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of M • F.S. Department nt.luslire C7f(rre of C:trrr+mamn- C)nenred 1'nfinng Srrviees (COPS) 1lo0 Veminnr Avenue, ,Vll' li athuiXtan. DC 10530 Sheriff Department Questionnaire Please answer the following questions if the applicant is a sherif'f's department (established or start-up): 1. What is the actual population for which your department has primary law enforcement authority? (in outer words, the population minus the incorporated towns and cities that have their own police departments.) 70,844 Unincorporated *(Provide SRO services within City Limits) 2. If possible, please try to break down the time spent by your entire department on different types of activities. (For example. 50% law enforcement duties; 30% courthouse/bailiff duties; 20% jail duties) 176 taw Enforcement Deputies, of which 17 perform courthouse security and civil, process for the entire county 102 Correctional. Officers provide 24 hr care, custody of GOO bed facility (To allocate time is misleading as responsibilities are 24hrs) 3. Out of the total amount of time spent on law enforcement duties, how much of that time is spent on community policing activities? Approximately 60X 4. Please describe some of the community policing activities your department participates in (overseeslcoardictates, etc). Problem solving, bike patrols, community policing substations throughout the county, neighborhood watch, citizen's academy, citizen patrols, com— munity volunteers to augment victim assistance ser Aces, school programs including DARE, SRO, mentoring, etc.; crime prevention classes, meeting with commnnity leaders and ,groups to forge partnerships and joint problem solving efforts, tenants/landlord problem resolutions, mentoring youth, spearheading community wide projects,etc. If you have qura'lions about applying for officers wider the CIS Prograut, please contact your US DOJ COPS Grant Advisor through the U.S. Department of htstice Respease Center at 1.800421-6770.