January 2016 - Weld County: Sheriff`s Office
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January 2016 - Weld County: Sheriff`s Office
Weld County Sheriff’s Office Monthly Newsletter Weld County Sheriff’s Office Newsletter Issue #4, January 1, 2016 Meet Deputy Lenderink As one of our Detentions Deputies, Lenderink served in one of the most demanding positions in our agency. As a Field Training Officer she would share her knowledge and experience with new deputies, and after training was complete she would remain a constant source of information for other deputies on her shift. Lenderink now works in our Courts Division, transporting inmates to court and assisting the community as she interacts with members of the public every day. What is the best part about your job? To serve the community with honor and integrity. It is a great honor and responsibility to put on the uniform and badge and represent all that it means. The responsibility comes with its challenges every day that you are expected to solve with confidence and ease. It is very rewarding when you receive a "thank you" from a member of the community that you were able to assist. Why did you want to work in law enforcement? Truthfully, I never saw myself working in law enforcement when I was growing up. I spent my years prior to the Sheriff's Office working in my parents business. Then life happened and I needed a new line of work to provide for my family. I found the Sheriff's Office and applied, I figured why not it would just be temporary. God had different plans for me because my temporary job turned into a career. Where do you see yourself going in the future? For now, I am enjoying a new chapter in my career by being a member of the Courts Unit. Beyond that, it's all in God's hands. pg. 3 Weld County Sheriff January 2016 The Long Blue Line The Weld County Sheriff’s Office joins Cops Fighting Cancer to bring Christmas cheer to kids at Children’s Hospital On December 17, 2015, the Weld County Sheriff’s Office helped Cops Fighting Cancer deliver presents to Children’s Hospital in Aurora, Colorado in an event called the Long Blue Line. 250 officers representing almost 30 law enforcement agencies came together to make sure that these children had a very special day. Weld County had the privilege of spending the day meeting some of the strongest kids in the world, and even had the honor of playing music with a few of them during a musical therapy session. We look forward to doing this again next year! Field Training The Weld County Sheriff’s Office has a new group of Deputies that have hit the streets in training. They will undergo a rigorous training period that will stretch from December 2015 to April 2016. During their training period these deputies will have a chance to experience all that this job can throw at them. Needless to say, they have their hands full for the next few months. If you are interested in a career in law enforcement, please visit our employment page at: http://www.weldsheriff.com/ Administration/EmploymentIn formation.html 2 Weld County Sheriff January 2016 Wesslee’s Great Adventure I had the honor of interacting with this young man through email over the past 2 months. Wesslee Berger is a resident of Utah who contacted me after reading about Honorary Deputy Colton Hunt. Wesslee “borrowed” his father’s phone and emailed me, expressing his gratitude toward our agency for such a kind act. In his email he mentioned his Facebook page “Wesslees great adventure” where I learned that he and his sister have a mission to shake hands with as many law enforcement officers as possible. 5 minutes of research on the internet helped me see that this was a very special young man. After seeing a police procession for a local officer who was shot and killed in the line of duty, Wesslee decided that he would do anything he could to thank the men and women in law enforcement for their service. In an effort to acknowledge all that this young man has done, a few of us here at the office sent Wesslee a care package filled with some patches from our own collections. Wesslee sent us a thank you card shortly after Christmas, and I also received a picture of him proudly displaying his new patches. If you would like to learn more about Wesslee’s great adventure, visit his Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/Wes slee-s-great-adventure584947408311958/?fref=ts -Written by Matt Turner 3 Weld County Sheriff January 2016 Continued Public Servant The Weld County Posse was joined by other members of the Nicole helps a man reapply a Colorado State Sheriff’s Posse bandage to his hand after Association at the Windsor fingerprinting. Though this is Harvest Festival Parade this not a normal part of her job, weekend. Nicole recognized that this individual could not reapply the The CSSP is comprised of Posse bandage alone, and offered her members from Weld assistance. Thisthe small taskCounty was Sheriff’s Office, the Adams an exceptional act of service to County Sheriff’s Office, the the community. Denver County Sheriff’s Office Great Nicole!County Sheriffs and theJob Larimer Office. An “Explosive” Demonstration AOT in December allowed patrol deputies and members of the community to participate in an explosives demonstration. This demonstration, hosted by the Weld County Bomb Squad, allowed members of the community to interact with Weld County Deputies and law enforcement from all over the state as they experienced different types of explosive ordinance in both a classroom setting and also an outdoor experience at the Weld County Firearms Range. 4 Special Feature S.T.A.R. The Weld County S.T.A.R. Team is a special team within the Detentions Division of the Weld County Sheriff’s Office. S.T.A.R. stands for “Special Tactics and Response”, and is a team that specializes in responding to critical incidents within the jail. Using specialized equipment, the team can respond to incidents that require a higher response to resistance and aggression and suppress situations such as riots, transporting combative inmates to court dates, or extracting inmates from cells who pose a high risk of injury to staff or themselves. The person in charge of the team is Sgt. Hettinger; he is responsible for staffing the team, maintaining equipment and making sure that the team has adequate training to help them respond to a number of incidents that would warrant their attention. The team has adapted and grown over the years. Before this team existed, shift sergeants would simply gather a group of personnel on shift to respond to critical incidents; there was no protective equipment or additional training. The team currently consists of a small number of Deputies from each shift. If there is an incident within the facility that warrants a response, those members are relieved of their assignments to facilitate the team’s deployment. Being a part of the team is a collateral assignment for deputies; they take this task on in addition to their normal duties. Tactics used by the team are always changing and adapting to meet the needs of the facility; as staff members encounter new types of resistance and aggression, the team develops new strategies to counter them. The Weld County Sheriff’s Office is now trying to share some of their knowledge and experience with other agencies. The team does not claim to know everything, and they are always finding Weld County Sheriff ways to improve. The goal of sharing their tactics with other agencies is to give those agencies a foundation to work from and build their own teams and tactics. In December the S.T.A.R. Team hosted 2 Deputies from the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office at their January 2016 monthly training event. These individuals were given a chance to see how the team performs cell extractions, and they were given the opportunity to join in the training to experience the action first hand. They plan on taking some of that knowledge back to their agency in an effort to build their own tactics and strengthen their response to these types of incidents. The Weld County Sheriff’s Office offers the opportunity for law enforcement officers from other agencies to join them at training events free of charge. If you are interested, please contact Cpl Matt Turner for more information. 6 Weld County Sheriff January 2016 Farwell We often see members of the Weld County Sheriff’s Office team leave for opportunities elsewhere. It is never easy to see our brothers and sisters leave the agency, but we always hope that they will find happiness in their new positions. There is also the chance that their presence in other agencies may help build stronger relationships with the Sheriff’s Office. In December, Don Potter left the Sheriff’s Office to join the DA’s Office as one of their investigators. Don has been an employee of the Sheriff’s Office for almost 8 years, and has had a tremendous influence on many of the people around him. Don loved to take pictures of his car, and many of those pictures have been featured on both online and internal media sources. Don will be missed, but he has promised to make an effort to stay connected with all of us here. Weld County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Corporal Matt Turner 2110 “O” St. Greeley, CO 80631 [email protected] (970) 356-4015 Ext. 2802 7
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