Montgomery County Sheriff's Office (Pennsylvania)

Montgomery County Sheriff's Office
Abbreviation MCSO

Patch of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office

Badge of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office
Agency overview
Formed 1784
Employees 129
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction* County (US) of Montgomery County in the state of Pennsylvania, USA
Map of Montgomery County Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction.
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters Montgomery County Court House
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Agency executives
  • Sean P. Kilkenny, Sheriff
  • T. Michael Beaty, Chief Deputy
Units
Facilities
Stations 1
Website
Montgomery County Sheriff's Office
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office provides police protection for Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in conjunction with local and Pennsylvania State Police. Pennsylvania law calls for the Sheriff to be elected every four years. Sheriff John P. Durante died suddenly on February 10, 2010 and Chief Deputy Sheriff Alfred J. Ricci became the Acting Sheriff. On May 6, 2011, Eileen Whalon Behr, who had been appointed Sheriff by the Governor and confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate, was sworn in to serve the balance of John P. Durante's term. Behr had previously served as Chief of Police in Whitemarsh Township.[1] Behr was subsequently elected to a full four-year term on November 8, 2011.[2]

The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office became the first sheriff's office in Pennsylvania to be accredited by the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Accreditation Commission on January 29, 2010.[3] The Office was re-accredited on June 6, 2013.[4] The office, with the assistance of the District Attorney's Office and a federal grant, also acquired three K-9's in October, 2013.[5]

On Friday, December 20, 2013, Sheriff Eileen Whalon Behr announced that she would be stepping down as Sheriff to accept the position of Police Chief at Drexel University in Philadelphia.[6] On Friday, January 17, 2014, Captain Gregory L. Womelsdorf became Acting Sheriff due to Sheriff Behr stepping down and the retirement of Chief Deputy Alfred J. Ricci.[7] On Tuesday, January 21, 2014, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett nominated former Norristown Police Chief Russell Bono to serve as Sheriff for the remainder of Sheriff Behr's term.[8] He was confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 [9] and sworn in as Sheriff on Wednesday, March 12, 2014.[10] On May 15, 2014, former Norristown Police Chief Willie G. Richet was appointed as Chief Deputy.[11]

On November 4, 2015, Sean P. Kilkenny was elected[12] as Sheriff of Montgomery County, and was sworn in on Monday, January 5, 2016. He is also a municipal and land use attorney in Montgomery County. Sheriff Kilkenny appointed Whitemarsh Township Police Chief T. Michael Beaty as his Chief Deputy. Beaty immediately retired from the Whitemarsh Township Police Department and was sworn in as the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy on Tuesday, January 5, 2016.

Duties

The Sheriff's Office serves all civil and criminal writs and provides transportation for all prisoners, in addition to securing courtrooms and prisoners. The Sheriff's Office is also responsible for issuing license to carry firearms (LTCF). In Montgomery County, the Sheriff's Office also operates a bomb disposal team, DUI processing centers, a County Emergency Response Team, and a K-9 Unit.

Sheriffs

See also

References

  1. ↑ Phucas, Keith. "Eileen Behr sworn in as sheriff". Times Herald. Journal Register PA. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  2. ↑ Hessler, Jr., Carl. "ELECTION 2011: Behr victorious in sheriff’s race". Times Herald. Journal Register PA. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
  3. ↑ Phucas, Keith. "Sheriff’s department reaches milestone". Times Herald. Journal Register PA. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  4. ↑ Clark, Dan. "Montgomery County Sheriff's Department receives re-accreditation". Times Herald. Journal Register PA. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  5. ↑ Gibbons, Margaret. "Montco sheriff introduces two new staff members". The Intelligencer. Calkins Media. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  6. ↑ Burdo, Alison. "MontCo Sheriff Resigns for Drexel Job". NBC 10 Philadelphia. NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Retrieved 2014-01-17.
  7. ↑ Clark, Dan. "Montgomery County Sheriff's Department names acting Chief Deputy Sheriff". The Times Herald. Journal Register PA. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
  8. ↑ Clark, Dan. "Gov. Corbett nominates former Norristown Police Chief Russell Bono as Montgomery County Sheriff". The Times Herald. Journal Register PA. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
  9. ↑ Clark, Dan. "Pa. Senate confirms Bono as Montgomery County sheriff". The Times Herald. Journal Register PA. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
  10. ↑ Clark, Dan. "Former Norristown police Chief Bono sworn in as Montgomery County sheriff". The Times Herald. Journal Register PA. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
  11. ↑ Clark, Dan. "Montgomery County Sheriff Russell Bono appoints Willie Richet chief deputy". The Times Herald. Journal Register PA. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
  12. ↑ Wills, Brendan (November 3, 2015). "Kilkenny defeats Bono, plans to breathe new life into the sheriff's department.". Retrieved February 25, 2016.

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