West Slope Patrol
West Slope Patrol is the largest unit within the Operations Division of the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office. The men and woman who work patrol are the most visible to the public, working 24/7 to provide safety, service and security to the residents and visitors of El Dorado County.
West Slope Patrol consists of 2 Lieutenants, 9 Sergeants and 60 Deputies who work together to provide service to the community. El Dorado County consists of over 1,786 square miles of land and the Sheriff's Office is responsible for servicing 1,763 of those miles. The other 23 square miles are covered by the Placerville Police Department and South Lake Tahoe Police Department; who service the only two incorporated cities within El Dorado County. In the fall of 2019, we closed the doors on our old Placerville office and were able to move into the new Public Safety Facility, with Patrol now under the same roof as other units such as Investigations, Narcotics and Coroner. This greatly increases efficiencies and cooperation between the various units working to solve crimes. The Sheriff's Office still maintains the substations in El Dorado Hills and Georgetown, which are staffed by volunteers and deputies.
The Sheriff’s Office has continued its push to recruit, hire and train great deputies to work and live in El Dorado County. In 2019, we have been privileged to have hired many deputies who are new to the law enforcement profession and multiple lateral deputies, who bring prior law
enforcement experience from other agencies. Each new deputy brings a different perspective and point of view to help serve our community.
As our Sheriff is noted for saying, our job is often changing at light speed and it is our job to keep up with the changes in laws and best practices. The Sheriff’s Office continues to strive to build strong partnerships with the community in order to provide a modern approach to our traditional law enforcement values in order to keep our residents and visitors safe. In 2019, Patrol continued to use focused patrol efforts to address criminal activity that affected the quality of life related crimes victimizing our residents. These included narcotics related activity, theft, vandalism and transient crimes. Patrol has also continued to work to build stronger relationships with the community through events like Coffee with a Cop. We also started a new event called Kickball with a Cop, where deputies travel to local schools to play a kickball game with students.
In 2019, the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office finalized and implemented our Naloxone program, which allowed patrol deputies to carry Naloxone kits to aid in rescuing someone suffering a narcotic based overdose.
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