November was another busy and challenging month in the Sheriff’s Office
From the Steuben County Sheriff, pictured Deputy Hedges, CO Audinwood, and Sgt Sciotti
It’s a beautiful day in Steuben County.
Although it is still technically Autumn, it sure feels like winter out now! December blew in from the arctic and appears to want to stay for a while. Thanksgiving, a time for family and blessings, came with a price. Unfortunately, last Saturday, we lost a law enforcement Icon in our region, retired Sheriff Bill Yessman. Sheriff Yessman, who was the Chair for our tri-county law enforcement training zone for the 16 years he was Schuyler County Sheriff, left this world to be with his maker. His legacy is long and distinguished and I was honored to consider him a friend. He will be missed by all who knew him.
November continued to be busy for our agency. Our Deputies collected all ballots on election day and delivered them to the Board of Elections for a certified election. After months of preparation and training, On November 11th, Veterans Day, we went live with our county wide law enforcement records management system. In November we were visited by the Youth in Government students and the Steuben County Federated Republican Women who delivered a tremendous amount of goodies! Thank you, Ladies!
Our Correction Officers and inmates also participated in “The Family Meal Project”. Officers and Inmates joined together with community partners to help provide free holiday meals to residents in Steuben and Yates County! All food is being generously donated by New England Foods, and our inmate kitchen workers will be working alongside our Food Service Director, Linnea Shumway to carefully assemble these meals. Community members are also coming together to create goody bags filled with essentials to accompany each meal delivery which Officers will volunteer their time to deliver.
In November, Deputy Phelps and Deputy Schafer presented at the Prattsburgh Central School Career Day. The Honor Guard presented the Colors at the Inter-County Association meeting in Arkport. Corrections Officers Gilman and Teeter completed the NYS DCJS Basic Investigative Photography Course. Corrections staff began their annual CPR/AED First Aid annual refresher and annual Defensive Tactics refresher. The Part-Time Basic Academy continued with classes covering Interagency Cooperation, Sexual Harassment, Manipulation by Inmates, Essential Services and Security and Supervision. Sergeant Sciotti and Captain Mills attended the annual NYSIC Field Intelligence Conference. Investigator Payne and Deputy McCoy attended the Women in Law Enforcement Conference, Lieutenant Kennedy and Investigator Ellison attended the NYS OFPC Arson Investigations Seminar and Investigator Day and Sergeant Wood completed a Low Light Firearms Performance course.
Sheriff Allard presented at the joint Chiefs and Sheriff’s Leadership Summit, the Corning VFW on Veteran’s Day, attended the counter-terrorism zone briefing in Elmira, presented at the WVIN Community Focus and attended a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Corning Library for a virtual justice hub to assist virtual appearances in Family Court, the first such hub in the Seventh Judicial District.
November was another busy and challenging month in the Sheriff’s Office. Our investigators and deputies were tasked with four assault investigations, three trespass investigations, two possession of a weapon investigations, one obstructing governmental administration investigation, two endangering a child investigations, one menacing investigation, three sexual assault investigations, six larceny investigations, three grand larceny investigations, two fire investigations, four death investigations, five criminal contempt investigations, one resisting arrest investigation, two fugitive from justice investigations, one fleeing a police officer investigation, one reckless endangerment investigation, two harassment investigations and three criminal mischief investigations. Our Patrol Division was tasked with multiple domestic incident investigations along with mental health detainments, emergency medical aid, assisting other agencies, serving of warrants and two intoxicated or impaired driving arrests.
All of our deputies and officers performed in an outstanding fashion, and we received multiple commendations from the public regarding their outstanding performance.
Deputy Phelps and Deputy Schafer with a student
Steuben County Federated Republican Women with Deputy Saltsman, Sheriff Allard and Deputy Phelps
We continue to pray for our first responder colleagues and deployed military across the globe, as well as their families. We also pray for the victims of mass casualty events and state sponsored aggression.
