PATROL DIVISION
Patrol Division
Patrol is the living heart beat of any Law Enforcement Agency. These are the Deputies you see out on the road, enforcing traffic statutes. The Deputies that come to your house when you call 911. These deputies are responsible for the actual day to day law enforcement. Each Patrol Deputy has graduated the Missouri Peace Officer Standards and Training academy. Every Deputy in the State of Missouri is required to attain continuing education in a variety disciplines such as Legal studies, Interpersonal skills, Skill development, Technical skills, Anti-Racial profiling, De-escalation, Firearms training and much much more. You are lucky to have such educated, experienced and professional Deputies.
PATROL SQUAD 1
Squad one will work the day shift for the first half of the week. These hard working Deputies are licensed through the Missouri Department of Public Safety and fully trained and certified in all aspects of Patrol. These Deputies are capable of enforcing laws, making arrests, enforcing traffic laws, responding to calls for service, investigating crimes, basic life saving skills, and many other general Peace Officer skills.
PATROL SQUAD 3
Squad three works the first half of the week over night. These hard working Deputies are licensed through the Missouri Department of Public Safety and fully trained and certified in all aspects of Patrol. These Deputies are capable of enforcing laws, making arrests, enforcing traffic laws, responding to calls for service, investigating crimes, basic life saving skills, and many other general Peace Officer skills.
RESERVE DEPUTIES
A Reserve is a VOLUNTEER Peace Officer who donates his or her time to a Law Enforcement Agency. This provides the Officer with a opportunity to serve their community while maintaining a normal civilian job as their primary occupation. These Deputies provide a little or no cost force multiplier to the county's Sheriff Office. They are in everyway a real Deputy like any other and may enforce laws with full authority of the Sheriff and the State of Missouri.
PATROL SQUAD 2
Squad two will work the day shift for the second half of the week. These hard working Deputies are licensed through the Missouri Department of Public Safety and fully trained and certified in all aspects of Patrol. These Deputies are capable of enforcing laws, making arrests, enforcing traffic laws, responding to calls for service, investigating crimes, basic life saving skills, and many other general Peace Officer skills.
PATROL SQUAD 4
Squad four works the second half of the week over night. These hard working Deputies are licensed through the Missouri Department of Public Safety and fully trained and certified in all aspects of Patrol. These Deputies are capable of enforcing laws, making arrests, enforcing traffic laws, responding to calls for service, investigating crimes, basic life saving skills, and many other general Peace Officer skills.
SHERIFF'S POSSE MEMBERS
Thanks to the Posse Comitatus Act of 1875, a Sheriff is allowed to give certain powers, position and responsibility to citizens to act as Non-Commissioned Officers. (Similar to Security Guards) The purpose is not to add additional untrained Deputies. But rather to to a few citizens who are excited to serve their community and are willing to Volunteer time to help with some of Law Enforcements less serious tasks as an auxiliary force. Such as event security, traffic control, inventory, records keeping, These Posse members may assist with peace keeping but not law enforcement. Such as traffic control, perimeter control and keeping logs. Mostly you will see our Posse members at festivals and events.
