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Baltimore County Sheriff's Office

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| agencyname = Baltimore County Sheriff's Office

| abbreviation = BCoSO

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| divname = Maryland

| subdivtype = County

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| headquarters = Baltimore County Circuit Courthouses,

Towson, Maryland

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| chief1name = R. Jay Fisher

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| website = [https://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/departments/sheriff Baltimore County Sheriff's Office Website]

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The Baltimore County Sheriff's Office (BCoSO) is a Sheriff's Office in Baltimore County, Maryland, US, and the secondary law enforcement agency of the County (after the Baltimore County Police Department) which provides protection for the Baltimore County Courthouse in Towson, Maryland. The Baltimore County Sheriff's Office is one of the oldest sheriff's offices in existence in the State of Maryland, dating back to 1659, the year of the County's founding.

Authority

The authority of the Sheriff and all sworn deputies are constitutional in origin. All are certified police officers with full arrest authority under guidelines of the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commission and the Constitution of the State of Maryland.

Organization

As of 2008, the BCoSO is headed by R. Jay Fisher, Sheriff of Baltimore County. The BCoSO currently has an authorized complement of 70 sworn deputies. The rank structure is as follows:{{Cite web |url=http://www.co.ba.md.us/Agencies/sheriff/history.html |title=The Shire the Reeve |access-date=2008-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117054841/http://www.co.ba.md.us/Agencies/sheriff/history.html |archive-date=2007-11-17 |url-status=dead }}

  • Sheriff (1)
  • Undersheriff (1)
  • Captain (1)
  • Lieutenant (2)
  • Sergeant (6)
  • Deputy & Deputy First Class (60)

The BCoSO is subdivided into five sections as follows:{{Cite web |url=http://www.co.ba.md.us/Agencies/sheriff/shagduty.html |title=Sheriff's Duties and Powers |access-date=2008-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117054856/http://www.co.ba.md.us/Agencies/sheriff/shagduty.html |archive-date=2007-11-17 |url-status=dead }}

  • Courtroom Security Bureau and Transportation Division - responsible for transport and temporary housing of defendants to and from the Circuit Court, and other detention facilities.
  • Field Operations Bureau - Legal Process Division; is responsible for the service of court-ordered processes such as Writs of Execution, Writs of Summons/Subpoenas, Writs of Possession (evictions), Ex Parte/Protective/Peace Orders, and service of Criminal/Juvenile/Civil Warrants.
  • Field Operations Bureau - Warrant Unit; has the responsibility of non-support warrant service.
  • Administrative Services Division - is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the BCoSO
  • Security Division - is responsible for the constant security of the courthouse and surrounding property and is staffed by both sworn deputies and non-sworn security personnel.

=List of sheriffs=

Source: Maryland Manual On-Line{{cite web |title=Sheriffs, Baltimore County, Maryland |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/bco/jud/sheriffs/former/html/00list.html |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=State of Maryland |access-date=17 April 2023}}

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|+ Sheriffs Under the constitution of 1776

!Term

! Name

1777William Aisquith (resigned)
1777-1778Henry Stephenson
1778-1779Edward Cockey
1779-1780Joseph Baxter
1780-1782Job Garritson
1782William McLaughlin
1782-1785Edmund Ford
1785-1788Philip Graybill [Graybell]
1788William Gibson
1788-1791Thomas Rutter, Jr.
1791-1794Robert Gorsuch
1794-1797Henry Stephenson
1797-1800Cornelius H. Gist
1800-1803James Wilson
1803-1806Thomas Bailey
1806-1809John Hunter
1809-1812William Merryman
1812-1813John Hutchins (died in office)
1813-1815John Chalmers
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|1815-1818

Matthew Murray
1818-1821John Stevenson
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|1821-1824

Sheppard C. Leakin
1824-1827Standish Barry
1827-1830William Bale
1830-1833Henry Green
1833-1836Henry S. Sanderson
1839-1839John W. Walker
1839-1842William D. Ball
1842-1845Nicholas Tracy
1845-1848John Kettlewell
1848-1851Joshua F. Hynes

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|+ Sheriffs Under the constitution of 1851

!Term

! Name

1851-1853Samuel P. Storm
1853-1855Pleasant Hunter
1855-1857William Pole
1857-1859Richard W. Hook
{{party shading/Democratic}}

|1859-1861

Francis J. Wheeler
1861-1863Joseph Walker
1863-1864Daniel S. Armstrong (died Nov. 9, 1864)
1864-1865James Thompson

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|+ Sheriffs Under the constitution of 1864

!Term

! Name

1865-1867John K. Harvey

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|+ Sheriffs Under the Constitution of 1867

!Term

! Name

1867-1869Thomas Baldwin
1869-1871Nicholas Burke
1871-1873Samuel J. Robinson
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|1873-1874

Samuel F. Butler
1874Samuel W. Worthington
1875-1877Stephen Barton
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|1877-1879

Samuel W. Worthington
1879-1881William A. Slade
1881-1883Richard C. Tracey
1883-1885Joseph R. Knight
1885-1887Silas V. Miller
1887-1889Joshua Tracey
1889-1891Charles J. Beckley
1891-1893Thomas R. Jenifer
1893-1895Charles H. Holmes
1895-1897William P. Cole
1897-1899Joshua T. Whittle
1899-1901William H. Todd
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|1901-1903

William J. Oeligrath
1903-1905James Rittenhouse
1905-1907Jacob Elliott
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|1907-1909

Abram T. Street
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|1909-1911

James Rittenhouse
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|1911-1913

Michael J. Gaff
1913-1915Leonard G. Quinlin
1915-1917Samuel C. Mahle
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|1917-1919

Abram T. Street
1919-1921Samuel C. Mahle
1921-1923J. Carroll Ensor
1923-1926Caleb C. Burton

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|+ Sheriffs elected under 1922 Amendment to the state constitution.

!Term

! Name

1926-1930Samuel A. Brooks
1930-1934Bremen A. Trail
1934-1938T. J. Randolph Nicholas
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| 1938-1942

William G. Lynch
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| 1942-1946

Gilbert G. Miller

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|+ Sheriffs elected under 1946 Amendment to the state constitution.

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1946-1950

|Clarence E. Deitz

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| 1950-1962

|Gilbert G. Miller

1962-1966

|Edward G. Mueller

1966-1973

|Gilbert L. Deyle

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| 1973-1974

|Leonard M. Carpenter

1974-1984

|Charles H. Hickey, Jr.

1984-1986

|Frank B. Wiers, Jr.

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|1986-1990

|J. Edward (Ned) Malone, Sr.

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| 1990-1998

|Norman M. Pepersack, Jr.

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| 1998-2002

|Anne K. Strasdauskas

See also

References

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{{Law enforcement agencies in Maryland}}

{{Baltimore County}}

Category:Baltimore County, Maryland

Category:Sheriffs' offices of Maryland

Category:1659 establishments in Maryland