Herriman City currently contracts for eleven Deputies who are selected by the City Officials and Southwest Precinct Commander. These officers specifically requested to work in Herriman and strive to provide a personal level of service and professionalism to the residents.
Herriman Deputies are assigned as follows:
One full time COP (Community Oriented Police) Deputy who oversees community relations and events and strives to find long term solutions to problems identified within the city. He is involved in several programs including Neighborhood Watch, Safe Passage, Community Fairs, and Bicycle Rodeos to name a few.
One full time Property Crimes Detective who oversees all investigations related to Burglary, Larceny, Fraud, and Drug Offenses. Other major crime investigations related to persons are handled by our Pooled Services Investigations which work out of the Sheriff’s main office located at 3365 South 900 West. Click here to read more
D.A.R.E. - Going Strong and Steady
The Sheriff’s Office is diligently working to educate and encourage kids to stay off of drugs by using the D.A.R.E. Program. D.A.R.E. stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education. It is one of the most popular and widely used drug prevention program
s in the U.S. and it is celebrating its 26th anniversary this year.
The concept of the program places a specially trained law enforcement officer in the classroom to teach a series of lessons focusing on the dangers and consequences of abusing drugs. The main goals of the program are to teach kids to say “No” to drugs and violence and to make wise healthy choices in life. Besides teaching the main core curriculum to the fifth or sixth grades the D.A.R.E. Program also provides for the opportunity to go into the lower grades, K through 4th, to teach safety lessons such as “Stranger Danger”. One of the main benefits of the program is that it improves the relationship between the youth and law enforcement.
The Sheriff’s Office currently has a trained and qualified D.A.R.E. officer teaching in the 3 Herriman elementary schools. D.A.R.E. Officer Deputy Jeff West has been teaching in schools for the past eight years. He is usually referred to by many of the children as the “Dare Dude.” So what makes D.A.R.E. a success? It is mostly because the kids and their teachers just love it! But the efforts of law enforcement and school personnel are only two out of three parts that make this program so successful; parental support on the home front plays a major part in helping to keep their kids off of drugs. Therefore, D.A.R.E. is a cooperative effort between schools, parents and law enforcement.
This year as well as teaching D.A.R.E classes to elementary students, Deputy West will also be maintaining an office at Fort Herriman Middle School where he will be able to continue fostering relationships and mentoring the youth of Herriman.