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'{{Confuse|Baltimore County Police Department|Baltimore Police Department}}<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Notability|notability]]<nowiki>}} {{</nowiki>[[Template:Expert-subject|expert-subject]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>{{Infobox Law enforcement agency | agencyname = Baltimore County Sheriff's Office | abbreviation = | patch = MD - Baltimore Sheriff.png | patchcaption = Patch of the Baltimore County Sheriff's Office | logo = | logocaption = | badge = | badgecaption = | flag = | flagcaption = | motto = | mottotranslated = | formed = {{start date and age|1659}} | preceding1 = | employees = 70 | volunteers = | budget = | country = United States | divtype = State | divname = Maryland | subdivtype = County | subdivname = Baltimore County | map = Map of Maryland highlighting Baltimore County.svg | mapcaption = | sizearea = 1,766 km² | sizepopulation = 805,029 | legaljuris = [[Baltimore County, Maryland]] | governingbody = | overviewbody = | constitution1 = | police = | local = | headquarters = [[Towson, Maryland]] | sworntype = Deputie | sworn = 70 | unsworn = | electeetype = | minister1name = | minister1pfo = | minister2name = | minister2pfo = | minister3name = | minister3pfo = | minister4name = | minister4pfo = | minister5name = | minister5pfo = | chief1name = R. Jay Fisher | chief1position = [[Sheriff]] | parentagency = | child1agency = | unittype = | unitname = | officetype = | officename = | provideragency = | uniformedas = | stationtype = | stations = | lockuptype = | lockups = | vehicle1type = | vehicles1 = | boat1type = | boats1 = | aircraft1type = | aircraft1 = | aircraft2type = | aircraft2 = | animal1type = | animals1 = | website = [http://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/Agencies/sheriff/ Baltimore County Sheriff's Office Website] | footnotes = }} The '''Baltimore County Sheriff's Office''' (BCoSO) is the law enforcement arm of the [[Baltimore County Circuit Courthouses|Baltimore County Courthouse,]] which houses a part of the [[Maryland Circuit Courts#3rd Judicial Circuit|3rd Judicial Circuit]] of [[Maryland Circuit Courts|Circuit Courts of Maryland]], in [[Towson, Maryland]]. The Baltimore County Sheriff's Office is one of the oldest sheriff's offices in existence in the State of Maryland, dating back to 1659, the traditional year of the County's founding. ==History== ===Prior Sheriffs<ref>{{cite web |title=Sheriffs, Baltimore County, Maryland |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/bco/jud/sheriffs/former/html/00list.html |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=State of Maryland |access-date=17 April 2023}}</ref>=== Under the constitution of 1776 {| class="wikitable" |+ Sheriffs !Term ! Name |- |1777 || William Aisquith (resigned) |- |1777-1778 || Henry Stephenson |- |1778-1779 || Edward Cockey |- |1779-1780 || Joseph Baxter |- |1780-1782 || Job Garritson |- |1782 || William McLaughlin |- |1782-1785 || Edmund Ford |- |1785-1788 || Philip Graybill [Graybell] |- |1788 || William Gibson |- |1788-1791 || Thomas Rutter, Jr. |- |1791-1794 || Robert Gorsuch |- |1794-1797 || Henry Stephenson |- |1797-1800 || Cornelius H. Gist |- |1800-1803 || James Wilson |- |1803-1806 || Thomas Bailey |- |1806-1809 || John Hunter |- |1809-1812 || William Merryman |- |1812-1813 || John Hutchins (died in office) |- |1813-1815 || John Chalmers |- |-{{party shading/Republican}} |1815-1818 || Matthew Murray |- |1818-1821 || John Stevenson |- |-{{party shading/Republican}} |1821-1824 || Sheppard C. Leakin |- |1824-1827 || Standish Barry |- |1827-1830 || William Bale |- |1830-1833 || Henry Green |- |1833-1836 || Henry S. Sanderson |- |1839-1839 || John W. Walker |- |1839-1842 || William D. Ball |- |1842-1845 || Nicholas Tracy |- |1845-1848 || John Kettlewell |- |1848-1851 || Joshua F. Hynes |} Under the constitution of 1851 {| class="wikitable" |+ Sheriffs !Term ! Name |- |1851-1853|| Samuel P. Storm |- |1853-1855|| Pleasant Hunter |- |1855-1857|| William Pole |- |1857-1859|| Richard W. Hook |- |-{{party shading/Democratic}} |1859-1861|| Francis J. Wheeler |- |1861-1863|| Joseph