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About the Hillsborough County Sheriff's
Office
In 1845,
the Florida legislature enacted a law which said that the Sheriff of each county within the state would be elected every two
years. For the first ten years, the Sheriff of Hillsborough County was a one
man job. Today, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s officer is a full-service
law enforcement organization staffed by over 3,400 personnel.
The Hillsborough
County Sheriff’s Office is organized into four departments: Patrol Services; Investigative Services; Administrative
Services; and, Detention Services. The Patrol Services Department is organized into four geographic districts, each commanded
by a Major. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, the
patrol services “consists of more than 1200 sworn law enforcement deputies. These
deputies are tasked with providing law enforcement services for the residents within the unincorporated area of Hillsborough
County. Patrol services include response to emergency and non-emergency calls
for service, traffic enforcement, traffic crash investigations, selective enforcement and community oriented policing services.”
The Detention
Services Department “administers the county jail system which has a rated capacity of 4,190 images. It is comprised of two jails and a work related facility. The
department provides processing and detention services for all law enforcement agencies in Hillsborough County. Additionally, it furnishes staff for the secure component of the juvenile assessment center, a centralized
receiving, processing and intervention facility for adolescents taken into custody by law enforcement officers.”
Source:
hcso.tampa.fl.us
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Allan Turner
began his law enforcement career after he graduated high school and joined the Air Force becoming an Air Policeman. After four years in the military he joined the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (Florida) where
he spent the bulk of his career as a criminal investigator. After resigning from
the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office he became a private investigator. Allan
Turner is the author of four books: The Christian
& the State; The Christian & Idolatry; The Christian & Calvinism; and, The Christian & War.
According
to the book description of The Christian &
War, “Since the Vietnam era, there has arisen, in America and the whole of Western society, a way of thinking
that argues against all war. Consequently, a book discussing the question of a Christian's participation in war and other
related issues in light of this emerging consensus seems not just appropriate but necessary. In an environment where war is,
by definition, immoral, it is difficult for "good," "decent" folks to think positively about war-fighting. This book is an
effort to correct such thinking and to instruct the interested reader as to what the Bible actually says about this most important
subject. In addition to the war issue, the author deals with the question of nuclear weapons, the United Nations, the war
on terror and how it relates to the war in Iraq, and capital punishment. The author's examination of Jesus' Sermon on the
Mount and how it relates to this subject of war is especially interesting.”
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