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SCHOOLS DAVID LAWRENCE CENTER
One of the Sheriff ’s Office’s most enduring partnerships is with the The David Lawrence Center, a facility that provides mental health
Collier County Public School District. and addiction treatment services in Collier County, works with deputies
The Sheriff ’s Office has a long history of providing safety and every day in its crisis unit.
security in the schools. This partnership began in 1977 when then- CCSO deputies have unique insight into dealing with individuals
Sheriff Aubrey Rogers first assigned eight deputies to safeguard our who may be suffering from mental illness. Sheriff Rambosk has
schools. Today, there are 47 deputies assigned to the schools. They are made it a priority to provide deputies with Crisis Intervention Team
part of the cadre of deputies who provide support and assistance to the training. The 40-hour training course pairs deputies with mental health
48 public schools, 12 alternative school programs and 10 private and professionals who teach them how to interact with the mentally ill and
charter schools. de-escalate situations.
In addition to providing Youth Relations deputies in schools, CCSO
teaches the D.A.R.E. curriculum to fifth-graders. Programs including GREATER NAPLES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Summerfest, the sheriff ’s most ambitious youth activities program The Sheriff’s Office partners with the Chamber on a variety
ever, and DNTH8, an anti-bullying text-messaging hotline. of programs and issues. Recently, CCSO has teamed up with
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION the Chamber, along with other community groups, to offer free
public seminars on how to protect yourself from identity theft,
When Sheriff Rambosk wanted to outfit deputies with lifesaving fraud and scams.
AEDs, he didn’t have to look any farther than the local chapter of the In 2013 The Chamber honored Sheriff Rambosk with the
American Heart Association. Excellence in Leadership Award for his achievements in making
Thanks to an ongoing partnership with the heart association, Collier County a great place and a safe place to live and to do
all CCSO patrol cars are now equipped with automated external business. Sheriff Rambosk is a member of the Greater Naples
defibrillators. The portable devices enable deputies, often the first to Chamber of Commerce board of directors.
arrive on a scene, to apply electrical therapy to patients in cardiac arrest
and allow the heart to reestablish an effective rhythm. COLLIER SENIOR RESOURCES
The Sheriff’s Office partners with Collier Senior Resources to
BUSINESS address the needs of older adults and caregivers in the community.
CCSO launched the Collier County Organized Retail Theft CCSO’s Seniors Advocacy Unit works hand in hand with Collier
Association (CCORTA) in 2010 in response to a growing trend in Senior Resources and supports its mission to provide comprehensive
organized retail crime activity across Collier and Florida. information, services and resources that affect the quality of life of older
Membership is made up of retailers, loss-preventions specialists adults and their caregivers, empowering them to maintain independent
and law enforcement officers. CCORTA meets regularly to share and meaningful lives.
intelligence information such as pictures of incidents and alerts, discuss Sheriff Rambosk is a member of the Collier Senior Resource Center
trends they are seeing, and – ultimately – solve cases. board of directors.
Members work together by posting information on the pages of
the CCORTA website that are accessible only to CCORTA members. DRUG FREE COLLIER
Using the website, retailers exchange information on shoplifters and The Sheriff’s Office and Drug Free Collier work together to keep
methods thieves have been using in their stores. CCSO has also Collier County’s citizens free of illicit drugs. The Operation Medicine
provided other Southwest Florida law enforcement agencies with Cabinet program ensures that unused and outdated medications are
access to the site disposed of properly, keeping them out of the hands of Collier County’s
THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN young people. In March the organization honored Sheriff Rambosk for
his contributions in keeping Collier County’s young people safe.
Members of CCSO’s Domestic Violence Section work tirelessly to
investigate cases of domestic violence and work closely with The Shelter COLLIER COUNTY YOUTH RESOURCES CENTER
in assisting the victims of these crimes. The Sheriff’s Office led the effort to open The Center. Located in
CCSO partners with The Shelter in the InVEST program, which the Courthouse, it provides services to at-risk youth and their families
helps identify through arrest reports those victims who are in potentially with a goal of connecting them with the services they need. It is the
lethal situations. The Domestic Violence Section works closely with starting place to go for juvenile mental health assessments; individual
The Shelter staff and provide these arrest reports to them in order to and group counseling; substance abuse education, counseling and
link victims with services. drug testing; anger management and crisis intervention training; and
Sheriff Rambosk is a member of the nonprofit domestic violence parenting classes, among other services.
center’s Board of Directors. In April, Florida Attorney General Pam Partners include the Florida Department of Children and Families,
Bondi honored Sheriff Rambosk with the David S. Crawford Law the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, the Collier County School
Enforcement Officer Victim Services Award for his service in the District, the David Lawrence Center, Lutheran Services of Florida and
community on behalf of victims of domestic violence. Drug Free Collier.
