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The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office is a local law enforcement agency that serves Santa Clara County, California.It provides general-service law enforcement to unincorporated areas of Santa Clara County, as well as incorporated cities within the county that have contracted with the agency for law-enforcement services such as Saratoga, Cupertino, and Los Altos Hills.
Smith began her career at the Sheriff's Office in 1973, working as a matron (the former title for a female Sheriff's Deputy) at the Santa Clara County Jail until 1976. [5] She then became one of the first female permanent undercover vice cops. In three years in this position, she posed as a prostitute, a vendor of stolen goods, and a drug user. [5]
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (1 C, 19 P) Pages in category "Sheriffs' departments of California" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith, shown in 2011, has faced a civil corruption case in which prosecutors allege that her office issued concealed-carry permits to political donors and supporters.
Santa Clara County voters will choose a new sheriff in next week’s election. Smith announced her retirement effective Monday, according to a statement from the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office.
San Diego Police officers confer with FEMA Administrator David Paulison during the October 2007 California wildfires.. According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 509 law enforcement agencies exist in the U.S. state of California, employing 79,431 sworn police officers—about 217 for each 100,000 residents.
Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office; Santa Rita Jail; Sebastopol Police Department; V. Vacaville Prison; W. West County Detention Facility
John Hicks Adams (1820–1878) was an American 49er of the California Gold Rush and sheriff of Santa Clara County between 1864 and 1870, and again between 1871 and 1875. He was also Deputy United States Marshal for the Arizona Territory 1878, and a noted gunslinger.