San Diego County Sheriff's Department
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The San Diego County Sheriff's Department, commonly know as the SDSO, is the primary law enforcement agency in San Diego County, California. It is comprised of approximately 4,000 employees including sworn deputies and civilian support personnel. The department began in 1850 and provides general law enforcement, detention facility (jail), and court services for the citizens of San Diego County in a service area which spans approximately 4,200 mi² (10,878 km²). Additionally, the department provides specialized regional services (such as air support) to all agencies and jurisdictions of the county.
The current sheriff is William B. Kolender, the 28th sheriff of the County of San Diego, who was originally elected in January of 1995 and re-elected in 1999 and 2002.
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Organization
Office of the Sheriff
- Public Affairs
- Intergovernmental Legislative Affairs
- Legal Affairs
- Senior Executive Assistant
Service bureaus
The San Diego County Sheriff's Department is organized into five service bureaus: Law Enforcement Services, Detention Facility Services, Court Services, Human Resource Services, and Management Services. Each bureau is managed by an Assistant Sheriff except the Management Services Bureau, which is headed by an Executive Director.
Law Enforcement Services Bureau
- Central Investigations Division
- Central Operations Detail
- Computer And Technology Crime High-tech Response Team (CATCH)
- Elder Abuse
- Financial Crimes
- Homicide Detail
- Family Protection Detail
- Domestic Violence
- Sex Offender Management Unit
- Child Abuse Unit
- Central Operations Detail
- Communications Division
- Communications Center
- Emergency Services Division
- Special Investigations Division
- Intelligence
- Narcotics
- Public Inspections
- Street Gang/Narcotics
- Wireless Services Division
Detention Facility Services Bureau
Court Services Bureau
Human Resource Services Bureau
- Personnel Division
- Background Investigations Unit
- Career Path Assessment Unit
- Recruiting Unit
- Professional Standards Division
- Internal Affairs Unit
- Risk Management Unit
- Training Division
- Corrections Academy
- In-Service Training Unit
- Regional Basic Academy
- Weapons Training Unit (Range)
Management Services Bureau
History and trivia
San Diego County's first sheriff after California obtained statehood, was a Hungarian prince.
For many years, the SDSO's marked vehicles sported a unique green-and-white color scheme until economies of scale forced them to field a fleet of first all-white, then (to present day) black-and white vehicles.
Past sheriffs
- Agostin Haraszthy, 1850-1851
- George F. Hooper, 1852-1853
- William Conroy, 1853-1854
- M. M. Sexton, 1854-1855
- Joseph Reiner, 1856-1857
- D. A. Hollister, 1857-1858
- George Lyons, 1858-1861
- James McCoy, 1862-1871
- Samuel W. Craigue, 1871-1874
- Nicholas Hunsaker, 1875-1876
- Joseph Coyne, 1876-1882
- Edward W. Bushyhead, 1883-1886
- Samuel A. McDowell, 1887-1890
- John H. Folks, 1891-1892
- Ben P. Hill, 1893-1894
- Frank S. Jennings, 1895-1902
- Thomas W. Brodnax, 1903-1906
- Fred M. Jennings, 1907-1914
- Ralph Conklin, 1915-1918
- James C. Byers, 1918-1929
- Edgar F. Cooper, 1929-1935
- Ernest W. Dort, 1936-1941
- Bert Strand, 1941-1962
- A. Elmer Jansen, 1962-1963
- Joseph C. O'Connor, 1963-1971
- John F. Duffy, 1971-1991
- Jim Roache, 1991-1994
External links
- San Diego County Sheriff's Department Official Website (http://www.sdsheriff.net/)
- San Diego County Honorary Deputy Sheriff's Association (http://www.sdchdsa.org/)
- San Diego Sheriff's Museum (http://www.sheriffmuseum.org/)
- County of San Diego Official Website (http://www.co.san-diego.ca.us/)