Summit County Sheriff's Department

Citizen's Advisory Committee

Comprised or 23 community members including 1 high school student.
Provide constant feedback from the community on policy issues and procedures.
Contact Sheriff Minor if you are interested in becoming a member on the committee.

Community Corrections

364 Community Services cases completed (233,156 hours).
Savings in labor costs to community non-profit agencies $11,253, (based on minimum wage).
Work Release Program income $55,133, based on 2004 statistics.

Explorer Program

Established in 1997 for youth ages 14 — 20 interested in law enforcement as a career.
Explorers learn arrest control, law, patrol, and jail procedures.
Since the program's inception three former Explorers have been hired by the Sheriff's office; two are currently employed with the Sheriff's office.
Explorers attend Explorer Academy.
Explorers are members of Law Enforcement Explorer Post Advisors Association of Colorado.

School Resource Officer Program

Liaison between students, parents, school principal and faculty.
Formulate educational crime prevention strategies and programs for students in order to reduce the opportunity for crimes against persons/property in and outside of school.
Improve the perception of law enforcement in the eyes of students and community.

D.A.R.E. Drug Abuse Resistance Education

D.A.R.E. began in 1983 as a joint project of the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Los Angeles Police Department. D.A.R.E. is a prevention curriculum designed to teach children about drugs and alcohol, the consequences of their use, and the skills necessary to resist the pressure to experiment with their use. D.A.R.E. provides skills and training to aid children in saying "no" to drugs and alcohol. Students learn how to select and develop healthy alternatives to combat stress and fatigue. Although there are other programs that contain similar elements, D.A.R.E. is unique because it is taught by uniformed police officers.

D.A.R.E. lessons focus on four major areas:

1. Providing accurate information about the affects of drugs and alcohol.
2. Teaching students positive decision making skills.
3. Showing children how to resist negative peer pressure.
4. Giving children healthy ideas for alternatives to drug use.

TRAK IT - Taking Responsibility And Keeping IT

It is our hope this program will be successful in lowering the recidivism rate of crimes committed by juveniles within Summit County. TRAK IT will provide a near immediate consequence to a delinquent or illegal behavior. It will show your child that for every action they take there is a reaction, which in turn leads to a consequence. It is here they can begin to take responsibility for their decisions.