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William J. Cassara
About the Monterey
County Sheriff’s Office The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office is a full service law enforcement
agency that is organized into three large bureaus: Administrative, enforcement and custody.
According to the Monterey County Sheriff’s
Office, “The Administration Bureau has several other divisions, the Fiscal Division, Coroner Division, Civil Division,
Training Division, Records Division, and Recruiting Division. The Administration staff provides direct support to the Corrections
and Enforcement Operations Bureaus. The Professional Standards Division encompasses the following components: Internal Affairs,
Employee Testing, Human Resources, Workers’ Compensation and Public Information Requests. A Sheriff’s Commander
oversees the Division. The Professional Standards Commander is also the Sheriff’s Office Equal Employment Officer and
the Sheriff’s Office Loss Prevention Committee Chairman.
Enforcement Operations Bureau
has several other divisions, the Narcotics Division, Investigations Division, Homeland Security Division, Crime
Prevention Unit, Special Operations Division and Other Teams & Units. Chief Deputy John Darling is in charge of the Enforcement
Operations Bureau, and Captain Charles Monarque serves as the Bureau Captain.
The Sheriff’s Patrol Division
provides a full range of law enforcement and related emergency response services to a resident population of approximately
110,000 (unincorporated areas) over an area of 3,325 square miles.
The Sheriff’s Patrol Division
operates out of three stations. The Central Station (Salinas) patrols all of North County, the Salinas Valley south to Gonzales
and west, halfway to Monterey. The Coastal (Monterey) Station covers unincorporated areas of the Monterey Peninsula, Carmel
Valley and the coastal areas to the San Luis Obispo County line. The South County (King City) Station, provides coverage of
southern Monterey County from Gonzales south to the San Luis Obispo County line, and west to the ridgeline of the Santa Lucia
Mountain Range.
The Custody Operations Bureau has another
division, the Court Services Division, and both are commanded by Chief Ray McLaughlin and Captain Pat Hunton, along with five
commanders and nineteen sergeants. At full staff, one hundred and forty four deputies and forty-five professional staff are
assigned to the Custody Operations Bureau.”
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