page_title: Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
section_title: Department of Police Services
hierarchical_section_title: Jacksonville Sheriff's Office / Organization / Departments / Department of Police Services
caption_attribution_description: John E. Goode Pretrial Detention Center, Jacksonville, FL
context_page_description: The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is a joint city-county law enforcement agency, which has primary responsibility for law enforcement, investigation, and corrections within the consolidated City of Jacksonville and Duval County, Florida, United States. Duval County includes the incorporated cities of Jacksonville, Atlantic Beach, Baldwin, Jacksonville Beach, and Neptune Beach; the beach cities have their own police departments as well.
  The sheriff's office also performs the corrections duties for the county. The current sheriff is Michael Williams, in office since July 1, 2015. John T. Rutherford retired as sheriff on June 30, 2015 after serving since July 1, 2003. The office has 3,832 employees. Its headquarters is 501 E. Bay Street Jacksonville, Florida 32202.
context_section_description: A director leads the Department of Police Services.  There are three divisions in this department.
  Budget & Management Division-Chief
  Police Support Services Division-Chief
  Central Records-Assistant Chief
  Communications-Assistant Chief
  Logistic/General Support-Assistant Chief
  Court Security-Lt.
caption: John E. Goode Pretrial Detention Center
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