2017 Report
The Winchester City Sheriff's Office and it's employees take pride in their hard work ethic, but also in being community oriented while trying to give back to Winchester's citizens and civic groups. Here is the events and statistics reported from 2017.
Days that security was provided at the Winchester/Frederick County Joint Judicial Center. 243
Pedestrian Traffic through screening stations. 445,051
Civil Papers Served 13,248
Evictions 237
Fingerprints 109
Temporary Detention Orders Handled 96
Prisoner Transports 223
Extraditions 98
Jury Summons Served 5,700
Prisoners Held for Court Proceedings 4,751
Arrest 105
Cases initiated 81
Along with all the work, we helped provide assistance to these local civic groups;
Read with a Sheriff Handley Library , South End Citizens Group, North End Citizens Group, Woodland Ave Group, National Night Out, Crisis Intervention Training, Reading at Winchester Day Preschool and started a new program called "Cops and Bobbers". This program incorporates teaching children about our water ways and taking them fishing.
Lastly we headed up the Running Strong, Shop with Sheriff and published a second children's book. Our first book helped children to understand the roles of a deputy sheriff and how they help and protect them. It's titled "Deputy Knowles Knows". Our second book, titled "Deputy Knowles Makes a Difference" was published this year and deals with the subject of bullying.
2016 Report
The Winchester City Sheriff's Office and it's employees take pride in their hard work ethic, but also in being community oriented while trying to give back to Winchester's citizens and civic groups. Here is a snapshot at what we were involved with in 2016.
Days that security was provided at the Winchester/Frederick County Joint Judicial Center. 246
Pedestrian Traffic through screening stations. 468,821
Civil Papers Served 13,312
Evictions 288
Levies 118
Temporary Detention Orders Handled 83
Prisoner Transports 182
Extraditions 84
Arrest 16
Cases Initiated 79
Along with all the work, we helped provide assistance to these local civic groups;
SPCA, Explorers, Frederick Douglas Park fair, Literacy Day Event, Evans Home, Drug Take Back Day, Kiwanis Pancake Day, and CCAP.
We took part in;
Read with a Sheriff Handley Library , Health and Safety Fair Valley Health , South End Citizens Group, North End Citizens Group, Woodland Ave Group, National Night Out, Crisis Intervention Training, and Reading at Winchester Day Preschool.
Lastly we headed up the Running Strong, Shop with Sheriff and wrote a second children's book. Our first book helped children to understand the roles of a deputy sheriff and how they help and protect them. It's titled "Deputy Knowles Knows". Our second book, titled "Deputy Knowles Makes a Difference" is currently in publication and will be released in the summer of 2017. This book deals with the subject of bullying.