Abbreviation SCCSO Annual budget $298,940,800 | Formed 1850 | |
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Legal personality Governmental: Government agency Operations jurisdiction* County (US) of Santa Clara in the state of California, USA Size 1,304 square miles (3,380 km) | ||
The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office is a local law enforcement agency that serves Santa Clara County, California.
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Sheriff
On December 15, 1998, Laurie Smith became the twenty-eighth person to hold the position of Sheriff in Santa Clara County, California. With Smith's landslide election victory on November 3, 1998, she became the first woman law enforcement officer to hold the Office of Sheriff in the history of California.
Organization
The Department is divided into four major bureaus — Field Operations, Support Services, Jail Operations and Administrative Services.
Rank structure
Currently, the Sheriff's Office has 586 full-time sworn staff. These positions are broken down as follows:
In addition to the full-time sworn staff, the Sheriff's Office has 65 Reserve Deputy Sheriffs. To support the entire operation, the Department employs 223 non-sworn, civilian staff.
Fallen officers
Since the establishment of the Santa Clara Sheriff's Office, seven officers have died in the line of duty.