Howard County Sheriff's Office
| Howard County Sheriff's Office | |
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| Abbreviation | HCSO |
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| Agency overview | |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | State of Maryland, USA |
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| Map of Howard County Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction. | |
| Size | 254 square miles (660 km2) |
| Population | 304,580 (2013) |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Ellicott City, Maryland |
| Agency executive | William J. McMahon (Interim), Sheriff |
| Website | |
| https://www.howardcountymd.gov/Branches/Sheriffs-Office | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Howard County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) is the enforcement arm of the Howard County court system and services the population of Howard County, Maryland.
Anne Arundel County created the Howard District in 1831 from its Western half. Thomas Burgess acted as the Sheriff through the 1840s. In 1851, the Howard District became its own county with a dedicated Sheriff. The HCSO was created in 1851. Former Ellicott City Mayor E.A. Talbot served in 1856, George W. Howard served in 1908; Julius Wolsh Jr. in 1928; George D. Day Jr. in 1930; Norman O. Haward in 1962; Donald Edward Ansell in 1972.
The current sheriff of the HCSO is James F. Fitzgerald. The HCSO is divided into six sections:
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