Armstrong County Sheriff's Office (Texas)

Armstrong Sheriff's Office is a law enforcement agency located in Armstrong County, Texas. The current sheriff is Fleta Barnett.[1] She is assisted by a Chief Deputy and two Deputy Sheriffs. In addition to law enforcement duties, the Armstrong Sheriff's Office operates a county jail that houses up to eight inmates. The jail is staffed by a Jail Administrator and four jailers (three full-time and one part-time) that are dual-hatted as dispatchers.

This jail, located in Claude, Texas was erected in 1953 with the designs of Lawrence A. Kerr and Clayton B. Shiver. It was built with stone quarried 14 miles to the south of Claude in Palo Duro Canyon that was recycled from the demolition of the former jail built in 1893. The jail houses inmates on the second floor and the first floor formerly served as the home of the Sheriff, though it has been converted to office space. The jail is also the location of the county's public safety answering point (PSAP) and dispatch center.