Jerry Ramos' Plan
Psalms 82:3-4
Community Safety
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​Form a Social Media and Threat Monitoring Unit​.
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Bolster the School Resource Officer Division to provide a Deputy at every school.
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Develop a database that is accessible to the public that for Deputy accolades and/or misconduct.
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Pursue National Accreditation, WELL Health-Safety, WELL Equity and WELL Performance Ratings.
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​Enhance verbal communication training to help mitigate use of force.
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Budget
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Maintain a modest budget to maintain cost-effective operations.
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Implement an activity-based budgeting process.
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Advocate to promote an annual amnesty warrant program for certain nonviolent low-level misdemeanors offenses reducing jail costs and court backlog.
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Host a monthly financial management accountability meeting with command and mid-level staff.
Workforce
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Advocate and implement a recruiting and retention bonus program.
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Advocate for a market adjustment raise for all office civilian employee.
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Via the PaYS initiative, seek out military veteran candidates.
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Advocate for ZERO health insurance premiums for Sheriff's Office retirees' and employees'.
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Per Sheriff authority would designate and implement a new pay scale for deputies.
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Initiatives​​
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Deputies and Bobbers program
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Deploy a H.O.P.E (Homeless Outreach Prevention and Engagement) Team
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Advocate establishing the stable housing accountability program
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Partner with elected officials to advocate and implement a H.E.R.O Housing initiative to partner with housing developers to offer rent subsidies for a predetermined amount of units to public safety and medical staff.
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​​SRO's will host two (15) day youth summer programs
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Implement Operation Honor a program to help veterans succeed after they are released from jail.
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Field Operation
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Reallocate patrol zones to hotspots to manage growth, enhance response times, and reduce deputy burden in densely populated areas.
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Sustain a culture that recognizes the significance of intervention and support.
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Increase membership and enhance training for the Sheriff Reserve Posse.
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​Form a traffic / medical Accident team.​​
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​Enhance intelligence-based predictive policing
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Enhance Dive Team and Marine Unit
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Deploy drones during search and rescue operations.
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Develop a Sheriff inland port strategy to actively participate in securing and monitoring the new inland port.​
Community Relations
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​​Establish a Citizen Advisory Board.​​
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Adopt comprehensive anti-bias policies, practices and training.
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End discriminatory actions and ethnocentrism.
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​Implement a Safety and Security Awareness program for businesses, schools and non-profits.​​
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Implement a localized communication platform and alert system that brings together commercial businesses, public safety organizations, and citizens.
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Implement a Manage with Care program creating a specialized alert in (RMS). To improve response, interaction, and communication.
Gun Violence Prevention
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Will advocate for harsher penalties for weapon related crimes.​
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Support smart gun and safety technologies.​​
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Support universal background checks for firearm purchases.​
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Support extreme risk protection orders​ with proper due process.
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Will provide public access to the Sheriff's Office Range for practice and education.​
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Support tax incentives for safe gun storage
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Participate in the Operation Safe Cities Initiative
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Establish and deploy a Comprehensive Anti-Gang Strategy to prevent and reduce gang-related crime.
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Jail Operation
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Eliminate or reduce jail calling fees and ​maintain a humane jail environment.
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Expand Mental Health and addiction treatment services.
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Improve training to guarantee that all inmates are treated fairly and equally.
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Protect and preserve the constitution's due process.​
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Will require federal detainers to be signed by a Judge.
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Jail Deputies will ensure that any undocumented foreign national that is a threat to our community is removed.
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Independent oversight and investigations of suspected abuse, inmate deaths, and facility conditions.
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Establish a local Second Chance Employers Network and host virtual job fairs.
Employee Relations
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I will ensure that our workforce structure reflects our employees' different backgrounds, knowledge, and abilities.​
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Create a Sheriff Advisory Council made up of personnel from each division of the Sheriff's Office to discuss ideas with command staff and make recommendations to enhance their divisions.
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Conduct periodic stay interviews
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Hold annual recognition and rewards gala.
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Encourage community crusades.
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​Maintain an open-door policy for employees to report workplace issues
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Implement an Employee Relations Advisory and Consultative Groups