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Sheriff's lieutenant reports new patrol decals, coordination on camps and use of stabilization center for crisis response
Summary
Lieutenant Chad Davis updated the council on new high‑visibility patrol decals for Sisters‑assigned cars, interagency work with the Forest Service on problem camps, and use of the Community Crisis Response Team and the Deschutes County stabilization center for behavioral‑health responses.
Lieutenant Chad Davis of the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office briefed the council on recent operational items affecting Sisters: new high‑visibility white decals on city‑assisted patrol cars, ongoing coordination with the U.S. Forest Service to address transient encampments, and cross‑jurisdictional supervision for nearby La Pine law enforcement staffing.
Davis said the department handled a festival noise complaint after the venue produced music with a permit and that officer education followed; he raised the possibility of decibel‑measuring equipment to create an objective enforcement tool. On mental‑health responses, Davis said officers use the county stabilization center for voluntary non‑custodial care and deploy a Community Crisis Response Team (CCRT) for deflection and field response, enabling trained behavioral‑health staff to intervene without tying up law‑enforcement resources.
Council members thanked the sheriff's office for collaboration and suggested the topic of noise‑permitting and sound‑measurement hardware be considered for a future work session.
