San Diego County Sheriff's Department

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San Diego County Sheriff's Department
Abbreviation SDSO
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Patch of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.
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Logo of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.
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Badge of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.
Agency overview
Formed 1850
Employees Approx. 4,000
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction* County (US) of San Diego in the state of California, USA
Size 4,526 square miles (11,700 km2)
Population 2,974,859
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters 9621 Ridgehaven Court
San Diego, CA 92193
Agency executive William D. Gore, Sheriff
Facilities
Stations 18
Jails 8
Website
http://www.sdsheriff.net/
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The San Diego County Sheriff's Department, commonly known as the SDSO, is the primary and largest law enforcement agency in San Diego County, California. It is composed of approximately 4,000 sworn deputies and civilian support personnel. The department was established in 1850 and has a service area which spans approximately 4,200 mi² (10,878 km²).

The SDSO provides general law enforcement and public safety services to all unincorporated areas of the county (traffic enforcement, accidents, and other traffic related issues are handled by the California Highway Patrol).

Nine incorporated cities within the county (Del Mar, Encinitas, Imperial Beach, Lemon Grove, Poway, San Marcos, Santee, Solana Beach, and Vista) contract with the department for municipal law enforcement and public safety services. Within these cities, traffic enforcement is also provided.

The department operates and provides detention facilities (jails), court services, and specialized regional services (such as air support, search and rescue, SWAT, etc.) to all of the county and the nine contract cities.

The Wireless Services Division is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the San Diego County-Imperial County Regional Communications System (RCS).

The current sheriff is William Gore.

Contents

[edit] Organization

[edit] Office of the Sheriff

  • Public Affairs
  • Intergovernmental Legislative Affairs
  • Legal Affairs
  • Senior Executive Assistant

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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
  • Communications Division
    • Communications Center
  • Emergency Services Division
    • Arson/Explosives
    • ASTREA (air support unit)
    • Reserves
    • Special Enforcement Detail (SED)/SWAT
  • Special Investigations Division
    • Intelligence
    • Narcotics
    • Public Inspections
    • Street Gang/Narcotics
[edit] Patrol stations, substations and field offices

4S Ranch Substation 10282 Rancho Bernardo Rd San Diego, CA 92127

Alpine Station 2751 Alpine Blvd Alpine, CA 91901

Borrego Springs Office 571 Palm Canyon Dr. Borrego Springs, CA 92004

Boulevard/Jacumba Substation 39919 Highway 94 Boulevard, CA 91905

Campo Substation 378 Sheridan Rd Campo, CA 91906

Encinitas Station 175 N. El Camino Real Encinitas, CA 92024

Fallbrook Substation 388 East Alvarado St Fallbrook, CA 92028

Imperial Beach Station 845 Imperial Beach Blvd Imperial Beach, CA 91932

Julian Substation 2907 Washington St, Bldg C Julian, CA 92036

Lemon Grove Station 3240 Main St Lemon Grove, CA 91945 Pine Valley Substation 28848 Old Highway 80 Pine Valley, CA 91962

Poway Station 13100 Bowron Rd Poway, CA 92064

Ramona Substation 1424 Montecito Rd Ramona, CA 92065

Ranchita Office 25704 San Felipe Rd, S-2 Warner Springs, CA 92086

San Marcos Station 182 Santar Pl San Marcos, CA 92069

Santee Station 8811 Cuyamaca St Santee, CA 92071

Valley Center Substation 28201 N. Lake Wohlford Rd Valley Center, CA 92082

Vista Station 325 S. Melrose, Ste 210 Vista, CA 92081

[edit] Court Services Bureau

[edit] Detention Services Bureau

  • Central Detention Facility (CDF)
    • No longer run by SDSO.
  • San Diego Central Jail (SDCJ)
  • Descanso Detention Facility (DDF)
    • No longer run by SDSO.
  • George Bailey Detention Facility (GBDF)
  • East Mesa Detention Facility (EMDF)
  • Las Colinas Women's Detention Facility (LCDF)
  • South Bay Detention Facility (SBDF)
  • Vista Detention Facility (VDF)
  • Facility 8 (FAC8)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Management Services Bureau

  • Data Services Division
  • Wireless Services Division
  • Contracts Division
  • Fiscal Services

[edit] Vehicles

Salmon-colored 1966 Dodge Polera
Green-and-white Ford LTD Crown Victoria, in 1991.

Over the years, the sheriff's office's marked vehicles have sported unusual paint schemes. Originally, they were the traditional black and white, then they were painted a pink-salmon color. In the mid 1970s, the vehicles were done in a green-and-white color scheme. They have now returned to the black-and-white color scheme. The department also had a few all-white cars along with the Duffy Green cars, but these were for Traffic Enforcement only.[citation needed]

[edit] Sheriffs

  1. Agoston Haraszthy, 1850–1851
  2. George F. Hooper, 1852–1853
  3. William Conroy, 1853–1854
  4. M. M. Sexton, 1854–1855
  5. Joseph Reiner, 1856–1857
  6. D. A. Hollister, 1857–1858
  7. George Lyons, 1858–1861
  8. James McCoy, 1862–1871
  9. Samuel W. Craigue, 1871–1874
  10. Nicholas Hunsaker, 1875–1876
  11. Joseph Coyne, 1876–1882
  12. Edward W. Bushyhead, 1883–1886
  13. Samuel A. McDowell, 1887–1890
  14. John H. Folks, 1891–1892
  15. Ben P. Hill, 1893–1894

16. Frank S. Jennings, 1895–1902
17. Thomas W. Brodnax, 1903–1906
18. Fred M. Jennings, 1907–1914
19. Ralph Conklin, 1915–1918
20. James C. Byers, 1918–1929
21. Edgar F. Cooper, 1929–1935
22. Ernest W. Dort, 1936–1941
23. Bert Strand, 1941–1962
24. A. Elmer Jansen, 1962–1963
25. Joseph C. O'Connor, 1963–1971
26. John F. Duffy, 1971–1991
27. Jim Roache, 1991–1994
28. William B. Kolender 1995-2009
29. William D. Gore 2009–present

[edit] Deputies killed in line of duty

  1. Andrew Kriss, May 25, 1864, gunfire[1]
  2. Will Ward, November 27, 1899, assault[2]
  3. Thomas A. Fay, May 17, 1919, gunfire[3]
  4. Donn G. Witt, September 25, 1983, illness[4]
  5. Kelly Ann Bazer, January 13, 1986, gunfire[5]
  6. Lonny Gene Brewer, December 5, 1987, gunfire[6]
  7. Theodore L. Beckmann Jr., February 8, 1989, vehicular assault[7]
  8. Patrick Steven Coyle, February 16, 1997, aircraft accident[8]
  9. Ken Collier, February 28, 2010, vehicle pursuit[9]

[edit] See also

Portal icon San Diego County portal
Portal icon California portal
Portal icon Law enforcement/Law enforcement topics portal


[edit] References

  1. ^ Kriss, Officer Down Memorial Page
  2. ^ Ward, Officer Down Memorial Page
  3. ^ Fay,Officer Down Memorial Page
  4. ^ Witt, Officer Down Memorial Page
  5. ^ Bazer, Officer Down Memorial Page
  6. ^ Brewer, Officer Down Memorial Page
  7. ^ Beckmann, Officer Down Memorial Page
  8. ^ Coyle, Officer Down Memorial Page
  9. ^ Collier, Officer Down Memorial Page

[edit] External links

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