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Listen, Ask and Vote MARCH/APRIL 2015 • VOLUME 67 • NUMBER 2 TIA EN L FO ID R LISTEN, ASK S U E M R AND VOTE P THE NSA PRESIDENTIAL FORUM JUNE 29-30 IN BALTIMORE Governor Jeb Bush H Governor Steve Beshear H Benjamin S. Carson Sr., M.D. H Vice President Joe Biden H Governor Chris Christie H Governor Steve Bullock H Senator Ted Cruz H Governor Jerry Brown H Senator Lindsey Graham H Rep. Joaquin Castro H Governor John Kasich H Secretary of State Hillary Clinton H Governor Bobby Jindal H The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo H Governor Sarah Palin H Governor Howard Dean H Governor George Pataki H Vice President Al Gore H Governor Mike Pence H Senator Kristen Gillibrand H Senator Rand Paul H Governor Maggie Hassan H Governor Rick Perry H Governor John Hickenlooper H Senator Marco Rubio H Senator Amy Klobuchar H Senator Rick Santorum H Governor Martin O’Malley H Donald Trump H Senator Bernie Sanders H Senator Mark Warner H Senator Elizabeth Warren H Governor Scott Walker H Senator James Webb WWW.SHERIFFS.ORG inside Drone Cops: Establishing UAS Units 2015 Winter Conference Highlights 2015 NSA Annual Conference Deputy and Court Officer Insert “I’LL GIVE YOU A 99% INMATE PHONE COMMISSION!” Do you really understand what 99% represents? Can you answer these questions The Inmate Telecom Industry is about your Current Provider? infamous for bait and switch tactics! • How much does the family of your inmates pay to the phone provider to deposit money into the For every $75 deposited on inmate telephone services, how inmates account? much do your inmates actually have left after provider fees • Is your inmate phone company to place phone calls? asking the FCC to cap or eliminate your commissions? OTHER PROVIDER’S FEES • Have you actually read what your inmate phone company has filed in the current FCC proceedings or Prepaid Inmate Provider Fees Amount Remaining for are you just relying on what they Account and Third Party or Commissionable tell you? Deposit Single Pay Products Inmate Telephone Use • How much is your inmate phone $ $ $ company charging for Single 75 40 35 Payment Products and TextCollect? 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WITH ARAMARK, YOU CAN EXPECT: • Savings that free up useful dollars to better manage your facility • Best-in-class inventory and recipe management technology as the backbone of your operations • Innovations in health & wellness • Ofcer & staf dining programs • Award-winning culinary training that helps ofenders find work upon release EXPECT MORE…. To learn more about how Aramark can help deliver on your needs, visit aramarkcorrections.com, or call 800.777.7090 © 2014 Aramark. All rights reserved. ® SheriffMARCH/APRIL 2015 • VOLUME 67 • NUMBER 2 WASHINGTONDC 7 NSA Selects Jonathan F. Thompson a Executive Director 20NSAWINTERCONFERENCE15 PAGE 21 Conference Highlights THE STAR UNDER ATTACK 8 Th Wrong War By Sheriff avid A. Clarke Jr. NSA Annual Conference DRONES Schedule & Information 12 Drone Cops: Establishing an Unmanned PAGE 47 – 67 Aircraft Systems Unit TIA By Alan Frazier EN L FO ID R S U E M R P Presidential PUBLIC SAFETY Forum 16 How Secure is the Electrical Grid in Your PAGE 48 County? By Emil Peña 35 Planning for FirstNet, The edicated 69 Deputy and Court Officer nsert Nationwide Public Safety Network See page 69 for Table of Contents By TJ Kennedy 80 21st Century Policing Task Force By Sheriff Rich tanek BEST PRACTICES 83 Getting To Know Your (Pio) Neighbor 32 Best Practice Solution for Schools By Lt. Bill Davis By Steve Luce 86 21st Century D.A.R.E. – Diffe ent than the D.A.R.E. You May Know JAILS 96 Meet the Sheriff 38 Medicaid Coverage for Jail Inmate’s Inpatient Sheriff Tony Estrada Hospitalizations Sheriff ike Milstead Departments 3 President’s Message Cover photos source: galleryhip.com and newshour-tc.pbs.org 6 Executive Director’s Commentary Published by the National Sheriffs’ Association, 1450 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-3490 703/836-7827, Fax: 703/683-6541, www.sheriffs.org, [email protected] 42 National Neighborhood Watch Disclaimer: Views and opinions expressed in editorial published in Sheriff magazine are not the views 90 Government Affair of the National Sheriffs’ Association. 