Jefferson County Sheriff's Office (Colorado)

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office (JCSO) or JeffCo is a law enforcement agency based in Golden, Colorado. It serves all of Jefferson County and is its main law enforcement agency. JCSO has the responsibility to 189,720 residents in the unincorporated areas of the 773 square miles of the county.[1]

Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
AbbreviationJCSO
Agency overview
Formed1859
Jurisdictional structure
Map of Jefferson County Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction.
Size774 square miles (2,000 km2)
Population565,524 (2015)
Operational structure
Headquarters200 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, Colorado 80401-2697
Agency executive
  • Jeff Shrader, Sheriff
Website
www.jeffco.us/sheriff

Overview and structure

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office was founded in November 1859 and today serves the over 550,000 residents of Jefferson County with a patrolling responsibility to 189,720 residents in the unincorporated areas of the 773 square miles of the county. As chief law enforcement officer of the county, the Sheriff oversees the largest full-service sheriff's office in Colorado with 542 state certified deputies and 283 professional staff. Additionally, about 300 volunteers support Sheriff's operations.[2]

Rank structure
Title Insignia
Sheriff
Undersheriff
Division Chief
Commander
Sergeant
Deputy

Notable events

Columbine High School massacre

JeffCo was the main investigation agency in the 1999 Columbine massacre along with national agencies such as the F.B.I. The agency was responsible for responding to the shooting and did. JeffCo lead the investigation and was hit with extreme backlash after it was revealed the agency had the perpetrators Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold in and out of custody prior to the shooting. Following the shooting, one of the perpetrators' parents, Sue Klebold, sued the Jefferson County Sheriff's office for failing to prevent their son from carrying out the Columbine High shootings. County officials were "reckless, willful and wanton" in the way they handled a 1998 police report about Eric Harris' Internet ravings, according to a "notice of intent to sue" filed by Susan and Thomas Klebold. Others said "It's rather astonishing that the Klebolds would hold the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department responsible for their own son's behavior," said Bill Tuthill, assistant county attorney.[3][4][5]

References
  1. http://jeffco.us/sheriff/
  2. https://www.courts.state.co.us/Courts/County/Index.cfm?County_ID=2
  3. http://www.acolumbinesite.com/dylan/kleboldfamilytosue.htm
  4. http://edition.cnn.com/2001/LAW/11/27/columbine.lawsuit/
  5. "Parents sue JeffCo". Retrieved 9 May 2017.
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