CENTRAL DISPATCH DIVISION
The Lenawee County Sheriff's Central Dispatch, dispatches for the following police agencies: Lenawee County Sheriff's Office, Adrian, Tecumseh, Hudson, Clinton, Morenci, Madison Township, Blissfield, Adrian Township, Raisin Township, Woodstock Township, Cambridge Township and Michigan State Police. In addition, Central Dispatch dispatches (18) fire departments; City of Adrian, Adrian Township, Addison, Blissfield, Cambridge Township, Clayton, Clinton, Deerfield, Fairfield Township, Hudson, Morenci, Madison Township, Palmyra, Tecumseh, Raisin Township, Riga Township, Ridgeway Township and Sand Lake.
There are currently (15) dispatcher positions assigned to the Communication Center. The Lenawee County Central Dispatch Supervisor is: Lieutenant Randall Kelley, (517) 263-0524, e-mail address randall.kelley@lenawee.mi.us.
Along with normal calls,the Center is responsible for all emergency 9-1-1 calls.
The Communication Center has recently been updated to includer a Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD), New L.E.I.N. System, and Mobil Data Terminals (MDT) for the patrol units.
We will soon be moving into our new Dispatch Center which will be state of the art designed. It will be located in the same general area as presently located.
CORRECTIONS DIVISON 2004
The Sheriff, by statute, is responsible for operating the County Jail. The Sheriff employs Corrections Officers whose duties entail the care and custody of inmates, including, but not limited to, such activities as: maintaining a safe and secure environment through facility rules and regulations and disciplinary procedures; transportation to courts, prison, doctor/dentist appointments, appointments with Community Mental Health doctors;inmate recreation, visitation, and commissary. The Sheriff, also, provides a nurse for medical care and mental health counselors for support programming such as counseling and cognitive behavioral therapy for inmates to assist them in returning to society.
The Jail Division booked approximately 4,643 inmates into the facility and the average daily population was 217 in 2004 (up from 202 in 2003) in a jail with a rated capacity of 170. Construction of the New Lenawee County Jail began in 2003 and is nearing completion. The New Lenawee County Jail is scheduled to be completed by January of 2005 with a rated capacity of 287.
The Lenawee County Community Corrections Advisory Board, that includes the Sheriff and representatives from the local criminal justice system, began to receive grant funding in 2003. Community Corrections seek to find alternative sanctions in lieu of incarceration, which are more effective than incarceration without compromising public safety. The board through such programs as the Sheriff's Hard Labor Program and day reporting has given local courts alternatives to jail with some cost savings to the County. Through grant funding, the board has employed a part-time coordinator to oversee Community Corrections.
DETECTIVE BUREAU 2004
SIGNIFICANT INVESTIGATIONS FOR 2004
INCIDENT #1:
During the last year, the Lenawee County Detective Bureau, in conjunction with the Adrian City Police, Michigan State Police Detectives and other township police agencies, have successfully convicted several subjects involved in multiple home invasions. These home invasions were carried out by several suspects that were part of several different groups of people. Detectivees are currently working on several more homeinvasions, which warrants are pending for several more subjects.
INCIDENT #2:
In the early A.M. hours, a lone person walked into a gas station armed with a handgun with his face covered, except for his eye area, and asked for money. The lone suspect left the store without getting any money. When Detectives were advised of the incident the next day, they contacted the store management for a copy of the surveillance video of the incident. They were told the system was unable to copy the program at that time. After several attempts to get the video and being put off by the store management, the video was lost because the system could only store a few days of surveillance video. Detectives had developed a possible suspect, and were attempting to contact the victim to come in for a line up, when the suspect's photo was published in the paper on an unrelated incident. Before the line up could be done, the victim came into the Sheriff's Office with the picture in the paper stating that this photo from the paper was the person who tried to rob her that night. The suspect was charged with armed robbery and is awaiting trial.
INCIDENT #3:
In January 2005, due to an increase in Identity Theft cases being handled by this department, the Detective Bureau started a program called Fraud Fighters. This program consists of a representative from each of the local financial institutions and each local law enforcement agency, including the Michigan Attorney General's Office. At this time, the Detective Bureau is meeting monthly to combat this problem with Fraud Fighter members. An e-mail broadcast system is set up and information is shared and forwarded to all Fraud Fighter members on a daily basis as information presents itself.
DISTRICT COURT / CIVIL DIVISION STATISTICS FOR 2004
DISTRICT COURT STATISTICS FOR SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR 2004:
Civil Infractions 8,787
Misdemeanors 2,584
Felonies 307
CIVIL DIVISION STATISTICS FOR SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR 2004:
These statistics were submitted by Marc Kawahara, whp works in conjunction with the Sheriff's Office. The following is the process papers served by his division, for the calendar year 2004, with break downs as follows:
Personal Protection
Orders 29
Summons & Complaints/
Subpoenas 487
Foreclosure Postings 359
Mortgage Foreclosure
Sales 239
Mortgage Sale Adjourments 487
TOTAL 1,601
DIVE TEAM FOR 2004
The Lenawee County Sheriff's Office Dive Team started it's 2004 season with an ice dive at Devils Lake. This training was a joint training with Addison Fire Department and Cambridge Fire Department, in which the fire departments learned to assist the dive team, and the dive team worked with the fire departments' ice rescue equipment.
