The Gaston County Sheriff's Office has full arrest powers in Gaston County both Criminal and Civil. The Sheriff is the Chief Law Enforcement Officer for

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. The Gaston County Sheriff's Office is responsible for operating the county jail system, protecting the county courthouse, serving

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documents, evictions, seizure of property or money as ordered by the courts, assisting other law enforcement agencies, service of criminal and Civil arrest processes, pursuing and arresting fugitives from legal actions taken through the courts. The Sheriff's Office is not primarily responsible for general law enforcement in Gaston County. Law enforcement within the incorporated municipalities of Gaston County is generally the responsibility of the police department of the particular municipality. Responsibility for law enforcement in unincorporated areas of the county rests with the Gaston County Police Department that was established in 1957.

Involvement in illegal immigration enforcement

Since 2007, the Gaston County Sheriff's office has been involved with a controversial federal immigration enforcement program. In the "287(g) program," federally trained deputies are authorized to check the immigration status of people who are arrested and taken to the Gaston County Jail. Gaston County is considered one of leading counties in North Carolina in the detention of illegal immigrants. Critics cite the fact that the primary charges filed against aliens in the Gaston County Jail are traffic violations. From April 2007 through June 2008, 599 Gaston County inmates were interviewed about their immigration status and 488 processed for removal from the United States. Those 599 inmates were arrested, collectively, on 735 charges (698 misdemeanors and 37 felonies), including 422 traffic charges (99 for DWI)."Traffic violations, not felonies or DWIs, leading catalyst for immigration enforcement (updated with Gaston County statistics)"
, Gaston Gazette, July 7, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-07-31.

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External links

Gaston County Sheriff's Office official website.
{{Coord missing, North Carolina Gaston County, North Carolina Sheriffs' offices of North Carolina

Involvement in illegal immigration enforcement

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