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Resident Deputy Program

Reserve Program

The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office Reserve Deputy Sheriff Program continued their dedication and commitment to serving the citizens of El Dorado County in 2018 by volunteering over 600 hours of service. In 2018, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office employed three reserve deputies. Deputy Joseph Brown has been a Reserve Deputy for the past two years and this year was hired on as a full time Deputy. Reserve Deputies are able to learn valuable skills to make them a better candidate to obtain a full time position with the Sheriff’s Office. Reserve Deputy Kyle Langowski was recognized in 2018 as Volunteer of the Year at the Sheriff’s Office Annual Awards Ceremony. Reserve Deputy Langowski has proudly served the El Dorado County community for five years.

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The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office Resident

Deputy program is a modern approach to

traditional law enforcement that the citizens of

El Dorado County have come to rely on and

revere. Resident Deputies typically work in the

sparsely populated outlying area of El Dorado

County. These deputies work hard to improve

community relations by becoming an integral

part of the communities where they live and

work.

The El Dorado Sheriff's Office enacted the

Resident Deputy program in the late 1960’s,

with a Resident Deputy posting in the Tahoma

area of the Tahoe basin. In 2015, the El Dorado

County Sheriff’s Office created three new

Resident Deputy positions; North County,

South County, and Pollock Pines/Crystal Basin.

Resident Deputies are responsible for assisting

the assigned communities they reside in by

conducting uniformed patrol operations,

coordinating with local businesses, attending

community meetings, attending community

events, helping to establish neighborhood

watch programs, conducting criminal

investigations, dealing with issues within the

local schools, providing education to the

communities, observing local crime trends,

assisting with focused policing to resolve

neighborhood issues, assisting outside

agencies with investigation within the

communities and most importantly being there

when the community needs them.

In 2018, Resident Deputies attended over 50

community meetings, attended approximately

20 community events, established two new

neighborhood watch programs, helped develop and implement a Health and Safety Fair, delivered several dozen meals to needy

families, helped resolve approximately five

focused community issues, completed and

enacted several search warrants, assisted

detectives with multiple investigations,

recovered approximately eight stolen vehicles,

and even attended one birthday party.

Resident Deputies also hold several collateral

assignments within the Sheriff's Office

including positions with Crime Scene

Investigation (CSI), the Dive Team, Gang Unit,

Search and Rescue, and Honor Guard. The

deputies assigned as Resident Deputies have a unique relationship with the communities they reside in. The deputies work hard to foster a feeling of cooperation between the Sheriff's

Office and the community in order to maximize

the relationship and communication between

El Dorado County Sheriff's Deputies and the

community.