Administration Bureau
The Administration Bureau manages all of the Sheriff's Office administrative, business and support functions in the following sections: Professional Standards and Conduct, Media Relations, Personnel and Training, Records, Warrants, Crime Analysis, Civil, Payroll/Fiscal Management and Computer Technology.
The Administration Lieutenant manages Personnel and Training, Press Information, and Professional Standards and Conduct.
Community Policing
Community Policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies, which support the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques, to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder, and fear of crime - Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. Department of Justice.
The Sheriff's Office is committed to community policing as an integral part of its overall law enforcement efforts. Community Policing operates four Service Centers situated in Aptos,Live Oak, San Lorenzo Valley, and South County.