does the sheriffs office patrol charlotte

[marybland000]

or just the county?

[larry]

Hi:

The Sheriffs is not a crime fighting unit anymore. The Charlotte Mecklenburg Police cover crime fighting in all of Mecklenburg County.

Are you concerned about coverage in your area?

If you live out in the county then sadly several studies have show that you are not getting adequate coverage.

One that the county commissioners had done and then later panned showed that county folks pay the extra fee for police coverage but that they do not even get adequate coverage in any case.

The way you get more coverage is go to your County Commissioners and ask them for help. They then tell you that the City of Charlotte handles the Police Department.

I hope it is then that you realize that all that tax money and the additional surcharge for Police Coverage is being paid with out representation. You know the old taxation without representation thing that our forefathers thought was really bad.

So while crime escalates in the county the center city gets more and more coverage.

[marybland000]

so how many sworn officers does the charlotte mecklenburg police department have?

[larry]

The last time I checked it and this is from memory it was around 1300. With most of them command and support staff.

Call 704.336.8300 and ask. They will be happy to help. Just be sure to get the number of Officers actually out on the street. That is what I am sure you are most interested in and not somebody who sit in the office all day.

And while you have them on the phone tell them about your concerns.

Unless we start making waves out here in the County we we never get adequate coverage.

[copper911]

The Sheriff's Office has never patroled the county here in Mecklenburg.

Years ago there was the Mecklenburg County Police and Charlotte Police Department, with the county police responsible for the rural county areas. In 1992 or 93 I believe, the County police and City police merged to the now Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Dept. Believe it or not, you actually have more coverage NOW with the CMPD than the rural county ever had with just the County Police. Through out the years the city limits have expanded and taken up alot of county jurisdictions. Along with that growth, you also have the smaller inner county police departments like Matthews, Pineville, Mint Hill PD for example, that cover their respective policing areas.

Check out www.cmpd.org for further information on officer totals. There are also email links to email your questions and concerns.

The Sheriff's Dept primary functions in the Meck County is the Mecklenburg County Jail and serving civil papers / evictions. They do have some deputies that work with CMPD on special assignments.

[larry]

copper911 said:

Believe it or not, you actually have more coverage NOW with the CMPD than the rural county ever had with just the County Police. Through out the years the city limits have expanded and taken up alot of county jurisdictions. Along with that growth, you also have the smaller inner county police departments like Matthews, Pineville, Mint Hill PD for example, that cover their respective policing areas.

Sorry but I perfer to believe that we now have less coverage. In fact go to charlottemecklenburgpolice.com/why_is_it_that_nothing_is_being.htm to see story on the University study commissioned by our County Commissioners and then ignored by them once they received it. We have less coverage in the County than ever before. And that is why crime is increasing as the criminals know that we are ripe for picking.

[hecklerkoch]

marybland000 said:

so how many sworn officers does the charlotte mecklenburg police department have?

At least 50% less than are needed.

HK

[bluelinebill]

Let’s not forget that there are a lot less unincorporated areas because of towns like Matthews, Pineville, Minthill, Huntersville and the like. They all have fine departments. There is not that much to be covered by CMPD. Also crime (prevention) has a lot more to do with the expectation of having to do time. Want to cut crime? Fund the court system. Let it be known that “don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time”. More Judges more prosecutors new laws and stop pleading cases down. More Funding of CMPD so that undercover work is not left out in the cold. The ABC police and ALE law enforcement see a lot of where the problems come from.
The expectation of easy money drives a lot of crime. Take that away and it’s a lot less interesting to go down that path. If you want to talk about taxes wasted? Let’s start with a stadium up town no one wanted and light rail.
The Sheriffs department has its place, the jail the courts and serving papers and such. It has not been an emergency (911) service since after the early 1900s. In the years to come the area that CMPD covers will be even less as the smaller towns take in areas.
Crime is crime.
There are a lot of us doing the job of fighting crime in our own areas.
However you can arrest people everyday but what good is it if they are allowed to plead the charges down time after time?
It is time to rethink the problem and look at it from the perspective of what makes the crime worth doing in the first place? Then we take that reason away from them.

[brian01]

TECHNICALLY the only difference between a MECK. CO. Sheriff and a CMPD officer is that a sheriff's deputy can transport prisoners. This is from a guy I work with who is part time (former full time) CMPD officer. However, they do not patrol that much. Really, how often do you see them patrolling?

[bluelinebill]

Well it’s more than just technical. The Sheriffs office does not have a crime reporting system UCR. They don’t take traffic accident reports. If a crime occurs they can detain a suspect until CMPD or other agency arrives to do the arrest report... They don’t answer 911 calls for service.
They do serve legal papers they serve warrants. And run the courts security and the jails. Some of the deputies work with Federal fugitive teams. And they keep track of sex offenders. . They are an important part of the local criminal justice system.

[slappy]

Yes the sheriffs dept is an integral part of the law enforcement team. Sheriff Pendegraff is a great guy, deputies will issue tickets and make arrests when they witness a crime, or traffic violation. I think they should patrol, i think that the sheriffs office has so much potential. I feel that deputies and corrections officers should have civil service protection. I think that the office should patrol, CMPD and all other departments could use the help. I have met many deuties and they all are proffsional. They are all under paid, the jail officers and deputies need a raise and some ability to enforce the law. Thank you Sheriff Pendegraf for your stand on crime, and illegal aliens.