Osceola County Sheriff's Office

Osceola County Sheriff's Office
Abbreviation	OSO
Agency overview
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction*	County (US) of Osceola in the state of Florida, USA
Map of Osceola County Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction.
Size	1,506.35 sq mi (3,901.4 km2).
Population	268,685
General nature	Law enforcement Local civilian agency
Operational structure
Headquarters	Kissimmee, FL
Sworn members	500+
Agency executives	Bob Hansell, Sheriff Dave Sklarek, Chief Deputy
Facilities
Substations	2
Jails	1
Website
http://osceolasheriff.osceola.org
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Osceola County Sheriff's Office is largest and chief law enforcement agency in Osceola County, Florida, located in Kissimmee. Per the State of Florida Constitution, the Sheriff is the chief law enforcement officer of both the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county. The current sheriff is Bob Hansell, who has been a member of the agency since 1976, and has spent his entire career there. The agency has over 700 employees and provides a service for a very diverse population of almost 270,000. Osceola County deputies patrol 1,506 square miles (3,900 km²) which include Kissimmee, St. Cloud, Celebration, and Poinciana as well as several other unincorporated communities. The Osceola County Sheriff's Office has been a CFA Accredited law enforcement agency since 1999. Unlike most Florida sheriff's offices which operate the County Jail, the Osceola County Corrections Department is not under the control of the Sheriff, and is an entirely separate agency.

Divisions

Enforcement Bureau

• Uniform Patrol
• Aviation Unit
• Mounted Patrol Unit
• HIDTA Task Force
• IRS Task Force
• FBI-JTTF

Criminal Investigations Division

• East Property Crimes
• West Property Crimes
• Persons Crimes
• Sex Crimes/Child Abuse
• Crime Analysis/Intelligence
• Robbery
• Violent Crimes
• Evidence Unit
• Forensics

Specialty Units

• SWAT
• Emergency Response Team
• Agriculture/Marine
• Community Response Team
• K-9 Unit
• Tourism Policing Unit
• Traffic/DUI Unit
• Gang Unit
• N.E.T.
• O.C.I.B.

Administrative Bureau

• Civilian Volunteers
• Civil Process
• Communications
• Community Services
• Court Services
• Crime Prevention
• Fleet Maintenance
• Records
• Information Management
• Quality Assurance and Accreditation
• Research and Development
• School Resource
• Training
• Warrants/Civil

Honor Roll

• Deputy Sheriff Troy Babin - End of Watch: November 12, 1994
• Lieutenant James "Roger" Haddock - End of Watch: March 12, 2000

External Links

• Osceola County Sheriff's Office(Official site)
• The Officer Down Memorial Page (for Osceola County)
• Census Data