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In
the early days of the Office of Sheriff, the Sheriff was the
lone law enforcement officer covering large areas of land alone
or perhaps with one deputy. In those days the Sheriff depended
on his ability to gather posse's of concerned citizens to assist
him in his duties.
Today's Posse- The Belmont County Sheriff's Office Reserve
Deputy Unit consists of 42 Ohio Peace Officer Training
Council-certified Deputies who serve voluntarily in service to
the Sheriff's Office. The Reserve Deputy Unit is supervised by 2
Reserve Captains and 2 reserve detectives who are responsible
for scheduling of reserve personnel. The reserve deputy is
subject to the same qualification and re-certification
requirements as a full-time deputy, and each serves a required
sixteen (16) hours per month in the official capacities as
reserve deputies, assisting the full-time deputies as needed.
The two (2) Reserve Detectives are assigned to the Criminal
Investigation Unit, where they assist in all aspects of the
units operations.
Many of the reserve deputies are also members of Specialty Units
within the office such as the Mounted Patrol Division, Special
Operations Team, Canine Unit. The reserve deputies can be found
assisting in all areas of the day to day operation of the
Sheriff's Office from transporting prisoners to providing
security in high profile cases. The reserve deputies can also be
found staffing the Belmont County Sheriff's Office- Ohio Valley
Mall Substation and the Mall road retail areas on a regular
basis, and as a unit regularly volunteers over 6,000 hours of
their time to the citizens of Belmont county each year. |