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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.

 

  • ​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 â€‹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

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