November 8, 2013

Editor’s Note: The Sheriff’s Office Weekly Rap-Up comes out on Friday afternoon If you have a submission, please send it to me and I will be happy to include it. Send it to [email protected], or in the courier to Deputy Becky Herrin, Community Relations Division, Headquarters building on Stock Island. This publication can be viewed on line at www.keysso.net/employees/weekly_rap_up

Blue Cross Blue Shield now accepted at Advanced Urgent Care With the recent addition of Blue Cross Blue Shield, Advanced Urgent Care now accept most major insurers including Tri-Care, Aetna, MultiPlan/ Cigna, Beech Street, Medicare. Self-pay with major credit cards or cash is also accepted. Advanced Urgent Care is a walk-in, no appointment necessary high level center with Emergency Medicine physicians always on duty. They treat everything from sniffles to chest pain. It also features CT scans, X-Ray, ultrasound, and on site lab for fast diagnostic and test results. The center is conveniently located at 1980 N. Roosevelt, Key West, and open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day of the year. Call (305) 294-0011 or go to the website for more information: urgentcarefloridakeys. com.

first commissioning will be the CHARLES DAVID JR taking place at sunset on 16 November 2013. Gala tickets are available through the Tropic Cinema Box Office, and from commissioning committee members. Active duty military members in uniform will receive two tickets for the price of one!! (through commissioning committee members only, please). For information, call Cassandra Toppino at (305) 942-3025 or Cindy McCausland at (305) 942-9748.

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Navy League Gala

The Key West Navy League Commissioning Committee for the Coast Guard Fast Response Cutters cordially invites you to a showing of the epic movie “The Perfect Storm”, starring George Clooney, and a gala reception on Sunday, 10 November, beginning at 6PM, at the Tropic Cinema, 416 Eaton Street, Key West. At the reception, you will be treated to heavy hors d’oeuvres, sumptuous desserts, and complimentary champagne punch, and the epic movie on the big screen starting promptly at 7PM. Upon entry, each ticket holder will receive one free ticket to our big multi-prize raffle. There will be nautical music, a great silent auction, our big multiprize raffle, and a cash bar. Your $50 donation will support the historic commissioning of six U. S. Coast Guard Fast Response Cutters being home-ported here in Key West. The

Kenson Jean-Baptiste, who works at the main detention center on Stock Island, was promoted this week to Sergeant. Congratulations!

A group of German police were in the Florida Keys this week and spent time touring the Sheriff’s Office headquarters and main jail. Groups from the Bomb Squad, Marine Unit Traffic Enforcement and the SWAT team were set up in the parking lot to show them some of our equipment.

Sheriff Ramsay was “strutting his stuff” for charity this past weekend at the Samuel’s House Men in Paradise Fashion Show. The group raised thousands of dollars for the charity and had a great time in the process. Above, a group from Armor Medical attended the show.

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Learning to work and working to learn - that is what it is all about in the Sheriff’s Office Cadet and Explorer program. Top left, kids in the Upper Keys post learned report writing last week. Top right and bottom right, Explorers held a car wash in Marathon to raise money for the program. In the picture, Traffic Deputy Tom Hill helped out, along with many other volunteers. Bottom left, cadets learned about Crime Scene investigation from Barney Sajdak. Here is the group with Advisor / SROs Dave Stark and Larry O’Neill.

Reminder: ID Cards Birthday

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Cameron Careaga Roberts Hernandez Lummis Mitchell Calhoun Mehler Velez Isern Kohout Torres Morales Yongue

Bret Adam Rebecca Lance Laura Tinesha Evan Daniel Derick Kerri Linda Deanna Juan Johnnie

Job Title

Detention Deputy Deputy Sheriff Detention Deputy Deputy Sheriff Purchasing Agent DD Auxiliary Sergeant Deputy Sheriff Deputy Sheriff Legal Secretary Deputy Sheriff Deputy Sheriff DD Auxiliary Fleet Manager

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As outlined in the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office General Operations Manual-Chapter 9: B 1-5.  All Monroe County Sheriff’s Office members sworn and non-sworn are required to wear their MCSO identification cards while on duty or in uniform.  If you do not have an identification card, please contact the Human Resources Division at (305) 292-7044, in order to obtain one.

Last week, Sgt. Dennis Coleman’s squad spent time with kids from Switlik School in Marathon for Red Ribbon Week. Kids at the school all signed a pledge to be drug free. In the pictures, Sgt. Coleman and Deputy Chuck Kellenberger with some of the kids at the event.

Welcome Aboard, New Hires!

Derick Velez, Deputy Sheriff

Eugenia Gates, Detention Records Assistant

Mark Martin, Deputy Sheriff

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Tyler Blanton, Deputy Sheriff

Members of the Sheriff’s Office Bureau of Corrections and Sheriff Ramsay handed out Halloween candy in Key West to kids riding the Conch Train.

Deputy Syd Whitehouse and Juvenile Programs Unit Case Manager Nat Whitehouse (you guessed it - they are married!) gave out Halloween Candy at a Trunk or Treat event in the Upper Keys.

Staff from the Bureau of Corrections, helping to sell pumpkins and talking with student groups at the MARC House in Key West.

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MCSO HEADQUARTERS & THE BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS WILL BE HAVING THEIR ANNUAL

THANKSGIVING POTLUCK Place: Bureau of Corrections Major’s Terrace Date: Friday, November 22 Time: 12:00 noon If you wish to participate please contact Tiffany O’Connell 293-7409 or Mary Valdez 293-7338 with the dish you plan on bringing. P.S. The Annual Holiday Potluck and Secret Santa will be December 19, 1013

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