Walker |- |1863-1864|| Daniel S. Armstrong (died Nov. 9, 1864) |- |1864-1865|| James Thompson |} Under the constitution of 1864 {| class="wikitable" |+ Sheriffs !Term ! Name |- | 1865-1867|| John K. Harvey |} Under the Constitution of 1867 {| class="wikitable" |+ Sheriffs !Term ! Name |- |1867-1869 || Thomas Baldwin |- |1869-1871|| Nicholas Burke |- |1871-1873|| Samuel J. Robinson |- |-{{party shading/Democratic}} |1873-1874|| Samuel F. Butler |- |1874|| Samuel W. Worthington |- |1875-1877 || Stephen Barton |- |-{{party shading/Democratic}} |1877-1879|| Samuel W. Worthington |- |1879-1881|| William A. Slade |- |1881-1883|| Richard C. Tracey |- |1883-1885|| Joseph R. Knight |- |1885-1887|| Silas V. Miller |- |1887-1889|| Joshua Tracey |- |1889-1891|| Charles J. Beckley |- |1891-1893|| Thomas R. Jenifer |- |1893-1895|| Charles H. Holmes |- |1895-1897|| William P. Cole |- |1897-1899|| Joshua T. Whittle |- |1899-1901|| William H. Todd |- |-{{party shading/Democratic}} |1901-1903|| William J. Oeligrath |- |1903-1905|| James Rittenhouse |- |1905-1907|| Jacob Elliott |- |-{{party shading/Democratic}} |1907-1909|| Abram T. Street |- |-{{party shading/Democratic}} |1909-1911|| James Rittenhouse |- |-{{party shading/Democratic}} |1911-1913|| Michael J. Gaff |- |1913-1915|| Leonard G. Quinlin |- |1915-1917|| Samuel C. Mahle |- |-{{party shading/Democratic}} |1917-1919|| Abram T. Street |- |1919-1921|| Samuel C. Mahle |- |1921-1923|| J. Carroll Ensor |- |1923-1926|| Caleb C. Burton |} Sheriffs elected under 1922 Amendment to the [[Maryland State Constitution|state constitution]]. {| class="wikitable" |+ Sheriffs !Term ! Name |- | 1926-1930|| Samuel A. Brooks |- | 1930-1934|| Bremen A. Trail |- | 1934-1938|| T. J. Randolph Nicholas |- |-{{party shading/Democratic}} | 1938-1942 || William G. Lynch |- |-{{party shading/Democratic}} | 1942-1946|| Gilbert G. Miller |} Sheriffs elected under 1946 Amendment to the [[Maryland State Constitution|state constitution]]. {| class="wikitable" |+ !Term !Name |- | 1946-1950 |Clarence E. Deitz |- |-{{party shading/Democratic}} | 1950-1962 |Gilbert G. Miller |- | 1962-1966 |Edward G. Mueller |- | 1966-1973 |Gilbert L. Deyle |- |-{{party shading/Democratic}} | 1973-1974 |Leonard M. Carpenter |- | 1974-1984 |Charles H. Hickey, Jr. |- | 1984-1986 |Frank B. Wiers, Jr. |- |-{{party shading/Democratic}} |1986-1990 |J. Edward (Ned) Malone, Sr. |- |-{{party shading/Democratic}} | 1990-1998 |Norman M. Pepersack, Jr. |- |-{{party shading/Democratic}} | 1998-2002 |Anne K. Strasdauskas |} ==Organization== As of 2008, the BCSO is headed by R. Jay Fisher, Sheriff of Baltimore County. The BCSO currently has an authorized complement of 70 sworn deputies. The rank structure is as follows:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.co.ba.md.us/Agencies/sheriff/history.html |title=The Shire the Reeve |access-date=2008-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117054841/http://www.co.ba.md.us/Agencies/sheriff/history.html |archive-date=2007-11-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *Sheriff (1) *Undersheriff (1) *Captain (1) *Lieutenant (2) *Sergeant (6) *Deputy & Deputy First Class (60) The BCoSO is subdivided into five sections as follows:<ref name=autogenerated1>{{Cite web |url=http://www.co.ba.md.us/Agencies/sheriff/shagduty.html |title=Sheriff's Duties and Powers |access-date=2008-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117054856/http://www.co.ba.md.us/Agencies/sheriff/shagduty.html |archive-date=2007-11-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *Courtroom Security Bureau and Transportation Division - responsible for transport and temporary housing of defendants to and from the Circuit Court, and other detention facilities. *Field Operations Bureau - Legal Process Division; is responsible for the service of court-ordered processes such as Writs of Execution, Writs of Summons/Subpoenas, Writs of Possession (evictions), Ex Parte/Protective/Peace Orders, and service of Criminal/Juvenile/Civil Warrants. *Field Operations Bureau - Warrant Unit; has the responsibility of non-support warrant service. *Administrative Services Division - is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the BCoSO *Security Division - is responsible for the constant security of the courthouse and surrounding property and is staffed by both sworn deputies and non-sworn security personnel. ==Authority== The authority of the Sheriff and all sworn deputies are constitutional in origin. All are certified police officers with full arrest authority under guidelines of the [[Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commission]] and the Constitution of the State of Maryland.