Montgomery County Sheriff's Department (Pennsylvania)

Montgomery County Sheriff's Department
Abbreviation	MCSD
Patch of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department.
Logo of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department.
Agency overview
Formed	1789
Employees	129
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction*	County (US) of Montgomery County in the state of Pennsylvania, USA
Map of Montgomery County Sheriff's Department's jurisdiction.
General nature	Law enforcement Civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Montgomery County Court House Norristown, Pennsylvania
Agency executives	Eileen Whalon Behr, Sheriff Alfred J. Ricci, Chief Deputy
Units	List Bomb Squad Civil County Emergency Response Team Courts D.A.R.E. Program D.U.I. Central Processing Special Services Transportation TRIAD Warrants
Facilities
Stations	1
Website
Montgomery County Sheriff's Department
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Montgomery County Sheriff's Department provides police protection for Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in conjunction with local and Pennsylvania State Police. Pennsylvania law calls for the Sheriff to be elected every four years. Sheriff John P. Durante died suddenly on February 10, 2010 and Chief Deputy Sheriff Alfred J. Ricci became the Acting Sheriff. On May 6, 2011, Eileen Whalon Behr, who had been appointed Sheriff by the Governor and confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate, was sworn in to serve the balance of John P. Durante's term. Behr had previously served as Chief of Police in Whitemarsh Township.^[1]

The Montgomery County Sheriff's Department became the first sheriff's department in Pennsylvania to be accredited by the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Accreditation Commission on January 29, 2010.^[2]

Duties

The Sheriff's Department serves all civil and criminal writs and provides transportation for all prisoners, in addition to securing courtrooms and prisoners. The Sheriff's Department is also responsible for issuing license to carry firearms (LTCF). In Montgomery County, the Sheriff's Department also operates a bomb disposal team, DUI processing centers, and a County Emergency Response Team.

Sheriffs

• 1784 Zebulon Potts
• 1787 Francis Swain
• 1790 Henry Kooken
• 1793 Nathan Pawling
• 1795 Isaiah Wells
• 1795 John Pugh
• 1798 John Markley
• 1801 Isaiah Wells
• 1804 William Henderson
• 1807 David Dewees
• 1810 Isaiah Wells
• 1813 Thomas Lowry
• 1816 Justice Scheetz
• 1819 Philip Sellers
• 1822 Philip Boyer
• 1825 Christian Snyder
• 1828 Jones Davis
• 1831 Henry Longaker
• 1834 John Todd
• 1837 Ardemus Stewart
• 1840 Jacob Spoug
• 1843 James Wells
• 1846 John Boyer
• 1849 Philip Hahn
• 1852 M. C. Boyer
• 1855 Samuel D. Rudy
• 1858 John M. Stauffer
• 1861 Francis Kile
• 1864 E. N. Beysher
• 1867 Philip Gerhart
• 1868 William J. Bolton
• 1868 John W. Hunsicker
• 1871 Jeremiah B. Larzelere
• 1874 John Linderman
• 1877 Jacob Tyson
• 1880 Joseph Frankenfield
• 1883 Edwin S. Stahlnecker
• 1887 Henry C. Kline
• 1890 Clinton Royer
• 1893 Albert D. Simpson
• 1896 Charles Johnson
• 1899 John K. Light
• 1902 John Larzelere
• 1905 Edgar Matthews
• 1908 Chauncey J. Buckley
• 1912 Charles E. Schwartz
• 1916 Louis A. Nagle
• 1920 Jacob Hamilton
• 1924 William H. Fox
• 1928 George M. Fratt
• 1932 Haseltine S. Lever
• 1936 Edwin H. Bellis
• 1938 Gilbert S. Jones (Acting)
• 1940 R. Ronald Dettre
• 1944 Samuel M. Glass
• 1956 Peter J. Reilly
• 1964 Merrill A. Bucher
• 1968 Jeremiah P. Delaney
• 1980 Frederick B. Hill
• 1984 Frank Jenkins
• 1984 Frank P. Lalley
• 2000 John P. Durante
• 2010 Alfred J. Ricci (Acting)
• 2011 Eileen Whalon Behr (Appointed)

See also

	Pennsylvania portal
	Law enforcement/Law enforcement topics portal

• List of law enforcement agencies in Pennsylvania

References

1. ^ Phucas, Keith. "Eileen Behr sworn in as sheriff". Times Herald. Journal Register PA. http://www.timesherald.com/articles/2011/05/06/news/doc4dc4964b37f85958139904.txt. Retrieved 05/10/2011. 
2. ^ Phucas, Keith. "Sheriff’s department reaches milestone". Times Herald. Journal Register PA. http://www.timesherald.com/articles/2010/04/25/news/doc4bd4d7299f895944934328.txt. Retrieved 06/08/2011. 

External links

• Montgomery County, PA Sheriff's Department