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| '''Lake County Indiana Sheriff's Department''' | |||
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The '''Lake County Sheriff's Department''' is the county law enforcement agency for ]. The county covers approximately 501 ] of the ] corner of the ]. The first ] was elected in ], when Lake County was organized. | ||
| == History == | |||
| On July 4,1836 the "Squatters Union of Lake County" was organized for the sole purpose of adopting measures and forming a ] for better ] of the ] on ]. On February 15,1837 ] was organized and Henry Wells was ] ] by the Governor. It is popular belief that Wells walked to ] to receive his ] and returned again on foot | |||
| , a two ] trip each way. Wells was officially commissioned on March 8, 1837. The first county commisioners were ] on March 28, 1837. In april of 1837 the county commissioners ] the Sheriff as collector of State and County ]s. In ] of 1837, Luman Fowler was elected Sheriff in the first ] in ]. | |||
| == Locations and Jails == | |||
| In the ] of ], a two-story Sheriff's House ] 40x34 ], and a ], 120x50 feet, were completed on the south Main Street site at a cost of $24,000. The jail featured six steel ] for ], four steel cells for ], ]s, and strong steel ]s. An ] to the back of the jail measuring 65x50 feet, were built in ], which also featured Sheriff corridors and a third floor. The jail could then accommodate a ] of 150 ]ers and was thought to be one of the ] in the ]. | |||
| The ] Lake County Jail, ] at 2293 North Main Street was first ] on January 5, 1975. This ] has five floors and was constructed to house 286 ]. It cost ] $13.5 ] to build. In January of ] an 8 million dollar addition brought the ] to 460 inmates. The ] daily ] is 525 inmates. | |||
| During the ] of ], construction was ] on an addition to the ] addition and was completed in ] of the year ]. This new addition was constructed in a ] of pods. Each pod contains cells located on two levels ] the pod. In the pods, all cell doors open into a ] day room, where an inmate spends 14-16 hours a day. | |||
| The ] ] between the previous jail and the current podular ] is the way ] is completed. In the previous jail, correctional officers could only supervise inmates by frequent foot patrols through the ]. With the podular concept, correctional officers are ] in a ] area behind one-way glass. ] are in direct visual contact with all ] in the pod at all times. This new power allowed there to be 560 additional beds, for a ] of 1,085 beds. | |||
| == Current Sheriff == | == Current Sheriff == | ||
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| <gallery>Image:RoyDominguez.jpg|Sheriff Roy Dominguez</gallery> | <gallery>Image:RoyDominguez.jpg|Sheriff Roy Dominguez</gallery> | ||
| Roy Dominguez started his ] ] at Inland Steel where he worked as an ] ]. In ], Roy enrolled in the ] Academy. A ] later, Roy Dominguez ] first in his class and won the prestigous Donald Flint Award for oustanding ]. | |||
| As an ] ], Roy attended night classes, at ] and earned a ] in ]. Once Dominguez received the Law Degree, he joined the Lake County's Prosecutor's office in ] and was named Deputy Director of the ] program. He brought the law down on dead-beat ] and increased ] collections by 300%, from $3 million to $9 million. | |||
| In ], ] Evan Bayh ] Roy as ] of the state Workers' Compensation Board. Under Roy's ], the Workers' Compensation Board was ] and outdated workers' comp. ] were overhauled for the first time in 62 years. | |||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
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The Lake County Sheriff's Department is the county law enforcement agency for Lake County, Indiana. The county covers approximately 501 square miles of the northwest corner of the state. The first Sheriff was elected in 1837, when Lake County was organized.
Current Sheriff
Roy Dominguez is the 48th and current Sheriff of Lake County,Indiana. On January 1,2003 Roy Dominguez assumed the office of Lake County Sheriff.
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Sheriff Roy Dominguez
