Kent County Sheriff's Office (Maryland)
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.[1]
History
The KCSO was created in 1648 with Henry Morgan appointed as the first sheriff.[2]
Organization
Nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies,[3] 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:[4]
- 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
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.kentcounty.com/sheriff/aboutus.htm
- ^ http://www.kentcounty.com/sheriff/aboutus.htm
- ^ http://www.kentcounty.com/sheriff/organization.htm
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