Services - Community Service Officers

 

Community Service Officers are unarmed, uniformed personnel who perform a variety of duties. By performing many of the more routine, non-emergency and report writing duties, patrol deputies are available to respond to emergency calls and make arrests.

  • Traffic control at accidents, fires, etc.
  • Speed trailer set up and tear down
  • Walk/check local parks
  • Open and close local parks
  • Other Special Assignments
  • Take reports in person and by phone
  • Write parking citations and warnings

 

Report writing for:

  • Annoying phone calls
  • Stolen Vehicles
  • Barking dogs
  • Vehicle burglary
  • Grand Theft
  • Petty Theft
  • Vandalism
  • Tampering with Vehicle
  • Pick up found property or evidence (bicycles, tools etc) for deputies
  • Lay flare patterns at accidents
  • Remove obstacles/hazards from streets
  • Drive streets checking for parked vehicle violations, registration, etc.
  • Write warnings and Parking Citations
  • Order vehicle tows
  • Computer input (keyboarding)
  • Respond to complaints of found dead animals
  • Transport citizens, children for deputies
  • Staff Sheriff Storefront (Help the Public, take counter and phone reports)
  • Missing persons or children
  • Minor accidents


Traffic trained CSO’s will also take reports of

  • Minor accidents
  • Non injury hit and run accidents


CSO's do not take:

  • Emergency calls
  • Fraud reports
  • Commercial or Residential burglaries

 

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