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Sheriff's Office 2727 Rodd St Midland, MI 48640 Phone: (989) 839-4600 Fax: (989) 631-9478 Map and Directions |
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Midland County Sheriff's Office
2010 CITIZEN’S POLICE ACADEMY The Midland County Sheriff’s Office has undertaken a new community policing program designed to build on positive relationships and provide better understanding of citizen-sheriff collaboration within Midland County. The Citizen’s Police Academy was not developed to train or certify a citizen in law enforcement, but is intended to educate and create interaction with the community. The tentative date for classes to commence is Thursday, February 11, 2010 to Thursday, April 15, 2010. The Citizens Police Academy will convene one time per week, two hours during the evening, 6:30pm to 9:00pm, for ten weeks. Classes are held at the Midland Law Enforcement Center, 2727 Rodd Street, Midland, Michigan. For more information, please download the flyer and application under Resources on the right of this website. Please mail completed application to: Midland County Sheriff’s Office, Attn: Deputy J. Kozak, 2727 Rodd Street, Midland, MI 48640
COMMUNITY DISASTER PREPARATION COURSE For the second year running, the Midland County Sheriff's Office will be hosting the Community Disaster Preparation Course on Saturday, May 8, 2010 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Midland Law Enforcement Center, 2727 Rodd Street. (Corner of Jefferson and Rodd) This is a FREE training with continental breakfast and lunch provided. All participants must pre-register by Friday, April 30, 2010. To register, please call 989 839-4626 or fill out the form below. A flyer can be downloaded from the Resources section of our website.
MIDLAND COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE The Sheriff's office is responsible to run the Jail for the County. We operate the current jail that has Ninety-Eight beds. It is supervised with twenty-one full-time, and two part-time staff members. We were successful in the August Election, and we are moving forward on planning to build Midland County's new Jail near the new Civic Center off Bay City Road and Fast Ice Drive. It is exciting to think that we will be building a new jail and be moving our prisoners there in just about two years from now. We have changed the Road Patrol Division to the C.A.R. Division: Citizens Assistance Responders. This was a part of our changing of philosophy. Patrol indicates that we are proactive and we prevent criminal activity, in reality we respond and provide assistance to the citizens. We do not have the staffing to support a patrol division. The County decided to reduce my budget by eliminating the D.A.R.E. officer. I will continue to have a Deputy teaching the D.A.R.E. program without the funding. We will do that by cutting services in other areas, like reducing the number of deputies available for Court Security or Citizens Assistance Responders, during the time that we will be in the schools teaching the D.A.R.E. program. Our new website was up and running in 2006. This allows us to work together and communicate better because of the technology that is available. I receive information on the web and I route it to the correct person that needs the information. At times we get questions, and other times we get tips on activities occurring throughout the County. We have even received tips that have helped us solve criminal activities and locate traffic violators. We just opened up our Cold Case files and they are posted on our website. I will continue to share information with the citizens, the News Media and other Law Enforcement Agencies. It is the key that helps solve crimes and provides the information needed to help keep our roads and properties safe. Again, thank you for giving me this opportunity to serve you, the citizens of Midland County. Sincerely,
Sheriff Jerry Nielsen |