In May, the dive team hosted Dive Rescue International's, Dive Rescue I. Dive Rescue International is considered the industry standard in Public Safety Diver training. The dive team had only one new member to put through the class. The Lenawee County Sheriff's Office Dive Team is now 100% dive rescue certified. Later in the fall, the dive team was scheduled to host Dive Rescue International's Underwater Crime Scene Tech II.
Spring started the year's open water training season. Divers continued to train within the waters of Lenawee County, and worked in cooperation with the local fire department teams.
In September, the dive team hosted Dive Rescue International's Underwater Crime Scene Tech II. This course taught divers how to process an underwater crime scene. Our divers can lift latent fingerprints, photograph, measure, and remove trace evidence such as blood and fibers, all from an underwater crime scene. Lenawee County Sheriff's Office dive team now has (8) team members certified as Underwater Crime Scene Tech II's.
MARINE PATROL DIVISION 2004
Lenawee County has fifty-two (52) lakes in the County, of which most are patrolled by the Lenawee County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol Division (unable to access all of the lakes).
The following are statistical numbers for the Marine Patrol Division from January 1, 2004 thru December 31, 2004:
**NOTE: Actual patrol was from late May to early September.
Number of lakes patrolled: 38
Number of patrol hours: 1,701
Number of contacts: 742
Number of tickets: 183
Number of warnings: 305
Number of complaints: 43
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LENAWEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Administrative Offices:
405 N. Winter St.
Adrian, MI 49221
Telephone (517) 263-0524
FAX No. (517) 265-8010
Emergency No. 9-1-1
Tip Line 517-263-8481
Jail Division:
549 N. Winter St.
Adrian, MI 49221
Telephone (517) 263-4400
Welcome to the Home Page for the Lenawee County Sheriff's Office. Lenawee County is bordered by Jackson, Hillsdale and Washtenaw Counties, and on the south by the Ohio state line. The County seat is Adrian, which is located in the center of Lenawee County. The Sheriff's Department is responsible for general law enforcement activities through the County, and provides contract police services to Addison, Britton, Deerfield and Cement City. Please check the links to learn about the services and activities provided by the department.
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Sheriff Lawrence Richardson, Jr.
COMMAND STAFF
Lenawee County Sheriff's Office
Command Staff
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Lawrence Richardson, Jr.
Sheriff
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Gail Dotson
Undersheriff
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Jack Welsh
Administrative Captain
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Cletus Smith
Lieutenant-Investigations
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Michael Creswell
Lieutenant-Road Patrol
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Randall Kelley
Lieutenant-Communications
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Ricky Arnold
Administrative Sergeant
MOUNTED DIVISION
The Lenawee County Mounted Division has been active at the Sheriff's Department for more than forty (40) years.
The Division consists of twenty-three (23) members on a volunteer basis. Members are required to go through training in C.P.R.. First Aid and Firearms Qualifications.
The Division is under the advisement of Lieutenant Randall Kelley. To contact a member, call: Karl Brown, Telephone (517) 423-6214.
The members are required to have their own horse, which has to go through a series of tests, such as walking between closely parked cars while siren and lights are on. must be traffic broke. Also, other tests that are utilized are walking over plastic, under objects, around cones and stepping over logs. They also must have sponges and beach balls tossed at them without incident.
The Mounted Division has volunteered time and/or services to various groups such as the Lenawee County Fair, local area parades and Michigan International Speedway race track. Over 1,772 hours are volunteered annually by the Division. The unit traveled over 12,486 miles in 2004.
RESERVE DIVISION 2004
The Reserve Division is under the advisement of Sergeant David Aungst. The following was reported for the year of 2004:
Total Hours Worked: 397
Total Hours-Special Details:
1,163
Total Hours-Meetings/Training:
349
Total Hours-Road Patrol:
1,389
Grand Total Hours Contributed by Reserve Deputies for 2004:
3,876
Reserves on Active Status:
25
E.R.T / C.N.T DIVISION
These Divisions are under the advisement of Lieutenant Michael Creswell.
RECORDS DIVISION
Considering the Sheriff's Office in the form of a wheel, the Records Division would be considered the hub of the Sheriff's Office, due to the fact that all records/reports and files filter through the Records Division at some point. They are responsible for keeping the records of the Sheriff's Office, which consists of keeping and processing of all department incident reports, requests, firearm permits and registrations, concealed weapons permits, fingerprints for identity purposes, background checks, freedom of information requests, accident reports and traffic citations.
The Records Division is staffed by three clerks, under the supervision of a Lieutenant.
A request for any report or the registration of firearms may be done at the Records Office during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday thru Friday. Concealed Weapons Permits are processed on Wednesday only during regular business hours. The telephone number is (517) 263-0524, ext. 330.
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