The Frederick County Sheriff's Office (FCSO) is the primary

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serving a population of 222,938 residents within the area of

Frederick County, Maryland Frederick County is located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Maryland. At the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 271,717. The county seat is Frederick. Frederick County is included in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ...

Accreditation

* Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement (CALEA) * Commission on Accreditation (CAC) American Correctional Association * National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC)

Overview

The Frederick County Sheriff's Office (FCSO) is organized into two different bureaus (Law Enforcement Bureau & Corrections Bureau), which consists of divisions, sections, and services.

Sheriff's of Frederick County, Maryland

*Sheriff Charles A. (Chuck) Jenkins, 2006-Present *Sheriff James W. Hagey, 1994-2006 *Sheriff Carl R. Harbaugh, 1990-1994 *Sheriff Robert C. Snyder, 1982-1990 *Sheriff Donald C. Barnes, 1974-1982 *Sheriff Richard O. Baumgartner, 1970-1974 *Sheriff Crummell P. Jacobs, 1966-1970 *Sheriff Horace M. Alexander, 1953-1966 *Sheriff R. Paul Buhrman, 1953 *Sheriff Guy Anders, 1946-1952

Headquarters

The Frederick County Sheriff's Office (FCSO) shares its headquarters building with the local

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(MSP) unit (Barrack B-Frederick) and the Frederick County Emergency Communications (FCEC) Center.

Law Enforcement Bureau

Operations Division

The Operations Division consists of three operational sections: Patrol Operations- *Patrol Teams *Honor Guard *K-9 Program *Community Deputies *School Resource Officers (SRO) *Pro-Active Criminal Enforcement (PACE) Team *Traffic Unit *Civil Order and Firearms Surrender Programs Special Operations- *Crime Analysis *Criminal Investigations Section *Evidence Unit *Pawn Unit *Narcotics Investigations Section *Crisis Negotiation Team *SWAT The Special Operations unit comprises the Criminal Investigations,

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, Special Assignment, Task Force, and

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sections. A Juvenile Specialist, Evidence Custodian, and the Special Services Team are also part of Special Operations. Judicial Services- *Civil Process Unit *Court Security Unit A Civil Process unit, Child Support section, Court Security force, and Alarms/Permits unit are part of Judicial Operations.

Administrative Services Division

The Administrative Services Division consists of three administrative support sections to include : Personnel Services- *Background & Recruiting *Police Information Specialist *Records Section Personnel Services includes the Background/Recruiting,

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, and Accreditation sections. Fiscal Services- *Agency Property Management *Billing Coordination *Budget Development & Management *Capital Improvement Projects *Grants *Planning & Research *Purchasing *Quartermaster Fiscal Services comprises the Budget Development and Management, Planning & Research,

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, Capital Improvement Projects, Purchasing,

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, Agency Property Management, and Billing Coordination sections. Support Services- *Building Management *Community Services Section *Crime Prevention *Crossing Guards *Intern Program *Training Support Services includes the Police Information Specialist, Records Section, Fleet Management, Building Management, Victim Services, School Resource Section, Community Services Section, Crime Prevention, Youth Services, Crossing Guards, Reserve Deputies, and Volunteer sections. Training Services includes the In-Service Training, Police Academy Training,

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, Intern Program, Citizens Police Academy, and Community Assistance Patrol Academy sections.

Corrections Bureau

Administrative Division *Accounting *Procurement & Budgeting *Personnel *Logistics *Inmate Records *Accreditation *Technology *Background Investigations *P.R.E.A *Compliance/Disciplinary Office Security Division *Security Operations *Transportation Unit *Emergency Response Team *Central Booking *Gang Intelligence *287 (g) Program *IGSA Program Community Services Division *Alternative Sentencing Program *Work Release Program *Home Detention Program *Pretrial Services Unit Inmate Services Division *Classification & Programs *Food Services *Medical & Mental Health Services

Incidents

*2013-In December 2013, Deputy First Class Todd Joia was charged with entry without breaking in nearby

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. The case is related to the theft of more than two thousand dollars from a pair of gambling machines. The deputy was suspended when his arrest was made known to his department. In February 2014, he resigned from the office, was sentenced to a year on

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and

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. During the same week, Deputy First Class Kevin Darnell White was suspended when he was arrested for an off-duty drunken assault in nearby

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. He was also suspended and later acquitted of all charges. *2013-On 12 January 2013, three Frederick County Sheriff's Office (FCSO) Deputies were out of uniform while working after hours as security guards. They were called to a movie theater where a man with

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refused to leave the cinema after the movie was over. The three, Lieutenant Scott Jewell, Sergeant Rich Rochford, and Deputy First Class James Harris, confronted Ethan Saylor and his

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. In the confrontation the three men fell on the 26-year-old Saylor and handcuffed him. He then died of

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tion. A

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did not return any charges in the case. As of July 25, 2013 the federal

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was investigating Saylor's death as a

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case. *2013-At one o'clock in the morning on 10 January 2013, deputies dressed in military gear tried to conduct a no-knock arrest warrant on nineteen-year-old Daniel Vail. Vail was wanted in a nearby county for a

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. The deputies threw a

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into Vail's bedroom to disorient him. Unnamed deputies said the naked man had a

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in his hands. After the deputies ordered him to drop the weapon, they fired eighteen bullets, killing Vail. An internal investigation by the Frederick County Sheriff's Office cleared the deputies of any wrongdoing. *2011-Deputy Sam Bowman was indicted in 2011 on several charges of having sexually abused a 14-year-old girl. He was assigned as a

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. *2006-

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Theodore Randolph "Randy" Dorsey was indicted on

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charges in November, 2006 related to destroying his vehicle as part of an insurance scam.Md. Deputy Sheriff Indicted on Arson Charge, by David Dishneau, 22 November 2006, InsuranceJournal.com

References

External links

* https://www.frederickcosheriff.com
Sheriff Jenkins biography

List of Sheriffs in Frederick County since 1748
* https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/fr/jud/sheriffs/former/html/00list.html
Frederick County Sheriffs Office, Maryland
* https://mdsp.maryland.gov/Organization/Pages/FieldOperationsBureau/allbarracks.aspx {{Law enforcement agencies in Maryland

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