| San Diego County Sheriff's Department | |
| Abbreviation | SDSO |
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| Logo of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| 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 |
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| 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.
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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.
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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 |
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.
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16. Frank S. Jennings, 1895–1902 |