Sheriff of New York County, New York
| Office of the Sheriff of the City of New York | |
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| Common name | New York City Sheriff's Office |
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| Motto | New York's First |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1942 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
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| Operations jurisdiction* | City of New York City in the state of New York, U.S. |
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| Map of Office of the Sheriff of the City of New York's jurisdiction. | |
| Size | 1,214.4 km² |
| Population | 8,274,527 |
| Legal jurisdiction | New York state |
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| Deputy sheriffs and criminal investigators | 150 |
| Agency executive | Joseph Fucito, Sheriff of the City of New York |
| Parent agency | New York City Department of Finance |
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| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
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The New York City Sheriff's Office, officially the Office of the Sheriff of the City of New York, is the primary civil law enforcement agency for New York city. The Sheriff's Office is a division of the New York City Department of Finance, operating as the civil law enforcement arm. The Sheriff's Office is headed by a sheriff, who is appointed to the position by the mayor, unlike most sheriffs in the State of New York who are elected officials.
The sheriff is the chief civil law enforcement officer for the City of New York, and automatically (ex officio) holds the position of deputy commissioner in the Department of Finance. The sheriff holds jurisdiction over all five county-boroughs within the city, with a subordinate undersheriff in charge of each one. Deputy sheriffs and criminal investigators of various ranks carry out the daily law enforcement duties of the Sheriff's Office. New York City Marshals perform similar civil enforcement duties.
The New York City Sheriff's Office originated in 1626 as the New York County Sheriff's Office. Originally each of the city's five county-boroughs had their own sheriff, each of which held the widest law enforcement jurisdiction in their respective county-borough. Like most sheriffs in the United States, these office holders were elected to their positions. Once the city was consolidated in 1898, the New York City Police Department took over responsibility for criminal investigations throughout the entire city, while the sheriffs continued to focus on civil law enforcement and administering the county prison systems. Sheriffs were compensated by charging fees for enforcing civil orders in addition to keeping a monetary percentage (known as poundage) of what their office would seize. By 1915, plans were made by the Commissioner of Accounts to alter the way sheriffs were compensated to include a determined salary instead of having the office holder personally retain fees and poundage. Although fees and poundage would still be charged by sheriffs, the monies would be retained for their respective county's use only. In 1938, the first female deputy sheriff was appointed.
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