 Housing Control Tower
The Detention Division is staffed by a highly motivated and well-trained complement of 45 officers and staff. Members of the Detention Division are involved in numerous community and charitable events, including The Sheriff’s Motorcycle Poker Run and the American Cancer Society Relay for Life.
The Detention Division currently has 4 certified law enforcement instructors on staff. The Officers of the Detention Division designed and implemented their own Detention Training Officer Program to assist newly hired employees entering the law enforcement profession. Members of the Detention Division routinely receive awards for most training hours earned annually.
 Detention Officer in the control tower The duties of Officers on staff at the Detention Center can be divided into two major groupings: the overall security of the facility (which includes the physical plant as well as all inmates, staff, and visitors) and the safe and orderly escort of inmates within the facility.
In addition to the primary mission of facility security, Detention Division Officers provide many other security and supervisory services. These include:
 Booking
- Supervision of Inmate Meals
- Preparing inmates for transport to other facilities
- Receiving inmates arriving from outside facilities
- Inmate escort to Court Services
- Inmate escort and supervision at medical treatment
- Inmate escort and supervision at mental health treatment
- Conducting inmate visitation
- Conducting attorney visitation
- Escort and supervision of inmates to Drug Rehabilitation Services
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Detention Division 
