Lake County Indiana Sheriff's Department
| Lake County Sheriff's Department | |
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1837 |
| Employees | 494 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | County of Lake County in the state of Indiana, United States |
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| Map of Lake County Sheriff's Department's jurisdiction. | |
| Size |
Total 627 sq mi (1,623 km²) - Land 499 sq mi (1,292 km²) - Water 128 sq mi (330 km²) |
| Population | 496,005 (2010) |
| Legal jurisdiction | Lake County, Indiana |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 2293 North Main Street Crown Point, Indiana |
| Merit officers | 168 (police officers) 170 (corrections officers) |
| Civilians | 156 |
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| Facilities | |
| Police Boats | 7 |
| Helicopters | 3 |
| Website | |
| Lake County Sheriff's Website | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Lake County Sheriff's Department is the county law enforcement agency for Lake County, Indiana. The first sheriff was elected in 1837, when Lake County was organized.
The Lake County Sheriff's Department employs 168 sworn police officers, 170 sworn corrections officers and 156 civilians under the sheriff's direction.
The command staff includes a chief of police and four commanders, each responsible for a division, who are assisted by deputy commanders. The Corrections Division is led by a chief warden, an assistant warden and three deputy wardens.
The department also has a number of Special Operations Units with specifically trained personnel assigned for Aquatics Underwater Recovery and Rescue, Aviation, Bomb Squad, Chaplains, K-9, Marine, Tactical (SWAT) and a mobile communications Command Center.
The Lake County Sheriff's Department has three helicopters used for law enforcement in the county and for assistance to local police agencies. They are maintained by the Aviation Unit and are operated from the Griffith-Merrillville Airport in Griffith, Indiana.
According to FAA records, the helicopters currently registered to the agency include a Bell OH-58A N512LC, a Bell OH-58A N513LC and a Eurocopter EC120B N516RD.
In the history of the Lake County Sheriff's Department, six officers have been killed in the line of duty.
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