Muskogee County Sheriff's Office (Oklahoma)

Muskogee County Sheriff's Office
Abbreviation	MCSO
Agency overview
Formed	1907
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction*	County (US) of Muskogee in the state of Oklahoma, USA
Map of Muskogee County Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction.
Size	829 square miles (2,150 km2)
Population	69,451 (2008 est.)
General nature	Law enforcement Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Muskogee, Oklahoma
Agency executive	Charles Pearson, Sheriff
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

Muskogee County Sheriff's Office is the chief law enforcement agency in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, with primary jurisdiction in the unincorporated areas of the county. Consisting of sheriff's deputies, detention staff and support personnel, the department serves a population of over 70,000 people.

The Office is headed by Sheriff Charles Pearson, a Democratic former Muskogee Police Department officer, first elected in 2000, and reelected in 2004 and 2008.

History

The Muskogee County Sheriff's Office was formed in 1907and has been serving the citizens of Muskogee County, Oklahoma ever since.

Leadership

The County Sheriff's Office is under the direction and control of the County Sheriff, who is elected County-wide to serve a four year term. To assist the Sheriff in the performance of his duties, the Sheriff appoints a Undersheriff to oversee the day-to-day operations of the entire Office and to perform the duties of the Sheriff in his absence. Additionally, the Sheriff employees a Chief Deputy Sheriff, who oversees all law enforcement activities of the Office, and a Jail Superintendent, who is responsible for the management of the County jail and detention center.

Office	Incumbent	Since
County Sheriff	Charles Pearson	2001
Undersheriff	Terry Freeman	2010
Chief Deputy Sheriff	Joe Hughart	2010
Jail Superintendent	Raymond Barnes	2009

Fallen Deputies

Since the establishment of the Muskogee County Sheriff's Office, two deputies have died in the line of duty.^[1]

Deputy	Date of Death	Details
Deputy Sheriff James Work	Thursday, May 4, 1911	Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Henry B. Crane	Wednesday, June 17, 1914	Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Homer Teaff	Tuesday, June 27, 1922	Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Joseph P. Morgan	Monday, June 16, 1924	Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Webster Reece	Saturday, September 17, 1932	Gunfire
Special Deputy Sheriff Andrew McGinnis	Sunday, September 18, 1932	Gunfire

See also

	Oklahoma portal
	Law enforcement/Law enforcement topics portal

• List of law enforcement agencies in Oklahoma

References

1. ^ The Officer Down Memorial Page