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The Harris County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) is a local law enforcement agency serving the over four million citizens of Harris County, Texas, United States. It is headquartered on the first and second floors in the 1200 Baker Street Jail in Downtown Houston.〔(The 1200 Jail )." ''Harris County, Texas''. Accessed September 12, 2008. "The Sheriff's Office and Administration including the Business Office, Central Patrol, Human Resources, Public Services, Support Services and the Sheriffs Special Assistant are housed on the first and second floors outside of the security perimeter."〕 As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 4.1 million, making it the most populous county in Texas and the third most populous county in the United States. Its county seat is Houston. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office has approximately 3,500 employees and is the largest sheriff’s office in the state of Texas and the third largest in the nation. The number one and two largest sheriff’s offices in the nation are respectively the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in California and the Cook County Sheriff's Office in Illinois. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is the primary law enforcement agency in the of unincorporated area of Harris County, serving as the equivalent of the county police for the approximately 1,071,485 people living in the unincorporated areas of the county. In Texas, sheriffs and their deputies are fully empowered peace officers with county-wide jurisdiction and thus, may legally exercise their authority in unincorporated and incorporated areas of their county; they primarily provide law enforcement services for only the unincorporated areas of a county, while yielding to municipal police or city marshals to provide law enforcement services for the incorporated areas. Sheriffs and their deputies also have statewide warrantless arrest powers for any criminal offense (except certain traffic offenses) committed within their presence or view.〔()〕 They also may make arrests with a warrant anywhere in the state.〔()〕 In an emergency, sheriffs along with mayors and district judges are empowered by state law to call forth the National Guard to preserve the peace.〔()〕 The jurisdiction of the Harris County Sheriff's Office often overlaps with several other law enforcement agencies, among them the Texas Department of Public Safety (Highway Patrol), the eight Harris County Constable Precincts, and several municipal police agencies including the city of Houston Police Department. The duties of a Texas sheriff generally include keeping the county jail, providing bailiffs for the county and district courts within his county and serving process issued by said courts, and providing general law enforcement services to residents. The current sheriff of Harris County, Ron Hickman, was sworn in on May 12, 2015. ==Organization== The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is divided into ten bureaus: Executive, Patrol, Patrol Support Services, Detective, Public Services, Detentions, Field Operations Support, Human Resources, Support Services and Homeland Security. Each bureau, commanded by a major, performs essential functions for the department. Each bureau is further divided into divisions/sections. * Executive Bureau * * Internal Affairs Division * * Public Information Office * Patrol Bureau * * District 1 * * District 2 * * District 3 * * District 4 * * District 5 * Patrol Support Service Bureau * * Traffic Enforcement Division * * Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit * * Crime Control Division/Hot Spot Unit * * Park Patrol Division * * Canine Unit * * Marine Division * * Dive Team * * Motorist Assistance Program (M.A.P.) * Detective Bureau * * Sex Crimes Unit * * Auto Theft * * Burglary & Theft * * Criminal Warrants Division * * Domestic Violence * * Homicide * * Covert Operations Division - Narcotics/Vice Unit * * Runaways * * Sex Crimes Offenders Registration * * Victims Assistance * Detention Bureau * * 1200 Baker Street Jail * * 701 San Jacinto Street Jail * * 1307 Baker Street Jail * Public Services Bureau * * Courts Division * * Prisoner Logistics Command * * * Inmate Processing Center * * * Central Records * * * Transportation Division * Reserve Command * Field Operations Support Services Bureau * * Communications Division * * Investigative Support Division * * Crime Scene Unit * Support Services Bureau * * Inmate Affairs * * Medical Division * * Support Services * Human Resources Bureau * * Recruiting and Background Investigations * * Academy * * Personnel Services * * Family Assistance Unit * * Uniform Supply and Inventory Control * * Career Development * * Business Office * * Network Administration * Homeland Security Bureau * * Bomb Unit * * High Risk Operations Unit * * Marine Unit * * Aviation Unit 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harris County Sheriff's Office (Texas)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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