Chemung County Sheriff's Office

Chemung County Sheriff's Office
Common name	CCSO
Patch of the Chemung County Sheriff's Office.
Agency overview
Formed	March 29, 1836
Employees	160
Annual budget	$11,000.000.00
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction*	County (US) of Chemung in the state of New York, USA
Map of Chemung County Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction.
Size	410.81 square miles (1,064.0 km2)
Population	91,070
General nature	Law enforcement Local civilian agency
Operational structure
Headquarters	Elmira, New York
Agency executives	Christopher Moss, Sheriff William A. Schrom, Undersheriff
Facilities
Jails	1
Website
http://www.chemungsheriff.com/
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Chemung County Sheriff's Office is Chemung County's oldest law enforcement agency. The Chemung County Sheriff's Office is currently organized as four separate divisions: Community Services/Civil, Corrections, Criminal Investigations and Police Services. The Chemung County Sheriff's Office currently employs 160 people.^[1]

History

Chemung County was created from areas of Tioga County on March 29, 1836.^[2] At that time, Tioga County comprised all of what are now known as the counties of Chemung, Chenango, Broome, Tioga and portions of the counties of Schuyler, Tompkins, Cortland and Delaware.^[3]

The first Sheriff of the area was not a Sheriff of Chemung County but of Tioga County. James McMasters, the first Sheriff of the area (Tioga County), was appointed when Tioga County was first formed on February 16, 1791. Appointments of constitutional officers were initially made by the State Legislature. The principal offices of the County, the County House and the Sheriff’s Office and Jail were to be located at New Town (Elmira) in the Town of Chemung, County of Tioga.

The first Sheriff of Chemung County, Albert A. Beckwith, did not become Sheriff of the County of Chemung at the time of the creation of the county. The legislative act which created Chemung County provided that the Sheriff of Tioga County continue to the perform duties of his office in both Tioga and Chemung Counties until the expiration of his term. That term expired on December 31, 1837. Sheriff Beckwith then started his term on January 1, 1838.

The term of Sheriff was two years from 1838 until 1938. In 1939, a four year term was applied to the office of Sheriff. There have been a total of Forty-Three Sheriffs of Chemung County since its creation.

Fallen officers

Since the establishment of the Chemung County Sheriff Office, 4 officers have died in the line of duty.^[4]

Officer	Date of Death	Details
Turnkey Harry Miller Swartz	Sunday, March 27, 1938	Assault
Deputy Sheriff Roy Bower Hazen	Thursday, March 9, 1944	Automobile accident
Deputy Sheriff Gordon E. Brinthaupt	Thursday, March 9, 1944	Automobile accident
Deputy Sheriff Jeffery Alexander	Sunday, June 12, 2011	Automobile accident

Sheriff's of Chemung County

The following individuals have held the office of Sheriff of Chemung County, NY.^[5]

	Sheriff	Years in office
1.	Albert A. Beckwith	01/01/1838 – 12/31/1840
2.	Samuel Minier	01/01/1841 – 12/31/1843
3.	William R. Judson	01/01/1844 – 12/31/1846
4.	William Skellinger	01/01/1847 – 12/31/1849
5.	William T. Reeder	01/01/1850 – 12/31/1852
6.	Daniel F. Pickering	01/01/1853 – 12/31/1855
7.	William M. Gregg	01/01/1856 – 12/31/1858
8.	Henry Baker	01/01/1859 – 12/31/1861
9.	William Halliday	01/01/1862 – 12/31/1864
10.	Edwin W. Howell	01/01/1865 – 12/31/1867
11.	Judd Smith	01/01/1868 – 12/31/1870
12.	George O’Hanlon	01/01/1871 – 12/31/1873
13.	Allen Cooper	01/01/1874 – 12/31/1876
14.	Edmond O. Beers	01/01/1877 – 12/31/1879
15.	Levi D. Little	01/01/1880 – 12/31/1882
16.	George Stanley	01/01/1883 – 12/31/1885
17.	Allen Cooper	01/01/1886 – 12/31/1888
18.	Frank Cassada	01/01/1889 – 12/31/1891
19.	Jerry Smalley	01/01/1892 – 12/31/1894
20.	William Lormore	01/01/1895 – 12/31/1897
21.	Johnson Little	01/01/1898 – 12/31/1900
22.	Frank Weeks	01/01/1901 – 12/31/1903
23.	John McDowell	01/01/1904 – 12/31/1906
24.	Merton Baldwin	01/01/1907 – 12/31/1909
25.	T. Stanley Day	01/01/1910 – 12/31/1912
26.	Chris Biggs	01/01/1913 – 12/31/1915
27.	A. Roselle Hoke	01/01/1916 – 12/31/1918
28.	H.E. Chapman	01/01/1919 – 12/31/1921
29.	F.E. Houts	01/01/1922 – 06/06/1923
30.	J.J. Brickwedde	07/14/1923 – 12/31/1923
31.	U.S. Collson	01/01/1924 – 12/31/1926
32.	John F. Dale	01/01/1927 – 12/31/1929
33.	Harry J. Tifft	01/01/1930 – 12/31/1932
34.	Charles V. Strouse	01/01/1933 – 12/31/1935
35.	Harry J. Tifft	01/01/1936 – 12/31/1938
36.	George H. Jenkins	01/01/1939 – 11/01/1953
37.	Frederick C. Duhl	11/01/1953 – 12/31/1971
38.	Carl F. Draxler	01/01/1972 – 01/30/1982
39.	Patrick A. Patterson	03/08/1982 – 04/17/1983
40.	Robert W. Bucher	04/18/1983 – 12/31/1983
41.	Charles D.W. Houper	01/01/1984 – 10/30/2004
42.	John A. Brinthaupt	10/31/2004 – 12/31/2005
43.	Christopher Moss	01/01/2006 - Current

See also

	New York portal
	Law enforcement/Law enforcement topics portal

List of law enforcement agencies in New York

References

1. ^ Chemung County Sheriff's Office page http://chemungsheriff.com/index.asp?pageId=295
2. ^ Chemung County General County Information page http://www.chemungcounty.com/index.asp?pageId=79
3. ^ New York Formation Maps http://www.mynewyorkgenealogy.com/ny_maps/ny_cf.htm
4. ^ Officer Down Memorial Page http://odmp.org/agency/633-chemung-county-sheriffs-department-new-york
5. ^ Chemung County Sheriff's Office Past Sheriffs page http://chemungsheriff.com/index.asp?pageId=248