Denver Sheriff Department
| Denver Sheriff Department | |
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| Abbreviation | DSD |
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| Motto | Dedication, Service, Duty (DSD) |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | December 2, 1902 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | City and County of Denver in the state of Colorado, USA |
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| Map of Denver Sheriff Department's jurisdiction. | |
| Size | 154.9 square miles (401 km2) |
| Population | 598,707 (2008) |
| Legal jurisdiction | City & County of Denver, City & County of Denver Courts, and Denver Detention Facilities |
| Constituting instrument | City Charter, Article XX, Colorado Constitution |
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| Headquarters | 490 West Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO 80204 |
| Agency executive | Patrick Firman, Sheriff |
| Parent agency | Denver Department of Safety; Executive Director of Safety Stephanie Y. O’Malley |
| Website | |
| Denver Sheriff Website | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Denver Sheriff Department is a criminal justice agency based in Denver, Colorado, United States. The department is responsible for the care and custody of inmates within Denver's jail system, for the city's court services, and other responsibilities assigned by the executive director of safety. Unlike the Denver Police Department, it is not responsible for community policing.
As of September 2016, the agency employed more than 985 sworn and civilian members.
The Denver Sheriff Department was established on December 2, 1902, at the same time as the City and County of Denver. Initially, the department was tasked with providing security in the courts and the county jail, as well as policing. Police duties were later shifted to the Denver Police Department.
Most of the department's current structure was defined in the late 1960s. It continues to be tasked with providing security in jails and courts, but its lack of responsibility for policing makes it unique among Colorado's sheriff departments. The department is overseen by the executive director of safety and the sheriff; both positions are appointed by the mayor.
The department's current responsibilities include:
The department is composed of the Office of the Sheriff and two divisions:
In early February 2014, the Denver Sheriff Department introduced a new evidence-based substance abuse curriculum that combined models from Thinking for a Change (T4C) and SMART Recovery. The curriculum, developed by both sworn and civilian staff, replaced the Drug and Alcohol Abuse class.
Also focused on inmates with substance addictions, RISE is an intensive jail-to-community program with the capacity to serve 36 to 64 inmates in each housing area. Its curriculum is based on elements of social learning theory, the 12-step philosophy, cognitive behavior strategies, and life skills. The program aims to provide tools for recovery and to foster self-efficacy in a peer-to-peer learning environment.
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