The Road
Patrol Division of the Sheriff's Office is the most visible of all the
divisions. We provide 24 hour coverage seven days a week with nineteen
Road Patrol Deputies. Steuben County is vast covering 1408 square miles
- over 300 square miles larger than the State of Rhode Island.
Steuben
County is broken down into four zones with two substations to
compliment
our main base at Bath, New York.
Our Department's vehicle fleet has become diversified with
the acquisition
of four-wheel drive vehicles to augment its familiar red and white
sedans.
Deputies can now reduce response times to critical calls located on
snow
bound and seasonal roads.
In addition to handling emergency and
non-emergency
complaints, deputies
handle thousands of calls of public service including property checks
of
cottages, seasonal camps and businesses. They also investigate
crimes
and assist the Criminal Investigations Unit with investigations,
conduct
pistol permit application investigations and serve warrants and civil
process
papers.
In addition to their regular duties, some deputies are
assigned technical
duties such as Fleet Managers, Field Training Coordinators, DWI
Coordinators,
Traffic Safety Coordinators, Firearms and General Topic Instructors,
Child
Safety Seat Technicians, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement, and Automated
Defibrillator trained. One Deputy is assigned as a Narcotics K-9
Handler.
Deputies also conduct child safety seat educational details
and bicycle
rodeos where the proper instruction of wearing bicycle helmets is
instilled.
(Child safety seats and bike helmets are given periodically at a
pre-arranged
session in conjunction with the County Public Health Nursing.)
Deputies provide security for the LPGA Corning Classic which
is held
each May in Corning, New York and the Steuben County Fair in August in
Bath, New York.
Patrol
Division 
