Cleveland County Sheriff's Office (Oklahoma)

Cleveland County Sheriff's Office
Abbreviation CCSO
Agency overview
Formed 1889
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction* County (US) of Cleveland in the state of Oklahoma, USA
Map of Cleveland County Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction.
Size 558 square miles (1,450 km2)
Population 239,760 (2008 est.)
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters Norman, Oklahoma
Agency executive Joseph K. Lester, Sheriff
Website
Cleveland County Sheriff Website
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

Cleveland County Sheriff's Office is the chief law enforcement agency in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, with primary jurisdiction in the unincorporated areas of the county. Consisting of over 130 deputies, detention staff and support personnel, the department serves a population of over 230,000 people. The department is headed by Sheriff Joseph K. Lester, a Republican, elected in 2008.

History

The Cleveland County Sheriff's Office was formed in 1889 and has been serving the citizens of Cleveland County, Oklahoma ever since.

Specialties

Some of the specialized assignments in the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office are:

Fallen Deputies

Since the establishment of the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office, two deputies have died in the line of duty.[1]

Deputy Date of Death Details
Undersheriff William H. Abbott
Saturday, February 17, 1912
 Gunfire
Undersheriff Grover Fulkerson
Friday, August 24, 1917
 Gunfire

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Officer Down Memorial Page

External links

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