| San Diego County Sheriff's Office | |
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| Abbreviation | SDSO |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1850 |
| Employees | 4,000+ (2024)[1] |
| Annual budget | US$1,198,649,583 (2024)[1] |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | San Diego County, California, United States |
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| San Diego County Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction. | |
| Size | 4,200 square miles (10,900 km2) |
| Population | 2,974,859 |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 9621 Ridgehaven Court San Diego, CA 92123 |
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| Facilities | |
| Stations | 18 |
| Jails | 8 |
| Website | |
| sdsheriff | |
The San Diego County Sheriff's Office (SDSO) is the primary law enforcement agency of San Diego County, California. It was established in 1850. It is the largest law enforcement agency in the county and one of the largest sheriff's offices in the United States, with over 4,700 employees, an annual budget of over $1.1 billion, and a service area over 4,500 square miles extending to a 60-mile international border.
The office 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 office for municipal law enforcement and public safety services. Within these cities, traffic enforcement is also provided.
The office operates and provides detention facilities (jails), court services, and specialized regional services (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. The Sheriff is elected by the voters of San Diego County. The current Sheriff is Kelly Martinez, who was elected in 2022 and took office at the beginning of 2023.[2]
- ^ a b https://www.sdsheriff.gov/bureaus/about-us.
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