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Support Services Bureau

The Support Services Bureau Lieutenant serves as the division's AccreditationManager and is responsible for maintaining the division's accredited status.

The Training Section plans, develops and conducts training programs and isresponsible for overseeing the Reserve and Auxiliary Programs. The Community Relations Unit offers a variety of safety-related and crime prevention programming to the community. The Holding Facility is used to hold
prisoners/detainees, and undergoes an annual State inspection to ensure compliance with required mandates for a six-hour temporary holding facility.
The Property Room provides a secure storage location for property/evidence.

The Communications Unit provides 24-hour emergency/non-emergency communication between the public, police, fire and public services.

Training Section
The Training Section is comprised of oneSergeant and one Officer, who coordinate all required and elective training for Police Division personnel.

Community Relations Unit
The Community Relations Unit is comprised of two officers, and offers more than 90 safetyrelated and crime prevention programming to the community. The Unit also teaches the DARE Program in all Upper Arlington public, private and parochial schools.

Holding Facility
The Upper Arlington Police Division operates a Holding Facility that is classified through the Ohio Bureau of Adult Detention (OBAD) as a "Temporary Holding Facility" and, as such, is audited/inspected and approved each year by the OBAD and Franklin County Health Department.

Property Room
The Property Custodian is assigned to the Support Services Bureau and is responsible for receiving and processing all evidence and lost/recovered property. As governed by law, the Property Custodian coordinates all evidence processing with the appropriate authorities and returns/destroys property as directed by the court. The Property Custodian also arranges narcotics destruction and firearms disposals as directed by State law.

Communications Unit
The Communications Unit is charged with providing 24-hour coverage of all emergency/non-emergency communications between the public, police, fire and public services. In addition, the Communications Unit also monitors the Kind Call Resident Check-In service.

The Communications Center has a total staff of seven full-time technicians. Additional permanent and on-call part-time personnel assist with coverage. The Center is staffed seven days a week and 24-hours a day. In addition to communications duties, communications staff also serves as Deputy Clerks of Court for Mayor's Court and are trained in matron duties.