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Mission Statement
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The Sheriff and his Deputies devote the majority of
their time and effort to crime prevention, law
enforcement and the administration of criminal justice.
In fact, the New York, Sheriff's are at the very heart
of the state's criminal justice system...... |
Jim Kralik has been with the Rockland County Sheriff’s
Department for 45 years.
He rose through the ranks and had been the
Chief of Patrol for 20 years before being
elected Sheriff in November of 1991 and re-elected in
1995, 1999, 2003 and 2007.
He has developed and implemented many innovative
policies and programs such as, Crime Awareness (C.A.P.)
for local students. His handbook “Focusing on Fair
Treatment for All” is being used as a training manual on
cultural diversity.
Sheriff Kralik is responsible for bringing to
fruition TRIAD for seniors, the C.A.R.E. (Computer Aided
Rescue Efforts) for children, a full time Mounted Unit,
full time Marine Unit, Forensic Computer Unit and an
ICAC Satellite Task Force which developed into the
Computer Crimes Unit.
He commands a department that has three (3) major
divisions – Police, Corrections, and Civil.
The Police Division is divided into several
sub-divisions:
Uniform Road Patrol, B.C.I. (Bureau of Criminal
Investigation), Radio Communications, River Patrol, and
a Mounted Patrol. The Sheriff also serves on the
Anti-Terrorism Executive Committee for
New York State
and is the first Chairman of the Zone 4
Counter-Terrorism Committee in
Rockland
County. He is the leader in
the formation of an Anti-Terrorism Analytical Group
(ATAG) in Rockland, which serves as
a think tank in order to generate ideas and concepts in
the fight against terrorism.
He is responsible for the creation of a full
security/anti-terrorist manual, the development of
counter-terrorism posters, “Operation Rockland Watch”,
“Operation Business Watch,” the NYS School Alert
System/”Operation Lockdown,” the NYS Liaison
Intelligence Officer Program and the Zone 4 Business,
Industry and School Security Task Force, along with the
formation of security training classes for public and
private sectors within the Zone. He has also generated
over $12 million in grants for additional staff and
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