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Glendale B&E Public Assistance

Sheriff Daniel E Abbott reports that Deputies are asking for assistance from the public with identifying two suspects from a break in. On 09/22/23 at 3:15 a.m. two unknown subjects broke into the Glendale Grocery store at M43 and County Road 665....

Construction Zone Traffic Enforcement

Sheriff Daniel E. Abbott reports that the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by the Van Buren County Road Commission in regard to a construction project on County Road 388 in Pin...

Sheriff Notes September 22 2023

• Uniform Response took a missing juvenile/runaway complaint. After investigating the incident, our office was able to work in conjunction with a law enforcement office in Georgia to locate her. She was brought back safely to Michigan.  The Investi...

New K9 Deputy

Newest member of the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office 

Sheriff Daniel E. Abbott is proud to announce the newest addition to the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office, K9 Jett. K9 Jett will be partnered with Deputy Devin Krogel. K9...

Sheriff Notes September 18 2023

• We recently sent more people for training for our CISM Team (Critical Incident Stress Management).  It is a team our office has made up of several different individuals with different backgrounds and not everyone on it works at the Sheriff&rs...

Sherrif Notes September 8 2023

• Calls of service for our office in the month of August including traffic stops was 1,399. The overall calls for service up to date for the year which includes Police, Fire, EMS, Misc is at 48,965.

• Uniform Response was dispatched to a suspicious situation w...

Sheriff Notes September 1 2023

• I’d like to personally thank 100 Women Who Care.   They are a group that donates money to organizations that would utilize the money the right way and put it to good use.  They recently donated to our Victim Service Unit. &...

Sheriff Noted August 25 2023

• Uniform Response responded to a residence in Bloomingdale Township in which they received information a wanted subject was located.  Once at the residence, they not only arrested that individual that was wanted, but four others as well.  ...

Sheriff Notes August 21 2023

• Uniform Response took a Breaking and Entering in progress in Waverly Township in which an alert came into the storage building owner.  A newer model white GMC Pickup was involved in the incident.  Another vehicle was involved as well and...

Sheriff Notes August 16 2023

• Total calls for service for our county after the end of July is at 41,642.   That is a break down of police (15,590), traffic stops (11,448), animal control (942), ems (6,807), fire (1,090), and misc cad (5,765).  
• Our office handled 1,30...

Sheriff Notes August 2nd 2023

• Uniform Response responded Sunday to a drowning in a irrigation/retention pond.  Four subjects got into a boat that had holes in it, and it took on water very fast.  They all bailed out as it was sinking, however, one of the occupants co...

Sheriff Notes July 24 2023

• Our Uniform Response Division and Investigative Unit investigated a very serious criminal sexual conduct case in which charges were authorized for CSC 2^nd Degree, possession of CSAM (child sexually abusive material), and accosting a minor for immoral purp...

Sheriff Notes July 21 2023

• 911 Dispatch highlights the following 2 applications:

1. what3words = is a geocode mapping application that is free to download.  “what3 words” has mapped the surface of the earth and assigned 3 unique words to each 3-meter square...

Sheriff Notes July 17 2023

• In 2022, our office handled 11, 387 calls.   As of the end of June, we are at 5,640 calls.   The month of June was very busy with 1,145 calls taken for just our office.  At times, we’ve seen an uptick of larcenies, barns and sto...

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