Okaloosa County BOCC — March 17, 2015 — OSCO 100 Years of History Power Point 2015 — reading text

Finance and Administration, and as Chief Deputy in 2009  Recipient of the Senate Medal of Excellence in 2009  Elected as Sheriff in 2010 by defeating numerous other opponents  Implemented the Physical Agility Test for all sworn employees  Lead the agency in achieving its first Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation in July 2010: CFA (261)  Currently completing self assessment for National Accreditation for agency: CELEA (484)  In 2010, OCSO Crime Prevention Specialist Ashley Bailey was selected as the Florida Crime Prevention Practitioner of the Year  In 2012 won re-election as Sheriff by defeating 3 other candidates  In May 2012 Gov. Scott appointed Sheriff Ashley to the “Citizen Safety and Protection Task Force”  NIXLE ALERTS available as a Smartphone app  December 14, 2012 a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut  Immediately places deputies in all elementary schools in Okaloosa County  In 2012 OCSO Sgt. Gary Venuti was selected as the S.R.O. of the Year by the Florida Association of School Resource Officers  Agency has solved 5 cold case murders, some of them dating back to the 1970’s  Offers a Citizens Firearm Safety Course: Free of Charge  Introduced the “Pill Take Back Program” in 2011  Teen Driver Challenge  Began utilizing social media for crime prevention: Facebook – Twitter- Smartphone Apps  2014 Crime Stoppers Program awards OCSO Nicole Wagner their Person of the Year Award  Currently consolidating Central Patrol Division, Investigations, Warrants, Records, and Civil Process into one building. This has streamlined operations and made it more efficient.  In 2014 the School Resource Officer Program is voted the “Best in the State” by the Florida Association of School Resource Officers and is a model for all other programs to pattern themselves by  2014 began issuing Body Worn Cameras to the deputies “Those that can not remember the past, are condemned to repeat it.”  THANK YOU  Encyclopedia of Florida Sheriff’s 1821-2008  Crestview the Forkland  History of Florida, Past and Present, Vol. III  Florida Sheriff’s Association www.flsheriffs.org  Okaloosa Clerk of Courts www.clerkofcourts.cc  Supervisor of Elections www.govote-okaloosa.org  The Baker Block Museum  Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida  Okaloosa News Journal  Northwest Florida Daily News  Northwest Florida State College  Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office