{"id":149307,"date":"2026-02-03T17:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T17:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/149307\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T17:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T17:21:08","slug":"sheriffs-sergeant-sophia-jaramillo-has-extensive-experience-working-with-child-abuse-and-sexual-assault-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/149307\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheriff&#8217;s Sergeant Sophia Jaramillo has extensive experience working with child abuse and sexual assault victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear readers: This is the third installment of First Responder of the Week. Each week, we\u2019ll post a new entry rotating between Lubbock Police Department, Lubbock Fire Rescue and the Lubbock Sheriff\u2019s Department.<\/p>\n<p>Department: Lubbock County Sheriff\u2019s Office Criminal Investigations Division (commonly called CID).<\/p>\n<p>Name: Sophia Jaramillo.<\/p>\n<p>Rank: Sergeant.<\/p>\n<p>How long with department: 18 years.<\/p>\n<p>Roles: Currently I work with domestic violence calls, missing persons and internal affairs investigations. I have worked with child abuse cases and sexual assaults for seven years. Member of SART (Sexual Abuse Response Team).<\/p>\n<p>Professional Certification Level: Master Peace Officer (TCOLE).<\/p>\n<p>Honors\/highlights: Crime Victim\u2019s Coalition Award Recipient \u2013 given for going above and beyond in the line of duty for victim\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n<p>Why did you choose this profession? I wanted to make a difference. Specifically, I was called to help people in stressful situations.<\/p>\n<p>How do you deal with stressful situations? I take a calming approach to stress. With others, I try to help the person who is going through a difficult time understand that this is temporary. I share life experiences with victims and help bring perspective. For myself I try to keep that same larger perspective in mind.<\/p>\n<p>Hobbies &amp; interests: Traveling, hiking and watching movies.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lubbocklights.com\/please-press-the-button-and-become-a-lubbock-lights-supporter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/volunteer_activism_96dp_000000_FILL0_wght400_GRAD0_opsz48.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11787\" style=\"width:80px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related posts\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dear readers: This is the third installment of First Responder of the Week. Each week, we\u2019ll post a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-149307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}