Does it have time to go to the County Board meetings or wade through the ton of information generated for the County Board reports?
One would think he could read some of the press releases and get a pretty good idea of what the deputies are doing. It doesn't do much good to "think" that because, when you go to the Sheriff's Department website (www.mchenrysheriff.org) and look under "About Us" in the Media Releases, you won't find much.
For example, what's there right now?
11/21/2012 - Crime Prevention Tips for the Holiday Season
11/21/2012 - Arrest for Animal Neglect
11/21/2012 - McHenry County Sheriff's Office Along With United States Marshal Service Conduct Sex Offender Compliance Check11/20/2012 - Two Men Arrested for Delivery of Cannabis
11/16/2012 - Wonder Lake Resident Arrested for Sex Offender Violations
If that all we got from 400+ employees, over 100 take-car homes, and what may be an absentee sheriff?
What does CALEA call for in terms of press releases? My guess is that there should be a standardized system of issuing statements to the press. The press releases ought to be posted online, where media reporters and county residents (and anyone else) can read them.
Instead, what seems to happen is that information is handed out to selected reporters and media, and it may or may not ever reach the public.
It would be an easy task to post the daily blotter on the Sheriff's Department website. Right now it collects dust in the Administration Office of the Sheriff's Department. You can go and read it, if you want to make a trip to the Courthouse, park, pass through security and go to the second floor during normal business hours.
A summary of statistics could also be easily published on the Sheriff's website. How about traffic activity? Accidents? Tickets? Warrants served? Jail numbers (in/out)?
Maybe add a special column to indicate the days when the Sheriff actually showed up in the o0ffice for a full day's work.
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