Kent County Sheriff's Office (Maryland)

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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.^[1]

History[]

The KCSO was created in 1648 with Henry Morgan appointed as the first sheriff.^[2]

Organization[]

Nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies,^[3] 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:^[4]

• Administrative
• Victim Services
• School Resource
• Patrol Division- within the Patrol Division, there are three units:
  • K-9 Unit
  • Community Policing Unit
  • Bicycle Patrol Unit
• Services Division
• Kent Bureau of Investigation

See also[]

• List of law enforcement agencies in Maryland

References[]