San Francisco Sheriff's Department

• County Jail 1 (425 7th Street, near Hall of Justice, San Francisco)

• County Jail 2 (425 7th Street, San Francisco)

• County Jail 2 (425 7th Street, San Francisco)
• County Jail 3 (Hall of Justice, 850 Bryant Street, 6th Floor, San Francisco)
• County Jail 4 (Hall of Justice, 850 Bryant Street, 7th Floor, San Francisco)
• County Jail 5 (1 Moreland Drive, San Bruno) (New state-of-the-art facility opened in 2006)
• County Jail 6 (1 Moreland Drive, San Bruno)
• County Jail 7 (Ward 7D/7L of San Francisco General Hospital)

The San Francisco Sheriff's Office provides patrol and law enforcement services to San Francisco General Hospital and Laguna Honda Hospital in an agreement with the Department of Public Health. In 2004 the San Francisco Sheriff's Office absorbed the personnel and police functions of the Institutional Police Department (IPD). The department fields a 60-member patrol force for the two hospitals, and several public health clinics throughout the city and county. This is a full service patrol unit that answers all calls for service within the Sheriff's Office’s jurisdiction. The Sheriff’s Office is also the primary provider of law enforcement services to the Emergency Communications Dispatch Center.

The Sheriff’s Office provides security to the criminal and civil courts in the city and county. These deputies transport defendants to court, act as bailiffs, provide building security, and respond to emergency calls from the courts.

Deputies in this unit provide security to San Francisco City Hall. City Hall maintains San Francisco's governing body, the Mayor's office , the Board of Supervisors, and the Office of the Sheriff. Deputy Sheriff's are responsible for providing law enforcement services as well overseeing the screening process of public and their property for prohibited and dangerous objects and materials prior to entering the building.

San Francisco's Hall of Justice houses many of the city and county's main offices, including the chief of police and the district attorney. In addition, the Hall of Justice is home to a district police station, the criminal courts, Central Warrants Bureau, the SFPD Inspector's Bureau, and two county jails. The deputies in this unit are responsible for the security of the building, the main public entrance, and responding to emergency calls in the building.

The deputies in this unit transport prisoners to and from court. They also transport prisoners between the various jails run by the department when prisoner housing is changed and they need to be transferred. This unit transfers inmates to various prisons throughout California.

The San Francisco Sheriff's Office has deputy sheriffs assigned to investigate violent, narcotics and property crimes at county facilities. The investigation unit provides a complete investigation on any crime committed within the county. The investigative unit also handles internal investigations of misconduct.

These deputies detect and arrest people with outstanding warrants who are wanted by the city and County of San Francisco and other jurisdictions. They work in plain clothes and drive in unmarked vehicles and work in conjunction with SFPD Fugitive Recovery Enforcement Teams, San Francisco County Probation Officers, California State Parole Agents and other Peace Officers coming into San Francisco who are outside their jurisdiction.

In 1998, the Sheriff's Office took control of the Central Warrants Bureau (CWB) from the police department. This unit maintains all San Francisco County felony, misdemeanor, and traffic warrants. The deputies arrest suspects with outstanding warrants, write citations, and verify warrants for arresting agencies. The unit also arrests and transports from other counties those persons with outstanding San Francisco warrants.

The Sheriff’s Office has four canine units to perform a variety of search duties for the areas under the Sheriff's control. Currently SFSD has two narcotics detecting dogs and two explosive/bomb detecting dogs.

The Sheriff’s Office’s Civil Unit carries out judgements of the San Francisco Civil Courts. The unit serves court orders, including restraining orders, property seizures, evictions, and civil bench warrants. The unit assists elderly, handicapped and indigent civil evictees by coordinating services with dozens of community assistance agencies throughout San Francisco. Since the program was initiated in 1980, more than 20,000 evictees and landlords have been assisted.

The San Francisco Sheriff's Office maintains a highly trained Emergency Services Unit (ESU). An ESU assignment is a concurrent assignment for deputy sheriffs that have qualified by passing a series of tests. (physical agility, firearms tests and an interview process) There are currently over 100 members of the ESU. The ESU performs a wide range of functions and is the San Francisco Sheriff's Office's main response unit for large special events such as protests, large city sponsored events, high-risk prisoner transport, large jail disturbances, or terrorist activity.

The Sheriff’s Office also has a Special Response Team (SRT), who have been trained in special weapons and tactics. These deputies are selected from the ranks of the Emergency Services Unit after rigorous physical testing as well as showing a proficiency in firearms and problem solving while under stress. The SRT includes forward observers and snipers who have additional training in their specialty. This elite group trains for significant emergencies and events occurring in areas under the sheriff's control which are beyond the capacity of the Emergency Service Unit. Some of these duties include responding to active shooter situations, dealing with barricaded subjects, executing high risk warrants, completing high-risk transports and providing dignitary security.