Cecil County Sheriff's Office
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The Cecil County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) is the primary law enforcement agency servicing a population of 99,506 people within 348.13 square miles (901.7 km²) of juridiction.
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Duties
The CCSO is responsible for the protection of life and property, enforcing orders of the court, and maintaining the detention facility for Cecil County, MarylandCecil County, Maryland
Cecil County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is part of the Delaware Valley. It was named for Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore , who was the first Proprietary Governor of the colony of Maryland from 1632 until his death in 1675. The county seat is Elkton. The newspaper...
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Organization
The current sheriff is Barry A. Janney Sr. The agency is divided into several sections:- Law Enforcement- consists of (but not limited to) patrol, criminal investigations division (CID), K-9Police dogA police dog, often referred to as a "K-9 dog" in some areas , is a dog that is trained specifically to assist police and other law-enforcement personnel in their work...
, SRT (SWATSWATA SWAT team is an elite tactical unit in various national law enforcement departments. They are trained to perform high-risk operations that fall outside of the abilities of regular officers...
), School Resource Officers, Police Communications, and Records. - Corrections- consists of housing, controlling, and transportation of inmates