Allegheny County Sheriff
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| Allegheny County Sheriff's Office | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | ACSO |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1788 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | County (US) of Allegheny in the state of Pennsylvania, United States |
| Size | 745 m² |
| Population | 1.1 million |
| Legal jurisdiction | Allegheny County, Pennsylvania |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Sworn members | 200[1] = Deputy Sheriff |
| Civilians | 100 |
| Agency executive | William P. Mullen, Sheriff |
| Regions |
3
|
| Facilities | |
| Stations |
23
|
| Website | |
| http://www.sheriffalleghenycounty.com/ | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Allegheny County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) is a local county law enforcement agency that serves both Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It primarily provides court, warrant, bailiff, and jail/prisoner transport services for the county. In some jurisdictions it also supplements local law enforcement by providing reserve forces for backup.
Contents
History
The first sheriff to assume office was James Morrison in January 1789.[2]
- James Morrison - 1789-1792
- Samuel Ewalt - 1792-1795
- James Sample - 1795-1798
- Ephraim Jones - 1798-1801
- William Wusthoff - 1804-1809
- William McCandless - 1804-1809
- William Woods - 1809-1810
- L. Stewart - 1816-1819
- Morgan Neville - 1819-1822
- L. Stewart - 1822-1825
- William Leckey - 1825-1828
- W. Caven - 1828-1831
- William Leckey - 1831-1834
- Elijah Trovillo - 1834-1837
- Andrew Bayne - 1837-1840
- Benjamin Weaver - 1840-1843
- Elijah Trovillo - 1843-1846
- John Forsyth - 1846-1850
- Carter Curtis - 1850-1852
- William Magill - 1852-1856
- Rody Patterson - 1856-1857
- James L. Grahm - 1857-1861
- Harry Woods - 1861-1863
- John H. Stewart - 1864-1867
- Samuel Cluley - 1867-1870
- H.S. Fleming - 1870-1873
- John H. Hare - 1873-1875
- Richard H. Fife - 1876-1878
- T.H. Hunter - 1879-1882
- William McCallin - 1882-1884
- Joseph H. Gray - 1884-1888
- A. McCandless - 1888-1890
- William H. McCleary - 1890-1894
- James F. Richards - 1894-1896
- Harvey A. Lowry - 1896-1900
- William C. McKinley - 1900-1904
- James W. Dickson - 1904-1906
- Addison Gumbert - 1906-1910
- Judd H. Bruff - 1910-1914
- George Richards - 1914-1918
- William S. Haddock - 1918-1922
- Robert Woodside - 1922-1926
- Robert H. Braun - 1926-1930
- Robert S. Cain - 12/1930-1/1932
- Frank I. Gollmar - 1932-1938
- John Heinz - 1938-1942
- Robert J. Corbett - 1942-1944 (elected to Congress 1944)
- John Montgomery - 1944-1945 (appointed by Governor)
- Walter C. Monaghan - 1946-1951 (died September 19, 1951)
- William D. McClelland - 1951 (September 19, 1951 – December 28, 1951 while he served as Coroner)
- Thomas E. Whitten December 28, 1951 – 1954
- William H. Davis 1954-1970
- Eugene L. Coon 1970-1997
- Pete DeFazio 1997-2006[3]
- William P. Mullen 2006–Present
See also
- Pittsburgh Police
- Allegheny County Police Department
- List of law enforcement agencies in Pennsylvania
References
- ↑ http://www.post-gazette.com/localnews/20020915shertextp7.asp
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20051126014019/http://www.sheriffalleghenycounty.com/history.html
- ↑ http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06291/731144-100.stm
