Detention Deputies

Welcome to the
Prowers County Sheriff's Office

	Captain Randy Morris began his career in law enforcement in 1996 with the Prowers County Sheriff's Office. He began as a detention officer and was eventually promoted up through the ranks to Jail Administrator, in November 2002. He is also one of the CPR and First Aid Instructors
	Senior Deputy Ron Manly began his law enforcement career with the Lamar Police Department in 1981. He became POST certified in 1982, and has been an active member of the Sheriff's Posse since 1978. He attended the Southeast Colorado Law Enforcement Academy, and in August 1984 he was hired on here as a Deputy Sheriff. He was promoted to Senior Deputy in May 2003 and is now the Assistant Jail Administrator. He is also one of the Firearms Instructors (NRA certified), with training in the FBI Critical Incident Management course, Arson Investigation, and Courtroom Security planning.
	Sergeant Margie Ausbun
	Sergeant Rusty Manly began his career in the Sheriff's Posse as a Reserve Deputy in 1986. Manly is Reserve Certified, and began as a Detention Officer in 1998. He has been promoted through the ranks to his sergeants position.
	Sergeant Ray Macias
	Corporal Emmelina Gonzales began her career with the Sheriff's Office in May 2000, as a Detention Officer. Emmelina has advanced to the rank of Corporal.
	Corporal Dan Ausbun
	Corporal Mario Ruiz
	D.O. Ben Franco, referred to by many as "Chief", began his career in 1961 as a Special Deputy for this SO. In June 1964, he was employed as a Police Officer for the Lamar Police Dept. He worked his way through the ranks and retired as the Chief of Police, in July 1992. He began to work for us in February 1993 as a Detention Officer.
	D.O. Ron Trout
	D.O. Judy Salgado
	D.O. Settles began his career in 1970 with the Scottsbluff Police Department in Nebraska. He was certified in Nebraska as a Police Officer. Bryan began with the Sheriff's Office in 2003 as a Detentions Officer. He is a CPR/First Aid instructor, and has Civil Disturbance and Alcoholism training, as well as Courtroom Security training.
	D.O. Carolina Vargas began as a Detentions Officer in 2000 at the Sheriff's Office. She has held the Rank of Corporal, before taking some time off to take care of her family. She came back to work in September, 2003 as a Detention Officer.
	D.O. Robin Mosier
	D.O. Rob Hernandez
	D.O. Cynthia Rodriguez
	D.O. Rick McCorkle began his career here as a Detention Officer. He was hired in October 2005.
	D.O. Thomas Gomez
	D.O. Reece Spady began his career in Law Enforcement in 2006. He began here as a Detention Officer in December 2006.

The Detention Staff is made up of three Sergeants, Three Corporals, and 11 Detention Officers (D.O.)

The Detention Staff rotates through 3 daily shifts. A Day Shift from 6 AM to 2 PM, A Swing Shift from 2 PM to 10 PM and a Graves Shift 10 PM to 6 AM.

These shifts rotate among the three crews. The jail staff mans the jail 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. There are no lunch or meal breaks, except for bringing food to eat during the shifts. There is a Policy requirement that there can be no less than 3 detention staff members in the jail. The crews all rotate days off, so that the jail is staffed with at least the minimum requirement.

The Detention staff is responsible for jail operations, which include: inmate bookings and releases, custody of inmate property, inmate transports, Courts, Courtroom Security, Inmate well-being, and the overall security of the facility.

The Prowers County Jail contracts with Consolidated Foods for employees that handle the cooking for the inmates. The food is so good here that some inmates have actually called the Jail, the "Hamilton Hilton" after one of our previous Sheriff's Jim Hamilton. Inmates have actually been released and not able to fit in the clothes that they were wearing when they arrived.

The Jail Nurses are responsible for the inmates as they become under the weather. Sick call is conducted twice a week and sometimes even more if there are inmates that require more supervised treatments. The nurses ensure that medications are properly dispensed and that inmates receive proper medical treatment, as well as scheduling Doctor and Dentist visits.