Kent County Sheriff's Office (Maryland)
Encyclopedia
The Kent County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) is the primary law enforcement agency servicing a population of 19,983 people within 279.43 square miles (723.7 km²) of jurisdiction within Kent County
located on Maryland
's eastern shore
.
, the KCSO is full-service organization. The current sheriff
of the KCSO is John F. Price IV. The agency is sub-divided into six units:
Kent County, Maryland
Kent County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland, on its Eastern Shore. It was named for the county of Kent in England. Its county seat is Chestertown. In 2010, the county population was 20,197...
located on Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
's eastern shore
Eastern Shore of Maryland
The Eastern Shore of Maryland is a territorial part of the U.S. state of Maryland that lies predominately on the east side of the Chesapeake Bay and consists of nine counties. The origin of term Eastern Shore was derived to distinguish a territorial part of the State of Maryland from the Western...
.
Organization
Nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement AgenciesCommission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies
The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., is a credentialing authority , based in the United States, whose primary mission is to accredited public safety agencies, namely law enforcement agencies, training academies, communications centers, and campus public safety...
, the KCSO is full-service organization. The current sheriff
Sheriff
A sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....
of the KCSO is John F. Price IV. The agency is sub-divided into six units:
- Administrative
- Victim Services
- School Resource
- Patrol Division- within in the Patrol Division, there are three units:
- K-9 Unit
- Community Policing Unit
- Bicycle Patrol Unit
- Services Division
- Kent Bureau of Investigation