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Sheriff Offices Conducting Child Protective Investigations

Overview

In the mid-1990s, a sheriff office pilot program with the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office to assume child protective investigations led to legislation in 1998 to expand the piloted model. The expansion in 1999 added sheriffs’ offices in Pasco, Pinellas, and Broward Counties. Legislation transferred full responsibility for child protective investigations to these sheriff offices in Fiscal Year (FY) 1998-1999. In 2000, the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office assumed the child protective investigations role, followed by Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office in 2005. Citrus County Sheriff’s Office assumed the child protective investigations role in 2007; however, in 2012, responsibility was transferred back to the Department of Children and Families. Walton County Sheriff’s Office assumed the child protective investigations role on July 1, 2018.

The child protective investigation functions are funded via grants through the Department of Children and Families as itemized within the General Appropriations Act each year. In FY 2018-2019, the seven sheriffs’ offices conducting child protective investigations (Broward, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Seminole, and Walton Counties) encompass metropolitan areas where more than a quarter of the state’s child population resides.

Sheriff Contacts

Sheriff Grant Manager Contacts

    Contact For Lead Agency:
    Director Edward J. McCardle
    1415 West Cypress Creek Road
    Suite 100
    Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
    (954) 308-0607
    Service Contract: JJZ04
    Circuit: 17
    Broward County Sheriff’s Office Website

    DCF Contract Manager:
    Raul Ocampo
    111 South Sapodilla Avenue
    Suite 317-F
    West Palm Beach, FL 33401
    (561) 227-6790

    Contact For Lead Agency:
    Captain Christi Esquinaldo
    1501 North Falkenburg Road
    Tampa, FL 33612
    (813) 627-2101
    Service Contract: QJZ75
    Circuit: 13
    Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Website

    DCF Contract Manager:
    Dominque Wimberly
    9393 North Florida Avenue
    #500
    Tampa, FL 33612
    (813) 337-5843

    Contact For Lead Agency:
    Major Todd Shear
    600 Hwy. 301 Blvd. West
    Suite 202
    Bradenton, FL 34205
    (941) 747-3011 x 2508
    Service Contract: QJZ72
    Circuit: 12
    Manatee County Sheriff’s Office Website

    DCF Contract Manager:
    Dominque Wimberly
    9393 North Florida Avenue
    #500
    Tampa, FL 33612
    (813) 337-5843

    Contact For Lead Agency:
    Ken Kilian
    8700 Citizen Drive
    New Port Richey, FL 34654-5501
    (727) 836-8455
    Service Contract: QJZA3
    Circuit: 6
    Pasco County Sheriff’s Office Website

    DCF Contract Manager:
    Dominque Wimberly
    9393 North Florida Avenue
    #500
    Tampa, FL 33612
    (813) 337-5843

    Contact for Lead Agency:
    Captain David Disano
    10750 Ulmerton Road
    Largo, FL 33778
    (727) 251-7705
    Service Contract: QJZ71
    Pasco County Sheriff's Office Website

    DCF Contract Manager:
    Dominque Wimberly
    9393 North Florida Avenue
    #500
    Tampa, FL 33612
    (813) 337-5843

    Contact For Lead Agency:
    Captain Michael Coscia
    100 Eslinger Way
    Sanford, FL 32773
    (407) 665-5136
    Service Contract: GJZL3
    Circuit: 18
    Seminole County Sheriff’s Office Website

    DCF Contract Manager:
    Summer Bray
    400 West Robinson Street
    S 1118
    Orlando, FL 32801
    O: (407) 317-7957
    C: (407) 222-2012

    Contact For Lead Agency:
    Michael Gainey
    752 Triple G Road
    Defuniak Springs, FL, 32433
    (850) 951-4987
    Service Contract: AJ496
    Circuit: 1
    Walton County Sheriff’s Office Website

    DCF Contract Manager:
    Lisa Carden
    160 Governmental Center
    Suite 611
    Pensacola, FL 32502
    (850) 483-6676