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Sheriff then proceeded to present statistics to back up his needs, advising that in 1986 the Sheriff's Department responded to 43,970 calls for service, which are complaints which require a piece of paper to be filled out. In 1987, in the first 8 months, they have gone through 35,865 such complaints, or about a 44% increase. This does not include time for routine patrol or routi a officer assistance. If 1988 proceeds at the same rate, they re looking at facing 55,000 such complaints. Sheriff Dobec continued that just considering telephone calls alone, in 1986,,they responded to a total of 350,150 emergency calls, and this year anticipate receiving one phone call every 43 seconds. In ad ition, they are going into the new building, and are going to to ke the responsibility for dispatching for 13 different emergency services in an effort to streamline services. I Sheriff Dobeck next addressed at length state mandated training hours and also training hours that enable them to cut back on their liability insurance, and stated that they add up to 13,70j4 hours total of required training during the year, or 571 days lin 365. He advised that they are asking for two school resource officers to go in the school system to teach students about the "Just Say Ifo" programs, or a total of 4 officers to contact 10,000 children. They want 2 deputies to work with the CrimelWatch programs and teach crime prevention. The Sheriff emphasized that the Sheriff's Department functions 24 hours a day 365 days a year; so, they need five people to fill one position. They also are asking for 4 additional records clerks because of the vyorkioad involved with their new dispatching responsibility, plus a new clerk for the Detective Division, and finally are asking for two additional auto mechanics as they have 150 cars. SEP �198i, 21 8001( PAGE 345 a