Government Structure in Indian River County

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Sheriff: The Sheriff is a separately elected Constitutional Officer of the County. Functions under the Sheriff include Corrections, Court Services and Law Enforcement. The Corrections division operates the County detention facility which involves inmate housing, medical services, food services, and prisoner transportation. The Court Services area provides bailiffs, courtroom security and general jury/judicial protective services to the County courts. Some of the services under the Law Enforcement segment include uniformed road patrol, criminal investigations, crime scene investigations, the K-9 function, the ranch and grove function, the Community Policing Enforcement (C.O.P.E.) Unit, the Multi-Agency Crime Enforcement (M.A.C.E.) Unit and the E911 Communications Center. The Sheriff's Office is operated as a separate entity setting its own policies and procedures, employee hiring and line item budget management.

Sheriff | Probation | Youth Guidance | Environmental Planning & Code Enforcement

Probation: The function of the Probation division is to provide professional supervisory services regarding probationers and defendants awaiting trial and sentencing as ordered by the County and Circuit Courts. Officers are appointed to investigate, report on and supervise the conduct of convicted offenders on probation. This division also provides pre-sentencing investigations and supervision of non-probation cases. Probation administers a county Work Program which coordinates the use of labor provided by the participants to various County departments and accounts for participants attendance. Also, the Conditional Release Program falls under this division's duties, whereby defendants awaiting sentencing are monitored and accountable to the courts.

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	Youth Guidance: The division's function is to direct a volunteer program aimed to match children in need of friendship and guidance with adult volunteer counselors/friends. This is done in order to break the generational abuse/neglect syndrome, help prevent child delinquency, and provide positive role models for children from single parent homes.
	Sheriff | Probation | Youth Guidance | Environmental Planning & Code Enforcement

Environmental Planning & Code Enforcement: The two main responsibilities of this division are to implement the County comprehensive plan environmental policies and to enforce general codes and ordinances enacted by the County protecting community standards. Specific duties involve approving various permits (e.g. land clearing, home occupation, tree removal), issuing code violation citations, and performing site plan reviews and inspections. Environmental planning also falls under this area's duties, including environmental aspects of comprehensive planning and site plan review. This section's staff also participates on a number of advisory committees such as the County Land Acquisition Advisory Committee, the Marine Advisory Committee and the Historic Resources Advisory Committee.

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