Sheriff and deputy sheriff responsibilities are to execute arrest warrants, locating and taking persons into custody; investigate illegal or suspicious activities; record daily activities and submit logs and other related reports and paperwork to appropriate authorities; verify that the proper legal charges have been made against law offenders; notify patrol units to take violators into custody or to provide needed assistance or medical aid; patrol and guard courthouses, grand jury rooms, or assigned areas to provide security, enforce laws, maintain order, and arrest violators; drive vehicles or patrol specific areas to detect law violators, issue citations, and make arrests; take control of accident scenes to maintain traffic flow, to assist accident victims, and to investigate causes; question individuals entering secured areas to determine their business, directing and rerouting individuals as necessary; transport or escort prisoners and defendants en route to courtrooms, prisons or jails, attorneys' offices, or medical facilities; serve statements of claims, subpoenas, summonses, jury summonses, orders to pay alimony, and other court orders; locate and confiscate real or personal property, as directed by court order; supervise law enforcement staff, such as jail staff, officers, and deputy sheriffs; place people in protective custody; manage jail operations and tend to jail inmates.