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> ==Patch== The agency's uniform shoulder patch depicts two Maryland Militiamen, who also happened to be Baltimore County Deputy Sheriffs, who were killed, during the British land and sea attack at the [[Battle of North Point]] on September 12, 1814, in the [[War of 1812]] (later celebrated as a state, county, and city holiday as "[[Defenders Day (Maryland)|Defenders' Day]]" - simultaneous with the bombardment of [[Fort McHenry]] from the [[Patapsco River]] on September 13-14th, and the inspiration for the writing of the [[National Anthem]], ''"[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]"'' by [[Francis Scott Key]], 1779-1843). Daniel Wells and Henry McComas have historically been given credit for shooting and killing the commanding British General [[Robert Ross (British Army officer)|Robert Ross]] and were later both killed in the following skirmish and battle. A memorial known as the "Wells-McComas Monument" to the two fallen Militia Soldiers/Deputies is located on [[Gay Street (Baltimore)|North Gay Street]] by the intersecting Aisquith and Orleans Streets in "Ashland Square" in [[Baltimore|East Baltimore City]], where they were buried beneath after being exhumed in the 1870s from their original grave site and moved with great ceremony and publicity to Ashland Square. A smaller memorial where the two Deputies/Militiamen and nearby General Ross were killed is located on Old Battle Grove Road in [[Dundalk, Maryland|Dundalk]] near "Battle Acre", the small, one-acre park donated to the State on the 25th Anniversary of [[Defenders Day (Maryland)|Defenders' Day]], in 1839 marking the center of the [[Battle of North Point|North Point Battlefield]] off [[List of roads in Baltimore County, Maryland|Old North Point Road]], its later parallel by-pass - [[Maryland Route 151|North Point Boulevard]] at the intersection with German Hill Road, from September 12, 1814. Here to celebrate the extensive week-long "[[Star Spangled Banner|Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Anniversary]]" in 1914, the historic site was surrounded by an decorative cast-iron fence and a large stone base with a bronze cannon surmounting it and with a historical bronze plaque mounted on the side. Large stone-base signs with historical markers visible to passing traffic noting the "Battle of North Point" and "War of 1812" sites were also erected north and south of the historic battlefield area in the median strip of the 1977-era [[Baltimore Beltway]], ([[Interstate 695 (Maryland)|Interstate 695]]) by the [[Maryland Department of Transportation]]'s [[Maryland State Highway Administration|State Highway Administration]] that were placed through the efforts finally in 2004 of various local historical preservation-minded citizens and the Dundalk-Patapsco Neck Historical Society. An attempt to at least mark the general area of the historic battlefield site despite the high-speed highway routed through its fields along with the surrounding intensive post-World War II commercial and residential development unthinkingly constructed around the narrow peninsula field between Bread and Cheese Creek off [[Back River (Maryland)|Back River]] to the north and Bear Creek leading to the [[Patapsco River|Patapsco]] to the south.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}} ==See also== *[[List of law enforcement agencies in Maryland]] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Law enforcement agencies in Maryland}} {{Baltimore County}} [[Category:Baltimore County, Maryland]] [[Category:Sheriffs' offices of Maryland]] [[Category:1659 establishments in Maryland]]'