The INDEPENDENT, July 20, 2011
From the Sheriff’s Desk…
From page 18
and issue permits.
In Columbia County, the Sheriff also runs the
law enforcement firearms training range and the
county Dog Control Office.
All of these tasks require personnel – both
sworn deputies, and civilian staff – to perform
them. Wherever we can, we try to use civilian
staff to perform tasks that do not require a
sworn, law enforcement or corrections deputy.
Nevertheless, any task where there is the poten-
tial for a demonstration of authority and the use
of force to carry out the mission of the sheriff, a
sworn, trained deputy – who is well-versed in
civil rights and the use of force – must be em-
ployed.
We employ a total of 10 uniformed law en-
forcement deputies. Two are assigned to the Co-
lumbia River on a grant from the state. One is
assigned to narcotics on a grant from the feds.
Two are supervisors and five are deputies who
respond to and investigate the highest percent-
age of criminal calls across the widest expanse
of this county (98 percent of the land mass) of
any agency in Columbia County, from the Ne-
halem Valley to Apiary and from the Clatsop
County line to the Multnomah County line.
Please see page 22
Page 19
Police/Court Abbreviations
Vernonia Justice Court
Abbreviations: A&D, Alcohol &
Drug; DUII, Driving Under the Influ-
ence of Intoxicants; BUII, Boating
Under the Influence of Intoxicants;
CCSO, Columbia County Sheriff’s
Office; DWS, Driving While License
is Suspended; MIP, Minor In Pos-
session of Intoxicants; MV, Motor
Vehicle Accident; PCS, Possession
of Controlled Substance; ODL, Ore-
gon Driver License; FTA, Failure to
Appear in Court; NTSI, National
Traffic Safety Institute; DA, District
Attorney; VIP, Victim Impact Panel;
FF&A, Fines, Fees and Assess-
ments.
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