San Diego County Sheriff's Department

San Diego County Sheriff's Department
Common name San Diego Sheriff's Department
Abbreviation SDSO

Patch of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department

Logo of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department

Flag of San Diego County, California
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, U.S.
Size 4,526 square miles (11,700 km2)
Population 2,974,859
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters 9621 Ridgehaven Court
San Diego, CA 92123
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 (SDSO), is the primary and largest law enforcement agency in San Diego County, California, and one of the largest sheriff’s departments in the United States: with over 4,000 employees, an annual budget of over $600 million, and a service area over 4,500 square miles extending to a 60 mile international border. The department, established in 1850, has over 4,000 sworn deputies and additional civilian support personnel servicing an area of nearly 4,526 mi².

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 sheriff is elected by the voters of San Diego County. The current sheriff is William Gore, who was appointed by the Board of Supervisors in 2009 when Bill Kolender resigned,[1] and then was elected to a full term in June 2010.[2]

Organization

Office of the Sheriff

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.

Law Enforcement Services Bureau

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 28914 Old Highway 80, #106 Pine Valley, CA 91962

Poway Station 13100 Bowron Rd Poway, CA 92064

Ramona Substation 1424 Montecito Rd Ramona, CA 92065

Rancho San Diego Station 11486 Campo Rd. Spring Valley, CA 91978

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

Detention Services Bureau

Human Resource Services Bureau

Management Services Bureau

Vehicles

Salmon-colored 1966 Dodge Polara
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 in a traditional black and white, they transitioned to a pink-salmon color in the 1960s. From 1971 to 1991 the vehicles were painted kelly green-and-white which were the campaign colors of Sheriff John F. Duffy. When he retired the fleet was returned to the black-and-white color scheme and has remained so ever since. The department has also had a few all-white cars over the years, but these were for Traffic Enforcement and Volunteer Patrols only.

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

Deputies killed in line of duty

  1. Andrew Kriss, May 25, 1864, gunfire[3]
  2. Will Ward, November 27, 1899, assault[4]
  3. Thomas A. Fay, May 17, 1919, gunfire[5]
  4. Donn G. Witt, September 25, 1983, illness[6]
  5. Kelly Ann Bazer, January 13, 1986, gunfire[7]
  6. Lonny Gene Brewer, December 5, 1987, gunfire[8]
  7. Theodore L. Beckmann Jr., February 8, 1989, vehicular assault[9]
  8. Patrick Steven Coyle, February 16, 1997, aircraft accident[10]
  9. Ken Collier, February 28, 2010, vehicle pursuit[11]

Rank Structure

Title Insignia
Sheriff
Undersheriff
Assistant Sheriff
Commander
Captain
Lieutenant
Sergeant
Corporal
Deputy Sheriff

History

The San Diego Sheriff department was formed in 1850, and since then it has served a diverse county consisting of many constituents with competing interests. San Diego Sheriff's department was a co-appellant in the very famous Supreme Court of the United States and Ninth Circuit cases Kolender v. Lawson, 461 U.S. 352 (1983),[12][13] which held unconstitutional laws that allow law enforcement to demand that “loiterers” and “wanderers” provide identification; this continues to affects other departments nationwide.[14][15][16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Fudge, Tom (April 21, 2010). "San Diego Voters To Choose New County Sheriff". KPBS News. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Gubernatorial Primary Election, Tuesday, June 8, 2010" (PDF). San Diego County Registrar of Voters. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  3. ↑ Kriss, Officer Down Memorial Page
  4. ↑ Ward, Officer Down Memorial Page
  5. ↑ Fay,Officer Down Memorial Page
  6. ↑ Witt, Officer Down Memorial Page
  7. ↑ Bazer, Officer Down Memorial Page
  8. ↑ Brewer, Officer Down Memorial Page
  9. ↑ Beckmann, Officer Down Memorial Page
  10. ↑ Coyle, Officer Down Memorial Page
  11. ↑ Collier, Officer Down Memorial Page
  12. ↑ "Kolender v. Lawson". United States Reports (Supreme Court of the United States) 461: 352. May 2, 1983.
  13. ↑ "Lawson v. Kolender". United States Federal Reports (United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit) 2 (658): 1362. Oct 15, 1981.
  14. ↑ "Judge Rejects New York’s Stop-and-Frisk Policy". The New York Times. August 12, 2013.
  15. ↑ "L.A. County Sheriff's Department violated rights of blacks, Justice Department says". Los Angeles Times. June 28, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Investigation of Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department Stations in Antelope Valley" (PDF). US Department of Justice. June 28, 2013.

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