Burlington County Sheriff's Department

The Burlington County Sheriff’s Department is the principal law enforcement agency in Burlington County, New Jersey. The department is headed by a sheriff elected to a three-year term. The sheriff is Jean E. Stanfield. She was first elected in 2001.[1]

The department is headquartered in the Main County Complex in Mount Holly, New Jersey.[1] It is a member of the New York-New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force.[2]

Organization

The department has an Operations Division and a Courts Division.

The Operations Division is headed by an undersheriff and includes Sheriff, Undersheriff. And Sheriff’s Officer Chief. The division is split into a Warrants Unit and a Courts Division

The Courts Division is headed by an undersheriff and includes a sheriff’s officer, a lieutenant, four sergeants and forty-seven officers. This section provides security to the courts and runs the Sheriff’s Emergency Response Team, a Warrant Unit and a Community Policing Unit. The Warrant Unit includes the department’s canine unit.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Official Web Site". Archived from the original on March 17, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  2. New York-New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force official website accessed

External links


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