SHERIFF RELEASES ANNUAL REPORT

  

Washington County Sheriff's Office 2022 Annual Report

During 2022, the Washington County Sheriff's Office conducted traffic stops, investigated accidents, performed criminal investigations and assisted other agencies with various calls.  In addition to responding to calls, Sheriff’s Office employees participated in and conducted State required mandated training, and conducted background checks, job interviews and promotional boards.  The Washington County Sheriff's Office is also responsible for operating a 177-capacity jail, which has passed random jail inspections conducted by the Texas Jail Commission for 10 consecutive years, which is almost unheard of with county jails.  The items listed below represent a small sample of over 100 incident/offense categories tracked and reported by the Washington County Sheriff's Office.

1)         Responded to 19,718 incidents/calls; 1,415 incident and case reports generated

2)         811,259 miles driven

3)         1,814 traffic tickets written

4)         2,423 traffic warnings

5)         446 traffic accidents

6)         369 reckless driving calls

7)         538 false alarms

8)         1,022 loose livestock calls

9)         309 animal calls, 35 animal bite calls

10)       745 suspects arrested – felony and misdemeanor charges

11)       494 request to verify welfare of individual

12)       439 calls of “assistance rendered” to motorists and outside agencies

13)       926 warrants (felony and misdemeanor) cleared/served

14)       800 calls responded to City of Burton

*On average, the Washington County Sheriff's Office has 3 Deputy vacancies per month.

During 2022, deputies, Correction Officers, work crew supervisors, and support staff performed the following functions:

1)         973 Male suspects booked into the jail 

2)         317 Female suspects booked into the jail

3)         101 inmates transferred to TDCJ/State Jail/SAFPF/ISF (State Correctional Facilities).

4)         210 Bailiff Service dates to County, District and family courts

5)         Provide daily savings of tax dollars by having repairs, general maintenance, and preventative maintenance addressed and completed by staff members and inmate labor.

6)         Since January 1, 2022, Washington County Sheriff's Office Reserve Deputies have logged in approximately 25 hours of patrol, investigation, and special event duties.

*On average, the Washington County Jail has 7 vacancies per month which equates to two 12 hour shifts

Washington County Sheriff’s COP Annual Report

• In 2022, the Citizens on Patrol (C.O.P.), consisting of 9 men and women, and designated to the Washington County Sheriff's Office, performed the following functions.  This professional work is cost free and is a tremendous asset to the Sheriff’s office, organizations, and our community. In addition to the C.O.P. required training, these men and women have trained in Hazardous Materials, Pipeline Emergency Response, SKYWARN (weather events), Self-Aid/Buddy Aid, Traffic Incident Management, FEMA Emergency Management Courses, and Active Shooter Training.
• Two of the COP’s have received their HAM license allowing critical communications backup should law enforcement communications become disabled.
• Acquired, trained with, and operated LED portable signs for informational usage in crashes, emergency situations, and special events.

1)         Volunteer Hours – 3,127.6 hours

2)         Miles Driven –   20,030 miles

3)         Traffic Accident Assists - 30

4)         Traffic Direction – Special Events – 31

5)         Traffic Direction – Structure Fires – 4

6)         Funeral Escorts – 4

7)         Livestock Out Assist – 7

I would like to thank the entire staff of the Washington County Sheriff's Office, our COP’s, our reserves and part time staff members for the professional services provided to the citizens of our county and State. As your Sheriff, I can assure each of you that we will continue to perform our job functions with integrity and professionalism and I thank you all for the opportunity to continue to serve our great county. I would also like to thank our citizens for their continued and unwavering support and especially for the prayers for our officers and their families during these tough times. We all hope and pray that 2023 begins the healing process that our country so needs. I ask that we all continue to pray that those who fail to recognize the dangerous and thankless job law enforcement officers perform nationwide each day will soon understand that without law and order, our country is destined to fail. 

Should any of our citizens have questions or comments about the Washington County Sheriff's Office, please get in touch with us through email, by phone, or in person.  Also, feel free to visit our website at www.washingtoncosheriff.org.

Lastly, I want to advise our citizens that if the need arises to verify current inmates, bonding information, and charges, this information can be viewed on our website listed under Current Inmate Roster and then accessing by clicking on “Inmates.” 

As a reminder, the Washington County Dispatch Center non-emergency number is 979-277-7373. If you have an emergency, always call 911. The main number for the Washington County Sheriff's Office is 979-277-6251.

Respectfully and God bless Washington County

Sheriff Otto H. Hanak