Sheriff's Department Report July  2008

    Sheriff Stan D. Owens has released the Sheriff Department Activity Report for the month of July.  Sheriff Department cruisers traveled 23734 miles while on patrol, transporting prisoners to State Institutions and juveniles to Juvenile Detention Center facilities, answering citizens’ complaints, serving criminal and civil papers and performing other department functions. Of the total miles driven, 3,738 miles were made on inmate transports, for a total of 26 trips. There were 126 prisoners housed in the Van Wert County Correctional Facility for a total of 1432 days. The average daily inmate count for the month was 44. Inmates housed for other counties generated MTD $336, YTD $23,132 that will be paid into the General Fund. Other inmate programs generating income paid into the County General Fund include inmate work release MTD $843.49 YTD $5,290.92; inmate phone service MTD $1,348.70 YTD $7,904.38; inmate pay to stay MTD $5 YTD $190; office of child nutrition services-government donated food entitlement MTD $1,881.90 YTD $7,523.93.  The food cost per inmate per meal was $1.03. The inmate work crews worked a total of 1,279 hours at the Sheriff's Office,  jail, Red Cross and Van Wert Recycling Center.
    Deputies handled a total of 133 citizens' complaints with reports filed and handled a total of 117 complaints that did not require reports or any further investigation. There were 27 traffic accidents investigated. There were 8 traffic citations issued to motorists and 25 traffic warnings issued.  Deputies filed 6 criminal cases.  Deputies made 138 assists to motorists and other departments during the month and handled 1 funeral procession escorts. While on patrol, Deputies found 66 open doors at businesses, schools and residential house checks; 59 homes of vacationing county residents were checked for a total of 858 times and a total of 6 business and residential alarms were answered. Deputies served a total of 292 of 365 papers received from Common Pleas and Municipal Courts during the month. There were 14 Sheriff sales conducted and 21 Sheriff sales received. The Department K-9 teams conducted 1220 perimeter checks of buildings while on patrol. There were 7 criminal investigations forwarded to the Detective Bureau with 5 felony charges filed .  94 Web Checks were processed for residents.