Kent County Sheriff's Office (Maryland)

Kent County Sheriff's Office
Abbreviation	KCSO
Agency overview
Formed	1648 (1648)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Maryland
Size	279.43 square miles (723.7 km2)
Population	19,983
Legal jurisdiction	Kent County, Maryland
General nature	Local civilian police

The Kent County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) is the primary law enforcement agency servicing a population of 19,983 people within 279.43 square miles (723.7 km²) of jurisdiction within Kent County located on Maryland's eastern shore.

History

The KCSO was created in 1648 with Henry Morgan appointed as the first sheriff.

Organization

Nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, the KCSO is full-service organization. The current sheriff of the KCSO is John F. Price IV. The agency is sub-divided into six units:

• Administrative
• Victim Services
• School Resource
• Patrol Division- within the Patrol Division, there are three units:
  • K-9 Unit
  • Community Policing Unit
  • Bicycle Patrol Unit
• Services Division
• Kent Bureau of Investigation

See also

• List of law enforcement agencies in Maryland

Further reading

• Hemstock, G. Kevin (2015). Injustice on the Eastern Shore: Race and the Hill Murder Trial. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing Inc. ISBN 978-1-62585-473-5. OCLC 1281987114.
• Semmes, Raphael (1996). Crime and punishment in early Maryland (Maryland pbk. bookshelf ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-5424-5. OCLC 34114836.
• "As Kent police controversy rages, troopers handle local duties". Baltimore Sun. Mar 10, 1994. Retrieved 2022-10-16.