The Arlington County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) provides law enforcement services for 207,627 people within of jurisdiction within
Arlington County, Virginia
Arlington County, or simply Arlington, is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Virginia. The county is located in Northern Virginia on the southwestern bank of the Potomac River directly across from Washington, D.C., the nati ...
. These services include responsibility for the operation of the local jail, courthouse security and service of civil papers. The Sheriff may also execute criminal warrants. Unlike the
Arlington County Police Department, it is not responsible for patrol or investigations.
History
The ACSO was created in 1869 when I.C. O'Neil was appointed as the first sheriff. The ACSO is a Nationally Accredited Public Safety Agency.
In 2016, the office settled with the federal government over alleged violations of the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or ADA () is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, ...
regarding a deaf prison inmate.
In 2022, after seven
men of color had died in the Arlington county jail over the previous seven years, the Arlington branch of the
NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an American civil rights organization formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du&nbs ...
requested a federal investigation of the county jail. A $10 million lawsuit was independently filed regarding one of these deaths.
Jail
The facility employs a total of approximately 200 staff members, 160 being Deputy Sheriffs.
Arlington County Sheriff's Office - Correction Division
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See also
* List of law enforcement agencies in Virginia
* Arlington County Police Department
References
External links
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Arlington County Sheriff
County sheriffs' offices of Virginia
Government agencies established in 1869
1869 establishments in Virginia