Montgomery County Sheriff's Office (Maryland)

The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) is a nationally accredited U.S. law enforcement agency and acts as the enforcement arm of the courts in Montgomery County, Maryland. All of its deputy sheriffs are fully certified law enforcement officials with full authority of arrest.[3]

Montgomery County Sheriff's Office
Patch
Badge of the MCSO's sheriff
Flag[2]
Agency overview
FormedJuly 1777 (1777-07)
Employees165
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionMontgomery County, Maryland, U.S.
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction
Operational structure
HeadquartersRoom T400, Montgomery County Judicial Center, 50 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, Maryland, U.S.
39.083456°N 77.150045°W / 39.083456; -77.150045 (Room T400, Montgomery County Judicial Center, 50 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, Maryland, U.S.)
Agency executive
Facilities
SUVs2016 Chevrolet Suburban
Website
http://www.mcsheriff.com/

The office was created in July 1777 and is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. It was nationally accredited in 1995, the first county sheriff's office in Maryland to be so. The office is headed by a sheriff; the current sheriff is Darren M. Popkin.

Duties

The duties of the MCSO are as follows:[4]

  • Courthouse security[5]
  • Criminal warrant service[6]
  • Prisoner Transportation and Extraditions
  • Domestic Violence Intervention
  • Canine Unit
  • Special Response Team (SRT)[7]
  • Criminal and Civil Court Order Service
  • Child support enforcement
  • Eviction Unit[8]
  • Fugitive Task-Force
  • School Resource Deputies
  • Other duties as assigned

History

1770s

Created in July 1777,[9] the MCSO is the oldest law enforcement agency in Montgomery County.[10]

1920s

In July 1924, William L. Aud, a former Montgomery County sheriff, became the Montgomery County police chief.[11]

1930s

In February 1939, Charles M. Orme, who was a Montgomery County Sheriff's Office deputy from 1925 to 1939, became the Montgomery County police chief.[12]

1990s

The MCSO was accredited in 1995; the first county sheriff's office in Maryland to be. It advertises this fact through stickers affixed to the quarter panels of its vehicles.

2010s

In December 2010, the MCSO's longest-serving sheriff,[13] Raymond M. Kight, retired.

Organization

The MCSO has authorized over 165 employees consisting of sworn law enforcement officers and civilian support staff.[14]

Headquarters

The office is headquartered in Room T400 of the Montgomery County Judicial Center at 50 Maryland Avenue in Rockville, Maryland.[15]

Sheriff

The office is headed by the sheriff, who has been elected every four years since the 1920s. The sheriff currently is Darren M. Popkin, a Democrat.[16] Popkin succeeded Raymond M. Kight as sheriff,[17] who retired in December 2010.[18] Popkin's current term ends in 2018,[19] when he will be eligible for reelection.[20]

List of sheriffs
Former patch of the MCSO, used in the 1990s and early 2000s
Sheriffs of Montgomery County
No. Name Tenure Party Life
Clement Beall[a] 1777–1780
Simon Nicholls[a] 1780–1783
John Haymond Nicholls[a] 1783–1786
William Robertson[a] 1786–1789
Benjamin White Jones[a] 1789–1792
Solomon Holland [a] 1792–1795
Benjamin Ray Jr.[a] 1795–1798
Benjamin White Jones[a] 1798–1801
Solomon Holland[a] 1801–1804
Benjamin Ray Jr.[a] 1804–1807
  John Fleming[a] 1807–1810 F-MD
William Candler[a] 1810–1813
Robert W. Fleming[a] 1813–1816
  Arnold T. Windsor[a] 1816–1819 F-MD
  Brice Shelby[a] 1819–1822 F-MD
  William Clements[a] 1822–1825 R-MD
Henry Harding[a] 1825–1828
Thomas F. W. Vinson [a] 1828–1831
William O'Neall[a] 1831–1834
Richard R. Waters[a] 1834–1837
William O. Chappell[a] 1837–1840
Henry Lilly[a] 1840–1842
Thomas F. W. Vinson[a] 1842–1843
Daniel H. Candler[a] 1843–1846
William O. Chappell[a] 1846–1849
William Thompson[a] 1849–1851
Philip J. Connell[a] 1851–1853
Matthew Fields[a] 1853–1855
Silas Browning[a] 1855–1857
John T. Benson[a] 1857–1859
  Samuel Gloyd[a] 1859–1861 D-MD
John T. Baker[a] 1861–1862
Perrie Leizear[a] 1862–1865
Zephariah N. Jones[a] 1865–1867
James H. Claggett[a] 1867–1869
John T. Benson[a] 1869–1871
Thomas S. Waters of S.[a] 1871–1873
  Edward H. Waters[a] 1873–1875 D-MD
Hilleary O. Higgins[a] 1875–1877
  John Ambrose Clements[a] 1877–1879 D-MD
John H. Kelchner[a] 1879–1881
John H. Kelchner[a] 1883–1885
John A. Collier[a] 1895–1897
Horton G. Thompson[a] 1897–1899
Arthur Williams[a] 1899–1901
  John W. Collier[a] 1901–1903 D-MD
Arthur Williams[a] 1903–1905
James P. Gott[a] 1905–1907
  George W. Mullican[a] 1907–1909 D-MD
  William Edward Viett[a] 1909–1911 D-MD
  Clifford L. Howard[a] 1911–1913 D-MD
Benjamin Peyton Whalen[a] 1913–1915
  W. Frank Gaither[a] 1915–1917 D-MD
William L. Aud[a] 1917–1919
George R. Nicholson[a] 1919–1921
Olvie A. Moxley[a] 1921–1923
  Clay Plummer[a] 1923–1926 D-MD
Joseph B. Pyles[a] 1926–1930
  Richard H. Lansdale[a] 1930–1934 D-MD
George Edington Bell[a] 1934–1938
  H. Leslie Carlin[a] 1938–1942 D-MD
  Robert W. Farmer[a] 1942–1946 D-MD
  Frank I. Davis[a] 1946–1950 D-MD
  Charles S. Lawrenson[a] 1950–1954 R-MD
  Luke J. Bennett Jr.[a] 1954–1962 D-MD
  Ralph W. Offutt[a] 1962–1978 D-MD
  James Andrew Young[a] 1978–1986 D-MD (1924-08-14)August 14, 1924 – February 22, 2004(2004-02-22) (aged 79)[21]
  Raymond M. Kight[a][22] December 1986 – December 2010 D-MD
  Darren M. Popkin[a] December 2010 – present D-MD

Equipment
A Montgomery County Sheriff's Office cruiser blocks off a street in Silver Spring, Maryland in October 2008, at the scene of a car fire.

Uniforms

MCSO deputies wear tan shirts with black pants,[23][24][25] with the wearer's last name embroidered above the right pocket. In the past the MCSO wore brown pants with tan striping on the sides.[26]

Fleet

The MCSO uses the 2016 Chevrolet Suburban.[27]

See also

Notes
  1. "Sheriffs, Montgomery County, Maryland". Maryland State Archives. Annapolis, Maryland: State of Maryland. Archived from the original on February 16, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2018.

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  13. Londoño, Ernesto (October 12, 2006). "Deputy Brings More Than Order to the Court". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
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  27. "Canine Section". www.montgomerycountymd.gov.
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