Brazoria County Sheriff's Office

The Brazoria County Sheriff's Office serves the county of Brazoria County, Texas which has more than 200,000 citizens. The Brazoria County Sheriff's Office is the oldest law enforcement agency in the State of Texas.

Brazoria County Sheriff's Office
AbbreviationBCSO
Agency overview
Formed1836[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionBrazoria, Texas, United States
Map of Brazoria County Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction.
Size1597
Population241,767
Legal jurisdictionBrazoria County, Texas
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersAngleton, Texas
Sheriff responsible
  • Leonard "Bo" Stallman
Website
http://www.brazoria-county.com/sheriff/

History

The sheriff's office was formed in March 1836 when then the Republic of Texas established it. The Brazoria County Sheriff's Office became the first law enforcement agency in Texas.

List of Brazoria County Sheriff's [2]

  • Sheriff Calder... 1836-1843 (First Sheriff of Brazoria County and under the Republic of Texas)
  • Sheriff Masters... 1843-1845 (Republic of Texas)
  • Sheriff Brooks... 1845-1846 (Republic of Texas)
  • Sheriff Gill... 1846-1850 (First sheriff in Brazoria County as Texas being a state)
  • Sheriff Reel... 1850-1852
  • Sheriff Dargan... 1850-1854
  • Sheriff Ballowe... 1854-1858
  • Sheriff Dance... 1858-1860 (r)
  • Sheriff Crosby... 1860-1860 (Never held office died before)
  • Sheriff Maxey... 1860-1862 (d)
  • Sheriff Overton... 1862-1864
  • Sheriff Pruitt... 1864-1866 (By order of Texas Governor)
  • Sheriff J. Yerby... 1866-1869 (d)
  • Sheriff Dolson... 1869-1869 (Appointed by order of General J.J Reynolds) Order #96
  • Sheriff Lee... 1869-1869 (Appointed by order of General J.J Reynolds) Order #263
  • Sheriff Kolkow... 1869-1871 (r)
  • Sheriff Roeborn... 1870-1870 (r)
  • Sheriff Higgins... 1871-1871 (A) 3/8/1871
  • Sheriff Kolkow... 1871-1871 (A) 5/3/1871
  • Sheriff J. Copes... 1871-1876 (A) 12/9/1871
  • Sheriff T. Copes... 1876-1877 (r)
  • Sheriff Cox... 1877-1878 (A)
  • Sheriff Sharp... 1878-1882 (By order of the Texas Governor)
  • Sheriff Wilson... 1882-1888
  • Sheriff Hickey... 1887-1888 (r)
  • Sheriff Sweeny... 1888-1890
  • Sheriff R. Yerby... 1890-1896
  • Sheriff Phillips... 1896-1896 (r)
  • Sheriff Williams... 1896-1998
  • Sheriff Weems... 1896-1902
  • Sheriff Harvin... 1902-1906
  • Sheriff Gibson... 1906-1910
  • Sheriff Wright... 1910-1914
  • Sheriff Hanna... 1914-1914 (r)
  • Sheriff Crews... 1914-1918
  • Sheriff Snow... 1918-1920 #
  • Sheriff Johnson... 1920-1925
  • Sheriff Crews... 1924-1929
  • Sheriff McKinney... 1928-1933
  • Sheriff Martin... 1932-1937
  • Sheriff Johnson... 1937-1947
  • Sheriff Marshall... 1947-1965
  • Sheriff Gladney... 1965-1981
  • Sheriff King... 1981-2004
  • Sheriff Wagner... 2004–2020
  • Sheriff Stallman... 2021-Present
  1. killed in action (r) resigned (a) Appointed by the Commissioners Court (d) (disqualified)

Fallen officers

Since the establishment of the Brazoria County Sheriff's Department, 8 officers have died in the line of duty.[3]

Officer Date of death Details
Sheriff Joe H. Snow
Wednesday, September 15, 1920
Gunfire
Deputy James William Cook
Wednesday, August 26, 1925
Gunfire
Deputy Joseph Arthur Harnest
Tuesday, December 14, 1937
Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff John Wesley McKinney
Tuesday, October 22, 1940
Automobile accident
Deputy James Carrol Douglas
Tuesday, May 15, 1973
Gunfire
Sergeant Patrick Elton Roberts Jr.
Friday, August 17, 1990
Duty related illness
Deputy Sheriff Jason Alexander Oliff
Monday, December 5, 2005
Struck by vehicle
Deputy Sheriff Charles Allen Vanmeter
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Automobile Accident

See also

References

  1. http://www.brazoria-county.com/sheriff/indexE.asp
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2009-06-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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