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
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 N. 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 N. FL. Ave., #500
Tampa, FL 33612
813-337-5843
Contact For Lead Agency:
Major Todd Shear
600 Hwy. 301 Blvd. W. Ste. 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 N. FL. Ave., #500
Tampa, FL 33612
813-337-5843
Contact For Lead Agency:
Ken Kilian
8700 Citizen Dr.
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 N. FL. Ave., #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 W. Robinson St., S1118
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