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To: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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FROM: Sheriff Warren E. Rupf r Costa
DATE: November 9, 1994 _ County
SUBJECT: S.A.V.E.S. Volunteer Program for the Sheriff' s Office
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
Approve the Sheriff's All Volunteer Extended Services (S.A.V.E.S. ) Volunteer Program for
the Sheriff's Office.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Funding to support this Volunteer Program shall be charged to the Sheriff Department's
adopted budget and no additional funds shall be required.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND:
As required by Administrative Bulletin 321, "Rules and Procedures to be Followed by
County Departments for Authorized Volunteer Programs"; the Sheriff's Office hereby sup-
plies the details of its S.A.V.E.S. Volunteer Program:
I. Description of Program
Volunteer workers are recognized as a valuable resource in performing various support
functions which allow sworn staff more time to concentrate on their primary mission;
namely, protecting lives and property; and
The use of volunteers is a means of allowing citizens an opportunity to enhance ex-
isting crime prevention services; and
This program will allow citizens to gain a general knowledge of County government and
a specific knowledge of a law enforcement agency; and
Volunteer experience is useful to persons wishing to upgrade existing job skills,
learn new skills, or gain relevant experience before enter' o e-entering the job
market; and
Volunteers in the S.A.V.E.S. Program shall bes fo ows:
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CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATUR :
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON j c/ APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
_UNANIMOUS(ABSENT `� 1--- ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
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CC: CAO- Justice Systems Programs PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Sheriff-Coroner SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Auditor-Controller
M382 (10/88) BY _DEPUTY
A. S.A.V.E.S. Volunteers will not assume any police powers, will not be armed, and
will not require formal academy training which distinguishes them from volunteers
in the Reserve Deputy Program.
B. Office volunteers to provide clerical assistance (i.e. , filing, typing, computer
data entry, telephone answering services, receptionist services, providing over.-
the-counter assistance to the general public, etc. ) .
C. Crime prevention volunteers to provide assistance in organizing neighborhood watch
groups, conducting home security reviews, and/or teaching Operation Identification
principles.
D. Detention volunteers to provide assistance in teaching inmates basic math, art,
English, computer, landscaping, gardening, library, religious, music, physical
fatness, woodworking, or welding skills.
E. Other volunteer duties to include: assisting law enforcement officers track miss-
ing juveniles, auditing financial reports of companies seized for investigative
purposes, medical transcribing, inventorying assistance, crime lab assistance,
vehicle maintenance coordination, firing range assistance, computer programming
assistance, and fingerprinting assistance.
II. Number of Volunteers
The number of volunteers shall be determined by the needs of the Sheriff's Office, but
the target number is approximately 200.
III. Staff Support
The Sheriff's Office shall assign one County employee as Director of Volunteer Services
who shall be responsible for initial orientation and training of the volunteers as well
as assuring that all appropriate forms and records are completed and filed as required by
Administrative Bulletin 321.
CONSEOgENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this program is not implemented, citizen volunteers will not be utilized to their
fullest; extent. Furthermore, sworn staff will not perform at their highest operational
efficiency or effectiveness since S.A.V.E.S. Volunteers will allow them to concentrate
more fully on their highest priority (i.e. , preventing or solving crimes) .