This page contains a variety of items including recent Sheriff's presentations, Community Oriented Policing project reports and other research projects. They are in either HTML format so you can read them with your web browser or in Adobe PDF format so that you can download them and read them with the free Adobe Acrobat reader.

We are also beginning to develop a video library.  We hope to have a nice multi-media library for you to download.

If you have a law enforcement or corrections research project that you would like to submit for posting on this site please E-Mail us.

The library was last updated on 07/18/2008

Media Guide - A handbook in .pdf format intended for representatives of media organizations.

2007 Internal Affairs & Force Statistics - in .pdf format

2005 ANNUAL REPORT - This is the San Diego County Sheriff's Department's "2005 Year in Review" Annual Report.  It is in .pdf format, and is about 1.6 mb in size.  

2004 ANNUAL REPORT - This is the San Diego County Sheriff's Department's 2004 Annual Report.  It is in "pdf" format and is about 2.8 megabytes in size. 

2003 ANNUAL REPORT - This it the San Diego County Sheriff's Department's 2003 Annual Report.  The file is in "pdf" format and is a little over 4 megabytes in size.  Remember, the "pdf" reader is free from Adobe and there is a link to download the free reader at the bottom of this page.

2002 ANNUAL REPORT - This it the San Diego County Sheriff's Department's 2002 Annual Report.  The file is in "pdf" format and is a little over 5 megabytes in size.  It is full of graphics and will take around 1 minute to download on a cable modem or DSL line. 

2001 ANNUAL REPORT - This it the San Diego County Sheriff's Department's 2001 Annual Report.  The file is in "pdf" format and is a little over 15 megabytes in size.  It is full of graphics and will take around 2 minutes to download on a cable modem or DSL line. 

2000 ANNUAL REPORT - This is the San Diego Sheriff's Department's 2000 Annual Report.  It is full of graphics and is in the PDF format.  The file size is a little over 9 megabytes.  It will take some time to download on modems, but only takes about fifty seconds on cable modems, LAN connects and DSL connections. 

You can also download this file as a zip file.  Click here to download the zip file!

1999 ANNUAL REPORT - This is the San Diego Sheriff's Department's 1999 Annual Report.  It is full of graphics and is in the PDF format.  The file size is a little over 4 megabytes.  It will take some time to download on modems, but only takes about twenty seconds on cable modems, LAN connects and DSL connections. 

BUDGET 98/99 - This is the Sheriff's Budget presentation to the Board of Supervisors for Fiscal Year 1998/99 on June 22, 1998. It is in HTML format and has over 18 graphics. The graphics are shown with the actual Sheriff's text to the board.

BUDGET 97/98 - This is the Sheriff's Budget presentation to the Board of Supervisors on June 10, 1997. It is in HTML format for your browser and it has 10 graphics and the Sheriff's text which were presented to the board.

OVERTIME - The Sheriff's presentation to the Board of Supervisors on April 16, 1997. This document is in HTML format for your browser and it has a lot of graphics. It may take some time to download.

VIDEO LIBRARY - BEYOND THE MYTHS: The Jail in Your Community  This video provides a foundation for the efforts of sheriff's and jail administrators to inform the public about jails generally, their jails specifically, and the need for community interest in and discussion about their own local jail.  The video may also be useful in educating prospective jail employees about local detention.

BOOKINGS - A report by Assistant Sheriff Bill Flores and Norman W. Storer, Ph.D., a volunteer. " In this report we will examine separately the several demographic characteristics of people arrested in San Diego County, the salient facts about those who were arrested for different reasons, the cities from which they have come, the types of people who are admitted drug users and admitted gang members, and those who have committed domestic violence.  We will look also at the question of what proportion of law-breakers might be illegal immigrants, and at the extent to which arrestees claim to have medical problems."  It comes to you in "pdf" format, so you will need the Adobe Acrobat reader for you platform to view this file.

