Sheriff's Department
Lawrence A. Stelma, Sheriff
Jon Hess, Under Sheriff
Michelle Young, Chief Deputy
701 Ball Avenue NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Phone: (616) 632-6100
Fax: (616) 632-6122
Hours: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday - Friday
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Mission Statement The mission of the Kent County Sheriff's Office is to preserve and protect the safety and security of the residents of Kent County and to provide for a safe and secure correctional facility. |
Overview
The Kent County Sheriff's Department provides law enforcement and corrections programs and services to the community.
The Sheriff is mandated to carry out a number of administrative
and operational functions, including patrolling and monitoring
traffic, providing emergency planning services, and prov
iding
court security when requested. Those functions are carried out
by three divisions of the Sheriff's Department: Law Enforcement,
Communications Technology, and Investigative.
The Sheriff is also mandated to provide for sufficient jail space and to keep it in good repair. The Corrections Division manages the County's correctional facility and other correctional programs.
The Sheriff's department maintains its own training center for its approximately 600 employees. The training center includes an indoor shooting range, a mock intake vestibule, a mock jail cell, and computerized training systems.
Strategic Goals
- Continue to control the cost of providing service at the jail
- Establish a base-line allocation method for road patrol
- Implement a computer-based system to allow citizens to report misdemeanors and receive written report
- Evaluate potential for more multitownship collaborative efforts to fund road patrol operations
- Increase jail capacity within next 5 years.
Operational Goals
- Maintain operational readiness, provide responsive and effective Emergency Management services
- Provide high visibility police patrol and law enforcement through investigation of criminal, civil, and traffic matters
- Ensure the safety and security of the community by operating a correctional facility that is governed by applicable State and Federal laws
- Provide quality education and rehabilitation opportunities to inmates
2010 Adopted Uses, $66,951,944
2010 Adopted Revenues, $15,059,122
Department History of Uses
| Uses | 2007 Actual |
2008 Actual |
2009 Adopted |
2010 Adopted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personnel | $44,823,549 | $45,414,373 | $46,269,268 | $46,743,923 |
| Commodities | 1,913,655 | 2,058,119 | 3,361,793 | 966,174 |
| Contractual Services | 10,355,496 | 10,768,115 | 11,828,089 | 12,352,633 |
| Capital Outlay | 818,071 | 1,160,043 | 665,948 | 784,680 |
| Special Projects | 1,997,641 | 1,648,318 | 1,187,708 | 5,104,234 |
| Total Uses | $59,908,412 | $61,048,969 | $62,312,806 | $65,951,644 |
| Personnel FTE | 584 | 579 | 570 | 545.6 |
