Volusia County Sheriff's Office

The City of DeBary contracts with the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office to provide municipal law enforcement services.

The County provides 24-hour law enforcement services to the City by staffing the district with twenty-two (22) sworn personnel, including supervisors, two investigators, and one non-sworn clerical support position. The office is open to the public 9am-5pm Monday-Friday at the District #6 substation located at 94 S. Charles Beall Blvd. All dispatching is handled by the Sheriff’s Office.

The Volusia Sheriff's Office is dedicated to preserving the peace, protecting residents and their property, enforcing all laws and detecting and preventing crime. The Sheriff's Office strives to maintain the highest professional standards while delivering a full range of community-based law enforcement and crime prevention programs to the citizens of Volusia County. In addition to our jurisdiction throughout unincorporated Volusia, the Sheriff's Office also provides law enforcement services on a contract basis in DeBary.

Law enforcement services are based out of district offices in Daytona Beach, DeBary, Deltona, DeLand, Ormond Beach and New Smyrna Beach, substations in Pierson and Oak Hill and a centrally located Operations Center that combine to provide a wide range of patrol and criminal investigative services. A full range of crime prevention and public safety programs also have been integrated into the five district offices to make these services more convenient and accessible to the citizens we serve.

The Volusia Sheriff's Office offers designated, video-recorded locations set aside for child custody exchanges and transactions.These spaces are marked with “Safe Exchange Zone” signs in the parking lots of several VSO facilities. District 6: 79 S. Charles R. Beall Blvd., DeBary. These locations are video recorded 24/7. You can also use these locations for safe exchange of merchandise, with video surveillance providing an extra level of security. Please keep in mind that no security camera can offer 100% guaranteed deterrence of any issues. We hope this service provides some assistance and peace of mind.

Are you interested in volunteering your time to help control crime and keep Volusia County a safe place to live, work and play?

If you are, the Citizen Observer Program (C.O.P.) is interested in you.

Patrols

The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office C.O.P. program was established to assist Deputies in combating crime throughout the county. C.O.P. volunteers patrol neighborhoods to deter crime and act as an extra set of eyes and ears for the law enforcement community. Approximately 200 members are now patrolling in designated areas of Deltona, DeBary and unincorporated DeLand and Orange City on the west side of the county and the North Peninsula of Ormond Beach and the unincorporated Edgewater/New Smyrna area on the east side of the county. The unarmed mobile patrols keep a sharp eye for any suspicious activity and notify lawmen through radios in their vehicles that are used to contact a base station operator. The base station operator then contacts the Sheriff's Communications Center, where Deputies are dispatched for response if necessary.

Duties

The program has added several new and diverse responsibilities since its inception in 1989. Following the events of 9/11, C.O.P. volunteers have played an increasingly important role in the Sheriff’s Office's homeland security efforts as well as other critical activities. Today, C.O.P. members may find themselves performing many of the following activities.

Homeland security patrols of critical facilities such as power stations, gas pipelines, and other sensitive installations.
Traffic control at special community events and emergency situations.
Assisting at emergency shelters for hurricanes and evacuations.
Performing House Watches for residents who are out of town for extended periods.
Fingerprinting children for family records.
Distributing the Vial of Life to elderly or disabled members of the community.
Setting up radar speed-measuring trailers at various locations in the county.
Providing logistical support such as food and water supplies to Deputies who are on extended crime, search, rescue, or emergency scenes.
Speaking to Neighborhood Watch groups about patrolling their neighborhood and the C.O.P. program.

Recruiting

The Volusia County Sheriff's Office is recruiting new volunteers who want to take an active role in working to help stop crime in our community. Anyone wishing to become a C.O.P. volunteer must apply for membership and undergo a complete background check, including a drug screen, photograph and a fingerprint check.

Training and ID Cards

Upon satisfactory completion of the entry process, each candidate must complete 60 hours of basic training conducted by instructors with the Volusia County Sheriff's Office. When the candidates complete their training, they are issued uniforms and a photo identification card. The I.D. cards are renewed annually for all members who volunteer at least 120 hours per membership year.

Applications

Care to join us? An application for membership can obtained by contacting any District Office by calling or e-mailing the contact below.