Alachua County Sheriff's Office

Technology Support Bureau

Bureau Chief Jennifer Hagstrom
352-264-6685
jhagstro@alachuasheriff.org

The Technology Support Bureau consists of Fleet Maintenance, Safety Equipment Violation Tickets, the False Alarm Reduction Unit and the Information Technology Unit.

Fleet Maintenance Unit

The Fleet Maintenance section, in addition to maintaining the Sheriff's fleet of vehicles, is also responsible for inspecting citizen's vehicles that have received a safety equipment violation ticket. Questions can be directed to Steve King at 352-367-4079 - sking@alachuasheriff.org

Safety Equipment Violation Tickets

The vehicle with the deficiency corrected can be brought to the Fleet section at 2621 SE Hawthorne Rd, Monday thru Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. excluding holidays. The vehicle must be presented within 30 days of the date the ticket was written. The 30 days includes weekends and holidays. A $4.00 cash fine is paid at time of inspection and the balance of the fine is paid at the Courthouse. The Sheriff's Office cannot give an extension on the ticket, nor can they inspect the vehicle after the 30 days has expired. The Sheriff's Office will inspect safety violation tickets written by other Florida law enforcement agencies.

Questions can be directed to Supervisor Steven King at 367-4079 or email sking@alachuasheriff.org.

Information Technology Unit

The Information Technology Unit is charged with purchasing and maintaining the computer systems and all peripheral devices throughout the Sheriff’s Office. The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office computer systems range from Pentium personal computers and related networks to the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system for dispatch of calls for service, as well as communications with many other law enforcement computer systems throughout the state and nation.

The Information Technology Unit provided daily support for over 850 users; complete service requests; keep up to date all hardware compliance issues and conversions of computer programs throughout the agency.

Additionally, in preparation for the Gainesville/Alachua County Combined Communications Center, the Information Systems Unit personnel incorporated the Gainesville Police Department dispatch operations and databases to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office Computer-Aided Dispatch mainframe.

Further questions can be directed to Supervisor John Moorhouse352-264-6655 jmoorhouse@alachuasheriff.org

False Alarm Reduction Unit

The False Alarm Reduction Unit (FARU) was established for the purpose of regulating and reducing the number of false alarms within the City of Gainesville and the unincorporated area of Alachua County. This office will administer both ordinances from one central office housed in the Combined Communications Center which is located next to the Sheriff's Office. The FARU's main function is to reduce the number of false alarms to which police respond each year.

Further questions can be directed to Glynda Saavedra, False Alarm Manager, at (352) 264-6653 - gsaavedra@alachuasheriff.org