Orleans County Sheriff's Office (New York)

Orleans County Sheriff's Office (New York)

The Orleans County Sheriff’s Office serves a population of over 44,000 people and covers an area of 396 square miles (1,030 km2) on the southern shore of Lake Ontario in Western New York. The Sheriff’s Office provides full service law enforcement to the unincorporated areas of the county. The office also provides varying degrees of support to four municipal police departments and operates the Orleans County Jail.

The Sheriff is the Chief Law Enforcement Officer of the Orleans County and serves an elected term of four years. There are currently 104 employees of the Sheriff’s Office. They comprise both sworn and civilian personnel. Law Enforcement services are based primarily out of the Public Safety Building located on State Route 31 in the Town of Albion. There is also a Marine Patrol office located at the Oak Orchard Marine Park on Point Breeze Rd., in the Town of Carlton. Sheriff’s services are divided into five categories - Patrol, Investigative, Communications, Correctional, and Administration.

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