Middlesex County Sheriff's Office

The Middlesex Sheriff's Office is a law enforcement agency which serves the 54 cities and towns of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The agency's primary responsibility is oversight of the Middlesex House of Correction and Jail in Billerica, Massachusetts . In addition, the Sheriff's Office operates the Office of Civil Process and, the Lowell Community Counseling Centers, and many crime prevention and community service programs. The office of sheriff was created in 1692, making it one of the oldest law enforcement agencies in the United States.

Middlesex Sheriff's Office
Patch of the Middlesex Sheriff's Office
AbbreviationMSO
Agency overview
Formed1692
Employees800
Annual budget$60 Million
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionMassachusetts, USA
Legal jurisdictionCounty of Middlesex, Massachusetts
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersMedford, Massachusetts
Sheriff responsible
Facilities
Lockups2
Patrol VehiclesFord Crown Victoria Police Interceptor

Middlesex County Sheriffs

This is a list of current and former Sheriffs for Middlesex County, Massachusetts.[1]

Capt. Timothy Phillips 1692–1702
Capt. Samuel Gookin 1702–1714
Col. Edmund Goffe 1714–1717
Samuel Gookin(2nd term) 1717–1729
Daniel Foster 1729–1731
Richard Foster, Jr. 1731–1764
Col. David Phips 1764–1775
Col. James Prescott 1775–1781
Col. Loammi Baldwin 1781–1794
Maj. Joseph Hosmer 1794–1808
Gen. William Hildreth, Jr. 1808–1813
Gen. Nathaniel Austin, Jr. 1813–1831
Benjamin Franklin Varnum 1831–1841
Col. Samuel Chandler 1841–1851
Fisher Ames Hildreth 1851–1853
John Sheppard Keyes 1853–1859
Charles Kimball 1859–1879
Eben Winslow Fiske 1879–1883
Henry Greenwood Cushing 1883–1899
John Robert Fairbain 1899–1934
Joseph M. McElroy 1934–1947
Loring R. Kew 1947-1947
Louis E. Boutwell 1948–1949
Howard W. Fitzpatrick 1949–1970
John J. Buckley 1970–1980
Edward F. Hennebury, Jr. 1980–1984
John P. McGonigle 1985–1994
R. Bradford Bailey 1994–1996
James DiPaola 1996–2010
John Granara (Special) 2010–2011
Peter Koutoujian 2011–Present

Correctional Facilities

Training

All Middlesex County Sheriff Office recruits go through a training academy to prepare themselves as corrections officers of the county. At the academy, the recruits are taught subjects such as communication skills, disorder management, defensive tactics, etc.

Officer Deaths

  • May 14, 1961- Jail Master David Robinson was shot & killed by two inmates attempting to escape from the county jail.
  • August 24, 1973- Officer James Callahan suffered a fatal heart attack after being assaulted by an inmate at the Middlesex Jail.

See also

References

  1. Edward M. Burns, Esq. (2009-10-20). "History of Middlesex Sheriff's Office". Middlesex Special Sheriff. Archived from the original on 2009-12-13.
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