# Baltimore County Sheriff's Office

The Baltimore County Sheriff's Office (BCoSO) is a Sheriff's Office in Baltimore County, Maryland, US, and the secondary law enforcement agency of the County (after the Baltimore County Police Department) which provides protection for the Baltimore County Courthouse 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 year of the County's founding.

## 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.

## Organization

As of 2008, the BCoSO is headed by R. Jay Fisher, Sheriff of Baltimore County. The BCoSO currently has an authorized complement of 70 sworn deputies. The rank structure is as follows:
* Sheriff (1)
* Undersheriff (1)
* Captain (1)
* Lieutenant (2)
* Sergeant (6)
* Deputy & Deputy First Class (60)
The BCoSO is subdivided into five sections as follows:
* 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.

### List of sheriffs

Source: Maryland Manual On-Line
Sheriffs Under the constitution of 1776 :
| 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 |
| 1815-1818 | Matthew Murray |
| 1818-1821 | John Stevenson |
| 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 |
Sheriffs Under the constitution of 1851 :
| Term | Name |
| 1851-1853 | Samuel P. Storm |
| 1853-1855 | Pleasant Hunter |
| 1855-1857 | William Pole |
| 1857-1859 | Richard W. Hook |
| 1859-1861 | Francis J. Wheeler |
| 1861-1863 | Joseph Walker |
| 1863-1864 | Daniel S. Armstrong (died Nov. 9, 1864) |
| 1864-1865 | James Thompson |
Sheriffs Under the constitution of 1864 :
| Term | Name |
| 1865-1867 | John K. Harvey |
Sheriffs Under the Constitution of 1867 :
| Term | Name |
| 1867-1869 | Thomas Baldwin |
| 1869-1871 | Nicholas Burke |
| 1871-1873 | Samuel J. Robinson |
| 1873-1874 | Samuel F. Butler |
| 1874 | Samuel W. Worthington |
| 1875-1877 | Stephen Barton |
| 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 |
| 1901-1903 | William J. Oeligrath |
| 1903-1905 | James Rittenhouse |
| 1905-1907 | Jacob Elliott |
| 1907-1909 | Abram T. Street |
| 1909-1911 | James Rittenhouse |
| 1911-1913 | Michael J. Gaff |
| 1913-1915 | Leonard G. Quinlin |
| 1915-1917 | Samuel C. Mahle |
| 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 state constitution. :
| Term | Name |
| 1926-1930 | Samuel A. Brooks |
| 1930-1934 | Bremen A. Trail |
| 1934-1938 | T. J. Randolph Nicholas |
| 1938-1942 | William G. Lynch |
| 1942-1946 | Gilbert G. Miller |
Sheriffs elected under 1946 Amendment to the state constitution. :
| Term | Name |
| 1946-1950 | Clarence E. Deitz |
| 1950-1962 | Gilbert G. Miller |
| 1962-1966 | Edward G. Mueller |
| 1966-1973 | Gilbert L. Deyle |
| 1973-1974 | Leonard M. Carpenter |
| 1974-1984 | Charles H. Hickey, Jr. |
| 1984-1986 | Frank B. Wiers, Jr. |
| 1986-1990 | J. Edward (Ned) Malone, Sr. |
| 1990-1998 | Norman M. Pepersack, Jr. |
| 1998-2002 | Anne K. Strasdauskas |