Pasco County Sheriff's Office

Pasco County Sheriff's Office
Motto	We Fight As One
Agency overview
Formed	1887
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Legal jurisdiction	County
General nature	Law enforcement Civilian agency
Operational structure
Headquarters	8700 Citizen Drive New Port Richey, FL 34654
Sworn members	750
Agency executive	Chris Nocco, Sheriff
Facilities
Stations	3 District 1: New Port Richey District 2: Dade City District 3: Trinity
Lockups	1 Detention Central: Land O Lakes
Website
Official website

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office (PSO) is the law enforcement agency responsible for Pasco County, Florida. It is the largest law enforcement agency within the county, and serves as a full service law enforcement and detention agency for the over 450,000 citizens of Pasco County, Florida.

Sheriff Chris Nocco

The current Sheriff is Chris Nocco, who was appointed by Governor Rick Scott. Former Sheriff Bob White announced his early retirement effective May 1, 2011. On April 25, 2011, Florida governor Rick Scott appointed Major Chris Nocco to fulfill the remaining two years left on Sheriff White's term.

Body Cameras

In February 2015, the Pasco Sheriff's Office (PSO) was the first Sheriff's Office in the central Florida region to adopt a full scale body camera program. The PSO issued a body worn camera manufactured by TASER Inc to every one of its Deputy Sheriffs on patrol in the county.^[1]

Fallen officers

Since the formation of the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, five deputies have been killed in the line of duty. The most common cause of line of duty deaths to date is gunfire.^[2]

Officer	Date of Death	Details
Deputy Sheriff Sheldon S. "Shelley" Nicks	Saturday, May 8, 1909	Gunfire
Constable Arthur Fleece Crenshaw	Wednesday, October 4, 1922	Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff William Henry O'Berry	Friday, January 1, 1926	Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff John Herbert "Bert" McCabe	Saturday, June 26, 1948	Automobile accident
Lieutenant Charles A. "Bo" Harrison	Sunday, June 1, 2003	Gunfire

References

↑ "Body cameras to be used by all Pasco sheriff's deputies starting in February". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
↑ Officer Down Memorial Page

External links

Pasco County Sheriff's Office official webpage

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