HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2012.04.18 - 20181MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #12106
BY: Commissioner Jim Runestad, District #6
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL CORRECTIONS
OFFICER WEEK — MAY 1-7, 2012
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson ; Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistic's information published in May
2010, at midyear 2010, 748,728 inmates were housed in the nation's local jails; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Sheriff's Office Corrections' Divisions housed a daily average of
1,531 inmates in 2011; and
WHEREAS last year almost 20,000 persons were admitted into the Oakland County jail facilities
including juveniles, mentally ill , persons awaiting trial, persons pending arraignment, protective
custody cases, infirm, persons awaiting transfer to State, Federal or other jurisdictions, and
sentenced; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Sheriff's Office Corrections Deputies are responsible for overall
inmate supervision to ensure safe, secure and orderly facility operations, intake and release of
all persons, identification of special needs and classification of all inmates, inmate and
professional visitation, inmate transport and Court security; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Sheriff's Office Corrections' Divisions are recognized as
innovative, professional and able to operate a very complex and crowded set of multiple
facilities, transport and coordinate an enormous number of inmate movements on a daily basis
with a minimal number of staff/inmate injuries or escapes; and
WHEREAS the week of May 1-7,2012, has been designated as National Corrections Officer Week.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners does
hereby acknowledge the hard work and dedication of the Oakland County Sheriff's Office
Corrections' Deputies and the special contribution they make to ensure the public safety of all
citizens in Oakland County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners does hereby
honor all the Corrections' Deputies of the Oakland County Sheriff's Office for their unique skills
and abilities and devotion to duty and pronounce a special thanks to all those Deputies on
behalf of the citizens of Oakland County.
Chairperson, I move adoption of the foregoing resolution.
r Jim Runestad, Commissioner District #6
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Resolution #12106 April 18, 2012
Moved by Runestad supported by Covey to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution
#12106 - Board of Commissioners - Recognition of National Corrections Officer Week — May 1 - 7,2012.
Vote on motion to suspend the rules:
AYES: Gosselin, Hatchett, Jackson, Long, Matis, McGillivray, Middleton, Nash, Nuccio, Potts,
Quarles, River, Runestad, Scott, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Covey, Crawford, Dwyer,
Gershenson, Gingen. (23)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #12106 - Board of Commissioners - Recognition of National Corrections Officer Week — May
1 - 7, 2012 carried.
Moved by Runestad supported by Covey the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Hatchett, Jackson, Long, Matis, McGillivray, Middleton, Nash, Nuccio, Potts, Quarles,
River, Runestad, Scott, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Covey, Crawford, Dwyer, Gershenson,
Gingell, Gosselin. (23)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
I HEREBY APPROVE31. FOREGOIK ESOLUTION
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Bill Bullard Jr., Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true
and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on April 18,
2012, with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at
Pontiac, Michigan this 18th day of April, 2012.
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Bill Bullard Jr., Oakland County