order to meet these needs, the Sheriff’s Office operates out of two offices and several substations. The main Patrol headquarters is in Placerville, with substations in South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado Hills, and Georgetown.
Typically the South Lake Tahoe office will have a Sergeant and two or three Deputy Sheriff’s on patrol, while the Placerville office fields two Sergeants and ten to twelve Deputies. The men and women work twelve hour shifts leaving their assigned station after a briefing and heading out to their sector to interdict criminal behavior, respond to calls, render aid and serve the communities.
The Sheriff’s Office is deeply committed to
Sheriff D’Agostini’s vision of “Total
enforcement” and “Total Care” throughout the
county, however, this can be challenging at times
given that not all areas of the county are easy to
respond to quickly. In an effort to decrease
response times to all areas of the county, the
Sheriff’s Office has implemented several new
programs in the past few years, such as the
assignment of residential deputies. In 2017, The
Sheriff’s Office changed from a system of
assigning deputies to geographic patrol zones,
to a data driven policing model where crime
events are analyzed in real time and deputies are
assigned to geographic areas based on data. This
modern approach to traditional law
enforcement melds advanced technology and
analytics with traditional policing and makes our
communities safer.
Operations
2017 Stats
Calls responded to
Cases taken
Adult arrests made
Juvenile arrests made
Citations issued
Mental health detentions
62,759*
11,675
3,682
273
2,195
513
*The 2016 annual report notated the total calls for service was 124,987; the correct number should have been 76,878. The larger number represents the total calls for service that dispatch received; however, many of those calls are medical or fire emergencies that get transferred to the appropriate agency for service. The Sheriff’s Office does not typically respond to those calls unless requested. 76,878 is the number of calls that Sheriff’s Deputies responded to during 2016.
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