LOCAL DETENTION FACILITIES IN THE SAN DIEGO REGION - A 1999 report by SANDAG on local detention facilities in the San Diego Region. This report contains data and descriptions about all of the detention facilities in San Diego County.  It is in Adobe Acrobat format and it is about 176 Kb in size.

DETENTIONS PRESENTATION- This is an overview of the Sheriff's Detention Services. This document is in HTML format for your browser and it has a lot of graphics. It may take some time to load.

Impact of a Standardized Protocol to Address Outbreak of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Skin Infections at a large, urban County Jail System by Earl J. Goldstein, MD, Gladys Hradecky, RN, Gary M. Vilke, MD and Theodore C. Chan, MD. (60k pdf file)   Outbreaks of infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have been reported in incarcerated populations nationwide.  We compared rates before and after the implementation of a standardized treatment guideline in the San Diego County jail system.  This guideline included mandatory culturing, personal and environmental hygiene measures, standardized antibiotic treatments based on sensitivity patterns, and close surveillance of cases.  We found that our guideline reduced the proportion of soft tissue infections caused by MRSA (90.3% to 57.8%) and decreased the proportion of inmates diagnosed with MRSA after 10 days in custody.  Documented resolution of the infection improved from 30.7% to 68.7% of cases.  The average number of different antibiotic regimens decreased from 3.06 to 1.78 per patient.  We conclude that our guideline resulted in a decrease in MRSA transmission, fewer antibiotic courses and improved resolution of cases. 

INMATE MEDICAL CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Key to Cost Savings.  This is a presentation made by Dr. Earl Goldstein and Olivia Goemann (BSN, RN, CCHP) at the American Correctional Health Services Association 2005 Multidisciplinary Training Conference in Oakland California.  This is presented here in Adobe pdf format (734 KB).  If you have need of the original Microsoft Powerpoint presentation feel free to contact Dr. Goldstein.

JAIL - San Diego Style - This is an article written by Assistant Sheriff Ben McLaughlin about the San Diego County Jail System for the Law Enforcement Quarterly (published by the District Attorney). The document is in HTML format for your browser and it has some graphics.

MRSA -The San Diego Perspective by Gladys Hradecky RN, BA, CCHP Infection Control Practitioner.  This presentation was made by Gladys Hradecky at the 2004 California & Nevada Chapter of The American Correctional Health Services Association Conference in Sacramento CA.  This file contains graphic photographs of individuals with MRSA and touches the common misconception that these are spider bites.  It is presented here as a PDF file but is available from Gladys as a Microsoft PowerPoint file.  (Other MRSA documents are listed in the Jail Related section below.)

MRSA - The San Diego County Jail Experience by GLADYS HRADECKY, RN, BA, CCHP INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONER.  (240k pdf file)  The San Diego County Sheriff's Jail system is under siege by bacteria, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. This article describes the action taken to fight back, in doing so we try to understand the nature of the disease process, why people get infected, and to develop information designed to improve our ability to identify and prevent these infections

Special Report: A LOOK AT LOCAL JAILS - This article was written by Commander Bill Flores about the local San Diego County Jails. The report was written for the Fall 1997 edition of the Law Enforcement Quarterly, an official publication of the San Diego County District Attorney. The document was written in HTML format for your web browser.

UNDERSTANDING PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSES AND BEHAVIOR IN CUSTODY.  This is a presentation made by Dr. Earl Goldstein and Sue Smith (RN) at the American Correctional Health Services Association 2005 Multidisciplinary Training Conference in Oakland California.  This is presented here in Adobe pdf format (187 KB).  If you have need of the original Microsoft Powerpoint presentation feel free to contact Dr. Goldstein.
 

C.O.P.P.S. TRAFFIC PROJECT - This is a Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving project by Deputy Barrett of the San Marcos Station COPPS unit. The report is in HTML format. It has several graphics and contains his data sets.

SANDAG SURVEY of PUBLIC SATISFACTION of SHERIFF SERVICES - This is a survey conducted in 1998 by the San Diego Association of Governments. It is in PDF format and you will need the Acrobat Reader to view this document.