Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office
| Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office | |
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| Abbreviation | SCCSO |
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Patch of the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office | |
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Logo prior to 1990 | |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1850 |
| Annual budget | $298,940,800 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | County (US) of Santa Clara in the state of California, USA |
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| Map of Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction. | |
| Size | 1,304 square miles (3,380 km2) |
| Population | 1,837,075 (2000) |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California |
| Deputy Sheriff, Correctional Deputy, Correctional Officers | 1429 |
| Civilians | 312 |
| Agency executive | Laurie Smith, Sheriff |
| Facilities | |
| Stations | 4 |
| Airbases | 1 |
| Helicopters | 1 |
| Website | |
| http://www.sccgov.org/sites/sheriff/ | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office is a local law enforcement agency that serves Santa Clara County, California.
Sheriff
On December 15, 1998, Laurie Smith became the twenty-eighth person to hold the position of Sheriff in Santa Clara County, California. With Smith's landslide election victory on November 3, 1998, she became the first woman law enforcement officer to hold the Office of Sheriff in the history of California.
Organization
The Department is divided into four major bureaus — Field Operations, Support Services, Jail Operations and Administrative Services.
Rank structure
Currently, the Sheriff's Office has 586 full-time sworn staff. These positions are broken down as follows:
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In addition to the full-time sworn staff, the Sheriff's Office has 65 Reserve Deputy Sheriffs. To support the entire operation, the Department employs 223 non-sworn, civilian staff.
Fallen officers
Since the establishment of the Santa Clara Sheriff's Office, seven officers have died in the line of duty.[1]
| Officer | Date of Death | Details |
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| Martin Roonan | |
Stabbed |
| William H. Hendricks | |
Gunfire |
| George Headen | |
Accidental |
| Hubert Wilson McAuley | |
Gunfire |
| Eugene Francis Denton | |
Heart attack |
| Douglas B. Miller | |
Gunfire |
| Paul Robert Bush | |
Gunfire |
See also
References
External links
- www.sccgov.org/sites/sheriff/ — Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office
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