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FOCUS Microsoft SharePoint SUMMARY Microsoft SharePoint is a collaborative software package, which increases the capability of deputies within the agency to share data with one another, while simultaneously fostering information sharing between nearby law enforcement agencies. MORE INFORMATION www.microsoft.com MICROSOFT SHAREPOINT A POWERFUL, FLEXIBLE INFORMATION SHARING PLATFORM By Albert Kopak and Angela McCord S arasota County is located in midwest Florida, on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The county is situated along the coast of the state, includes 35 miles of shoreline, and is well-known for its beach resort communities. The Sarasota County Sheriff's Offce (SCSO) is charged with law enforcement duties among the population of 379,448 spread out across 556 square miles. The Sheriff's offce is a full-service law enforcement agency with patrol, investigation, corrections, communications, youth services, K-9 offcers, victim's assistance personnel, court security, animal services, aviation, mounted patrol, special weapons and tactics, and crime prevention divisions. The SCSO is comprised of nearly 1,000 sworn offcers and civilian personnel. 26 LAW and ORDER I July 2013