King County Sheriff's Office
| King County Sheriff's Office | |
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| Common name | King County Sheriff's Office |
| Abbreviation | KCSO |
Patch of the King County Sheriff's Office
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| Motto | "Every Call Counts" |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1852 |
| Preceding agency | Municipal Police |
| Employees | 1,000+ |
| Annual budget | $138.5 million (2011 Adopted Budget) |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | County (US) of King County in the state of Washington, U.S. |
| Population | 1.9 million |
| Governing body | King County Council |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | King County Courthouse (Downtown Seattle) |
| Sworn members | 720 |
| Agency executive | John Urquhart, Sheriff |
| Units |
4
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| Facilities | |
| Precincts | Yes (4 including HQ) |
| Police boats | Yes |
| Helicopters | 6 ( 1 Bell 206B3,2 Bell UH-1H "Huey", one is a UH-1H "Plus",1 Bell 407, 2 TH-67 training helicopters) |
| Website | |
| http://www.kingcounty.gov/safety/sheriff.aspx | |
| Footnotes | |
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* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. Note: The KCSO provides policing for unincorporated areas of King County, 12 contracting cities |
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The King County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) is a local police agency in King County, Washington. It is the primary law enforcement agency for all unincorporated areas of King County, as well as 12 cities, and 2 transit agencies, which contract their police services to the KCSO. KCSO also provided Police and Fire ARFF Services to the King County International Airport (Boeing Field). KCSO also provides regional-level support services to other local law enforcement agencies such as air support and search and rescue. The department has over 1,000 employees and serves over 1.9 million citizens, over 500,000 of whom live in either unincorporated areas or the 12 contract cities.
The current Sheriff of King County is John Urquhart. Urquhart was elected and sworn into office in November 2012.
The following cities contract their police departments to KCSO:
Most of the contracts within the Sheriff's Office have their own patch and patrol car design and wear a King County Sheriff badge, while other contracts have no identity other than the King County Sheriff uniform, patch and patrol car. Those contracts that don't have their own identity are Beaux Arts Village, Skykomish, Snoqualmie Tribe, Muckleshoot Tribe (although they used to wear a tribal patch) and King County Metro Transit. King County Metro Transit Police, a unit of the sheriff's office, do have their own style of patrol car specific to Metro Police, and their own uniform with the standard King County Sheriff patch. The city of North Bend contracted with the KCSO from 1973 until March 8, 2014 when the City of Snoqualmie Police Department took over the policing duties in North Bend, at that time the North Bend contract was KCSO longest standing contract.
The KCSO Motor Unit existed under contract with the King County Department of Transportation: Roads Division, which in turn provided funding for S.T.E.P (the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program) which targeted select arterials within unincorporated King County based on a history of accidents, chronic traffic problems, and high citizen complaints. The KCSO Motors Unit wore the standard KCSO patch and Class A uniform and rode Honda KCSO marked police motorcycles. The Motor Unit participated in traffic enforcement, instructor certifications, dignitary protection and escort, parades and special events, educational and school activities as well as extensive motorcycle training. This unit was disbanded October 1, 2012.
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