- April 24, 2024
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Jack Bisland, who served as Investigative Services Division Commander for the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office in 2013 before becoming an investigator with the Circuit State Attorney’s Office’s 7th Judicial Circuit, will become Flagler County Sheriff-elect Rick Staly’s second-in-command, according to a news release from Staly.
Bisland brings more than 38 years of policing, public safety and business management experience to the Flagler County Sheriff's Office. "I am excited to have Jack join my team," Staly said in the news release. "He is well respected in the law enforcement community and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Sheriff's Office."
Bisland started his career with the Winter Springs and Longwood Police Departments and later joined the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, retiring from the FDLE as the Daytona Beach Region Resident-Agent-in-Charge.
After retiring from the FDLE, Bisland joined international security company Valor Security, where he was director of operations and later a regional vice president. He commanded a security team of over 350 employees and managed a budget of $7 million, the joined the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office and, later, the State Attorney’s Office, where he supervised the Career Criminal Unit and conducted public corruption investigations.
Bisland graduated from the FDLE’s Foundational Leadership School and is past vice President of the Florida Intelligence Unit Organized Crime Committee.
He previously served as a subject matter expert with the FDLE’s Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission, and was a criminal justice adjunct instructor at Daytona State College.
Staly has already started his individual meetings with the rank and file employees and announced the members of his transition team. Staly and Bisland will co-chair the team.
"I am very appreciative of our community and business leaders that are willing to serve on the transition team," Staly said. "Like so many members of our community they are deeply concerned and committed to the safety of our community and making the Sheriff's Office the best Agency in the state."
All transition team members are serving at no cost to taxpayers. The transition team began serving on Nov. 30 and is co-chaired by Staly and Bisland.
The business and law enforcement leaders appointed to serve on the transition team are:
1. Jack Bisland, FCSO Undersheriff appointee-select and a resident of Palm Coast
2. Bob Weber, retired FCSO commander and a resident of Palm Coast
3. Chief Mark Strobridge, retired division chief of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, and a resident of Chuluota, Florida
4. Kevin McCarthy, a Coastal Florida PBA Representative and a Daytona Beach resident
5. Col. Lloyd Freckleton, a retired U.S. Army Military Police and NYCDC Riker’s Island warden, and a resident of Flagler Beach
6. Joe Saviak, Assistant Director and Associate Professor of Public Administration at Flagler College, and a resident of St. Augustine
7. Ken Neu, retired assistant chief of the Violent Crimes and Major Offenders Program of the Criminal
Investigative Division at the FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C., and a resident of Palm Coast
8. Jackie Rector, an insurance executive, and a resident of Palm Coast
9. Edward Gepner, CPA at Gepner & Associates, and a resident of Palm Coast
10. Frank DeAngelo, retired president and CEO of Applejam, Inc. (d/b/a Applebees), and a resident of Palm Coast
11. Braulio Peruvero, a retired major with he Florida Department of Corrections, and a resident of Palm Coast
Statistics released by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement show that crime in Flagler County has decreased by 1.5% from January through June of 2016 as compared to the same time frame in 2015, according to a news release from the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.
Burglaries decreased from 191 in the January-to-June time frame in 2015 to 144 in the same time frame in 2016. But the number of aggravated assaults, rapes and robberies increased slightly, and the number of motor vehicle thefts increased notably — from 36 in the 2015 January-to-June time frame to 49 in the 2016 January-to-June time frame.
The 2016 Florida Semi-Annual Uniform Crime Report has hows the following breakdown of crime statistics for all of Flagler County:
Year 2015:
Total Crime index: 976 Percent Index Change: — Murder: 0 Rape: 11 Robbery: 9 Aggravated Assault: 92 Burglary: 191 Larceny: 637 Motor Vehicle Theft: 36
Year 2016:
Total Crime index: 961 Percent Index Change: -1.5 Murder: 0 Rape: 13 Robbery: 11 Aggravated Assault: 109 Burglary: 144 Larceny: 635 Motor Vehicle Theft: 49
Flagler County in 2016 has has a lower total crime index — a rate calculated based on a population of 100,000 — than Putnam, St. Johns and Volusia counties.
Total Crime Index:
2015: Flagler: 976 St. Johns: 1,884 Volusia: 9,936 Putnam: 889
2016: Flagler: 961 St. Johns: 2014 Volusia: 9,149 Putnam: 1,108
“Flagler County continues to be a safe community to live, raise a family, visit and own a business,” Sheriff Jim Manfre said in the news release. “However, we must not forget that a few crimes can increase our crime rate. One crime is too many and by working together, we can keep our community safe and secure for all. One way of helping is to remember the phrase ‘See something, Say something,’ and to immediately report all suspicious activity to your local law enforcement agency.”
