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Welcome to the Dodge County Sheriff’s Department web-site: The Dodge County Sheriff’s Department has 180+ dedicated employees who work within a budget of approx. $16.5 million. Our most significant goals are to continue to enhance and maintain traffic safety, reduce our fatality rate and continue maximize our federal revenue generated through our detention facility. In concert with that, we continue to expand our community based programs, reaching out to you. Our website is a showcase for all aspects of the department. The site provides that vital link to you, the citizens and customers for which we proudly serve. Please visit each page and division within the department and familiarize yourself with your Sheriff’s Department. Each and every division within the department has a specific mission. Many people also have their own perception as to the duties and responsibilities of the Sheriff’s Department. Wisconsin State Statutes 59.27 dictates our responsibilities and provides the foundation of our mission statement that is displayed above. Those duties include operation of the county jail, serve civil process, sale of foreclosed property, security of the county courts; enforce general orders, safeguarding and rescue within our local waterways, and any other duties required by law. Not written in the statutes are our more visible role of highway safety and enforcement and investigation of crimes. In 2007 I started my second four-year term serving as your Sheriff. We have exceeded our initial expectations and goals during those first four-years. Our aggressive approach to enhance our operations through equipment modernization and technology is well ahead of our initial projections. Soon, each squad will be equipped with high tech video systems as well as Mobile Data Computers. We are virtually putting everything from the office into each squad to make our operations more efficient. We are providing all the necessary tools to the staff to ensure they can provide the best, most professional and responsive service to you, the customer. We also incorporated three SUV’s into the fleet in an effort to enhance our response during inclement weather conditions. We have also initiated our full-time Recreation Officer Program for boating, ATV, and snowmobile enforcement. Your Sheriff’s Department continues to make great strides towards becoming the most professional, efficient, and effective department available. A very large step forward is the assumption of the City of Beaver Dam’s dispatch operations. This 24/7 responsibility is well on its way and will be fully implemented by the end of 2007. This effort is a win-win for not only the citizens of Beaver Dam, but the entire county. Our E911 Center has also been upgraded to allow for cellular telephone tracking and location. This capability will allow us to locate all wireless 911 callers, stationary or moving, a critical capability during an emergency. Our Community Service Work Detail for inmates continues to forge ahead supporting numerous community events and organizations. The Detention Facility has also started an outdoor garden which allows inmates to produce vegetables for use in the jail and is working on a greenhouse for 2008. Our Criminal Investigation Division continues to excel in solving criminal cases. They have expanded their effort becoming well versed on contractor fraud, prescription drug diversion, and crimes against the elderly. They work tirelessly as a team. The Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Unit matched their 2006 stats in the first si |