2 H Sheriff® March/April 2015 NSA 2014-2015 President’s Message Sheriff John Aubrey NSA President 2014-2015 In my last article I started by asking the question, “NSA Executive Directors, and State Presidents. NSA staff, Executive Director: Who?” By now I hope any Sheriff who under the leadership of then Interim Executive Director is a member of NSA, and those who are not, know that our John Thompson, had been very diligent during the past new NSA Executive Director is Jonathan F. Thompsonand six months in getting information out to all Sheriffs and he officially ved into the position on February 2, 2015. keeping everyone updated on the issues we face daily. Tha I am convinced, as was the NSA Search Committee, that practice will continue. with Jonathan as executive director, our organization is posi- As president, I want to publicly express our appreciation tioned to move forward and upward as an ASSOCIATION. and gratitude to all the vendors and sponsors that made When we arrive at our Annual Conference in Baltimore this the Winter Conference a success. For those of you who June, our future direction will be very clear to all; as will the have hosted conferences, you know how critical it is to have plans for accomplishing those goals and objectives. I repeat sponsors and exhibitors. Without these folks partnering here what I wrote in my last message, we celebrate seventy- with us, we would not be able to affo d to put them on. five (75) years as an association this year and I submit to As soon as the NSA Winter Conference wrapped up, you, we have a strong foundation. Now it is incumbent on the MCSA and MCCA began a joint Winter Conference. all of us as sheriffs, to come together as one voice and work Myself, Sheriff Richard Stanek and Sheriff David Mahoney together to build on this foundation. also serve on the Executive Board of MCSA. The reason With Jonathan as our executive director, I believe we will I bring this up is we heard from all the special political see our brand as a law enforcement association enhanced guests (appointed or elected) that made presentations. and be recognized as the professional law enforcement FBI Director James B. Comey and Secretary of Homeland entity to go to first Security Jeh Johnson addressed both groups as did Denise If you did not have an opportunity to meet Jonathan O’Donnell, Director of BJA. at our Winter Conference in DC, I believe once you do, MCSA and MCCA were addressed by Vice President you will find him to be very engaging and very willing Joe Biden and no less than seven senators and representa- to listen. As a member of NSA, it is very important that tives. Most of these people have key roles on committees with Executive Director Thompsonas our newest full-time in Congress important to sheriffs because of the issues they partner, we all strive to strengthen the framework of coop- are responsible to work on. The following Members of eration and work together. We must be willing, if necessary, Congress addressed the groups: to give of our personal time and energy in the interest of all • Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Sheriffs I have seen Jonathan’s excitement and eagerness as Member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary’s he talks about his ideas and plans to move forward and help Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland us fulfill the dream most of us have about moving NSA to Security, believes bi-partisan working together will the next level. get better; Representative Dutch Ruppersberger During the Winter Conference, I heard that you all (D-MD), Member of House Committee on want to be kept in the information loop: Sheriffs, State Appropriations), is a former police office and Sheriff® March/April 2015 H 3 NSA 2014-2015 President’s Message (continued) County Executive; Senator Amy Klobuchar through the national search process for a new executive (D-MN), Member of the Senate Committee on director. Now, with our new executive director in place the Judiciary; Representative Michael McCaul and with the staff s continued partnership, we are moving (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee to the next level as an association. on Homeland Security, and a very strong advo- cate of Law Enforcement; Representative Rick God Bless and Stay Safe. J Nugent (R-FL), former Sheriff and lead sponsor of the Justice & Mental Health Collaboration Act Stay Safe, (JMHCA) together with Representative Bobby Scott (D-VA), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and Work Force and cosponsor of JMHCA; and Representative Dave Reichart (R-WA) former King County, WA, Sheriff together with Representative Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), House Law Enforcement Caucus Co-Chair.
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