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A brand new task force is targeting criminals who prey on the most vulnerable. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office is part of the Southwest Florida Intercept Task Force, which is fighting child exploitation and trafficking. In this episode we explain how the task force is saving children and provide tips on how to protect your kids from online predators.

With drug overdoses at an all-time high, Sheriff Kevin Rambosk has created an extensive and innovative plan to fight it in Collier County. This episode explores how the Laced & Lethal campaign brings awareness and prevention to all areas of the community with the most thorough fentanyl-fighting program in the country.

When Collier County opened its first new public high school in 19 years, the school district needed a name that signified service to students. The new school would be named for one of the seven men who have served as Sheriff of Collier County, and someone who dedicated his life to helping local children. In this episode we look at the namesake of Aubrey Rogers High School and explore the programs...

How can you avoid being a victim? In our season finale, we look at how the Collier County Sheriff's Office works to prevent crimes before they happen. We also give valuable tips to help you avoid some of the most common crimes of opportunity.

CSD stands for Community Service Deputies. They’re the Swiss Army knives of the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, doing a little bit of everything to keep citizens safe. In this episode we dive deep into the role of CSD: what they do, how they’re different from (and the same as) law enforcement officers, and how it’s a job that is rewarding for people of all backgrounds and experience.

Collier County is always expanding. In the past 50 years alone our population has increased ten-fold. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office has worked hard to keep pace with that growth. In this episode, find out how CCSO has evolved to serve our ever-changing community, and how the Sheriff’s Office plans to keep pace in the future as Collier County’s growth shows no signs of slowing down.

As threats against schools rise on social media, how does law enforcement tell the difference between a hoax and a credible threat? How does CCSO weed out the fake threats and keep students safe from the real ones? In this episode we explore how the Collier County Sheriff's Office's unique relationship with the schools keeps kids safe, and we look at a real-life example of how a threat is assessed...

The Collier County Sheriff’s Office Corrections Department is an essential part in helping us achieve the mission set forth by Sheriff Kevin Rambosk of protecting all citizens – even those who are incarcerated. In this episode we talk to Lieutenant Craig DeMange who dispels some of the myths about Corrections and tells us why it’s been a worthy and fulfilling career for him for the past 17 years.

Only seven men have served as Sheriff of Collier County. Today we're looking back the Sheriff who had the shortest tenure, but had an indelible impact on the county in its early days. Hear how Sheriff Roy O. Atkins maintained law and order from 1953 to 1956 from someone who knew him best.

Autism is the fastest growing developmental disability in the world, and Sheriff Kevin Rambosk wanted to know how the Collier County Sheriff's Office can better serve that segment of our community. In 2021, Sheriff Rambosk created CCSO's Autism Support Project. In this episode we examine how our innovative and proactive approach is protecting vulnerable citizens by training first responders to pro...

Sheriff Kevin Rambosk and the Collier County Sheriff’s Office are strengthening efforts to find and process invisible evidence – and it’s leading to more arrests in the crimes that affect citizens the most. In this episode we examine how the Sheriff’s Office is using Touch DNA to solve these cases through a program known as the Property Crimes Initiative.

The Collier County Sheriff's Office is celebrating 100 years of protecting the community. Since its start as a two-man agency in 1923, CCSO has grown to more than 1,300 deputies protecting close to half a million people. In this episode honoring our Centennial we take a look at how CCSO has developed into a first-class agency that keeps Collier County one of the safest places to live in the countr...

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In January 2021, the Collier County Sheriff's Office identified an unnamed hiker found deceased in Big Cypress National Preserve in 2018. The details were immediately shared on our Facebook page, but we're updating the podcast as well.

Three women discuss their careers in law enforcement at the Collier County Sheriff's Office in light of Women's History Month.

In this standalone episode of Sworn Statement, we're revisiting a 2018 unsolved homicide case. Karl Lievenese was found dead in his North Naples office in April of that year. Detectives are still looking for tips in this case and SWFL Crimestoppers has rewards in place for tips leading to an arrest.

In this episode of Sworn Statement, we answer some commonly asked questions about forensic genealogy after the agency announced it would be partnering with Othram labs to use this technology in the case of the deceased hiker known as Mostly Harmless.

Two years after the body of a deceased hiker was found in the Florida Everglades, deputies at the Collier County Sheriff's Office are still working to identify the man. This episode of Sworn Statement is an update on the 2018 case, providing new details into the case, including excerpts from the hiker's notebook. For more on the case of the deceased hiker known as Mostly Harmless, listen to all th...

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Season Two of Sworn Statement will focus on the mental health crisis in Southwest Florida and what deputies at the Collier County Sheriff's Office are doing to help. Season Two is comprised of three episodes.