Life in Naples | December 2014 83
One of the Sheriff ’s Office’s most enduring partnerships is with the The David Lawrence Center, a facility that provides mental health
Collier County Public School District. and addiction treatment services in Collier County, works with deputies
The Sheriff ’s Office has a long history of providing safety and every day in its crisis unit.
security in the schools. This partnership began in 1977 when then- CCSO deputies have unique insight into dealing with individuals
Sheriff Aubrey Rogers first assigned eight deputies to safeguard our who may be suffering from mental illness. Sheriff Rambosk has
schools. Today, there are 47 deputies assigned to the schools. They are made it a priority to provide deputies with Crisis Intervention Team
part of the cadre of deputies who provide support and assistance to the training. The 40-hour training course pairs deputies with mental health
48 public schools, 12 alternative school programs and 10 private and professionals who teach them how to interact with the mentally ill and
charter schools. de-escalate situations.
In addition to providing Youth Relations deputies in schools, CCSO
teaches the D.A.R.E. curriculum to fifth-graders. Programs including GREATER NAPLES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Summerfest, the sheriff ’s most ambitious youth activities program The Sheriff’s Office partners with the Chamber on a variety
ever, and DNTH8, an anti-bullying text-messaging hotline. of programs and issues. Recently, CCSO has teamed up with
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION the Chamber, along with other community groups, to offer free
public seminars on how to protect yourself from identity theft,
When Sheriff Rambosk wanted to outfit deputies with lifesaving fraud and scams.
AEDs, he didn’t have to look any farther than the local chapter of the In 2013 The Chamber honored Sheriff Rambosk with the
American Heart Association. Excellence in Leadership Award for his achievements in making
Thanks to an ongoing partnership with the heart association, Collier County a great place and a safe place to live and to do
all CCSO patrol cars are now equipped with automated external business. Sheriff Rambosk is a member of the Greater Naples
defibrillators. The portable devices enable deputies, often the first to Chamber of Commerce board of directors.
arrive on a scene, to apply electrical therapy to patients in cardiac arrest
and allow the heart to reestablish an effective rhythm. COLLIER SENIOR RESOURCES
The Sheriff’s Office partners with Collier Senior Resources to
BUSINESS address the needs of older adults and caregivers in the community.
CCSO launched the Collier County Organized Retail Theft CCSO’s Seniors Advocacy Unit works hand in hand with Collier
Association (CCORTA) in 2010 in response to a growing trend in Senior Resources and supports its mission to provide comprehensive
organized retail crime activity across Collier and Florida. information, services and resources that affect the quality of life of older
Membership is made up of retailers, loss-preventions specialists adults and their caregivers, empowering them to maintain independent
and law enforcement officers. CCORTA meets regularly to share and meaningful lives.
intelligence information such as pictures of incidents and alerts, discuss Sheriff Rambosk is a member of the Collier Senior Resource Center
trends they are seeing, and – ultimately – solve cases. board of directors.
Members work together by posting information on the pages of
the CCORTA website that are accessible only to CCORTA members. DRUG FREE COLLIER
Using the website, retailers exchange information on shoplifters and The Sheriff’s Office and Drug Free Collier work together to keep
methods thieves have been using in their stores. CCSO has also Collier County’s citizens free of illicit drugs. The Operation Medicine
provided other Southwest Florida law enforcement agencies with Cabinet program ensures that unused and outdated medications are
access to the site disposed of properly, keeping them out of the hands of Collier County’s
THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN young people. In March the organization honored Sheriff Rambosk for
his contributions in keeping Collier County’s young people safe.
Members of CCSO’s Domestic Violence Section work tirelessly to
investigate cases of domestic violence and work closely with The Shelter COLLIER COUNTY YOUTH RESOURCES CENTER
in assisting the victims of these crimes. The Sheriff’s Office led the effort to open The Center. Located in
CCSO partners with The Shelter in the InVEST program, which the Courthouse, it provides services to at-risk youth and their families
helps identify through arrest reports those victims who are in potentially with a goal of connecting them with the services they need. It is the
lethal situations. The Domestic Violence Section works closely with starting place to go for juvenile mental health assessments; individual
The Shelter staff and provide these arrest reports to them in order to and group counseling; substance abuse education, counseling and
link victims with services. drug testing; anger management and crisis intervention training; and
Sheriff Rambosk is a member of the nonprofit domestic violence parenting classes, among other services.
center’s Board of Directors. In April, Florida Attorney General Pam Partners include the Florida Department of Children and Families,
Bondi honored Sheriff Rambosk with the David S. Crawford Law the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, the Collier County School
Enforcement Officer Victim Services Award for his service in the District, the David Lawrence Center, Lutheran Services of Florida and
community on behalf of victims of domestic violence. Drug Free Collier.
Life in Naples | December 2014 83
