Allegheny County Sheriff
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| Allegheny County Sheriff's Office | |
| Abbreviation | ACSO |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1788 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | County (US) of Allegheny in the state of Pennsylvania, United States |
| Size | 745 m² |
| Population | 1.1 million |
| Legal jurisdiction | Allegheny County, Pennsylvania |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Sworn members | 200[1] = Deputy Sheriff |
| Civilians | 100 |
| Agency executive | William P. Mullen, Sheriff |
| Regions |
3
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| Facilities | |
| Stations |
23
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| Website | |
| http://www.sheriffalleghenycounty.com/ | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Allegheny County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) is a local county law enforcement agency that serves both Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It primarily provides court, warrant, bailiff, and jail/prisoner transport services for the county. In some jurisdictions it also supplements local law enforcement by providing detectives, labs, SWAT, and reserve forces for backup.
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History
The first sheriff to assume office was James Morrison in January 1789.[2]
- James Morrison - 1789-1792
- Samuel Ewalt - 1792-1795
- James Sample - 1795-1798
- Ephraim Jones - 1798-1801
- William Wusthoff - 1804-1809
- William McCandless - 1804-1809
- William Woods - 1809-1810
- L. Stewart - 1816-1819
- Morgan Neville - 1819-1822
- L. Stewart - 1822-1825
- William Leckey - 1825-1828
- W. Caven - 1828-1831
- William Leckey - 1831-1834
- Elijah Trovillo - 1834-1837
- Andrew Bayne - 1837-1840
- Benjamin Weaver - 1840-1843
- Elijah Trovillo - 1843-1846
- John Forsyth - 1846-1850
- Carter Curtis - 1850-1852
- William Magill - 1852-1856
- Rody Patterson - 1856-1857
- James L. Grahm - 1857-1861
- Harry Woods - 1861-1863
- John H. Stewart - 1864-1867
- Samuel Cluley - 1867-1870
- H.S. Fleming - 1870-1873
- John H. Hare - 1873-1875
- Richard H. Fife - 1876-1878
- T.H. Hunter - 1879-1882
- William McCallin - 1882-1884
- Joseph H. Gray - 1884-1888
- A. McCandless - 1888-1890
- William H. McCleary - 1890-1894
- James F. Richards - 1894-1896
- Harvey A. Lowry - 1896-1900
- William C. McKinley - 1900-1904
- James W. Dickson - 1904-1906
- Addison Gumbert - 1906-1910
- Judd H. Bruff - 1910-1914
- George Richards - 1914-1918
- William S. Haddock - 1918-1922
- Robert Woodside - 1922-1926
- Robert H. Braun - 1926-1930
- Robert S. Cain - 12/1930-1/1932
- Frank I. Gollmar - 1932-1938
- John Heinz - 1938-1942
- Robert J. Corbett - 1942-1944 (elected to Congress 1944)
- John Montgomery - 1944-1945 (appointed by Governor)
- Walter C. Monahan - 1946-1951 (died September 19, 1951)
- William D. McClelland - 1951 (September 19, 1951 – December 28, 1951 while he served as Coroner)
- Thomas E. Whitten December 28, 1951 – 1954
- William H. Davis 1954-1970
- Eugene L. Coon 1970-1997
- Pete DeFazio 1997-2006[3]
- William P. Mullen 2006–Present
See also
- Pittsburgh Police
- Allegheny County Police Department
- List of law enforcement agencies in Pennsylvania
References
- ^ http://www.post-gazette.com/localnews/20020915shertextp7.asp
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20051126014019/http://www.sheriffalleghenycounty.com/history.html
- ^ http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06291/731144-100.stm
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