Draft:Whatcom County Sheriff's Office

Whatcom County Sheriff's Office
Whatcom County Sheriff's Office
	Older WCSO Patch from 2009
Common name	Whatcom County Sheriff
Abbreviation	WCSO
Agency overview
Formed	1854; 170 years ago
Employees	190
Annual budget	$41 million (2022)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Whatcom County, Washington, U.S.
Population	226,847 (2020)
Governing body	Sheriff
General nature	Local civilian police;
Operational structure
Headquarters	311 Grand Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225 "The Public Safety Building"
Agency executive	Bill Elfo, Sheriff;
Facilities
Stations	Whatcom County Sheriff's Office, Public Safety Building at 311 Grand Ave in Bellingham, WA, and Points Roberts Station at 50 Tyee Dr Point Roberts, WA.;
Website
	Official website

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The Whatcom County Sheriff's Office (WCSO0 is the primary law enforcement and investigation agency for Whatcom County, Washington, in the United States. It is among the largest and oldest law enforcement organizations in Washington.^[6] The Whatcom County Sheriff's Office is headquartered in the county's largest city, Bellingham, Washington, but has plans to open a new jail in Ferndale, Washington.^[7]

The main functions for the Whatcom County Sheriff's Office is to provide law enforcement services, operate the county's correctional facilities, and work cooperatively with municipal, state, tribal and federal law enforcement agencies.^[8]

History[edit]

The Whatcom County Sheriff's Office was founded in 1854 with the first ever Whatcom County Sheriff being Ellis "Yankee" Barnes^[9]

Past Sheriffs[edit]

Ellis "Yankee" Barnes 1854
J. E. Jewett 1855
William A. Busey 1859
Enoch May 1860
F. F. Lane 1860
Thomas Wynn 1861
W. J. Kelly 1861
F. F. Lane 1862
James Kavanaugh 1863
F. F. Lane 1864
Watson Hodge 1868
Charles Coots 1869
Merritt H. Upson 1869
G. E. L. Allen 1875
James O'Loughlin 1881
Stewart Leckie 1883
F. W. Delorimer 1885
Geroge C. Curtis 1889
F. W. Delorimer 1891
Charles G. Requa 1893
J. J. Bell 1895
A. B. "Barney" Estabrook 1897
William I. Brisbin 1901
L. A. "Bert" Thomas
Andrew Williams 1905
S. B. Van Zandt 1909
L. A. Thomas 1911
Stewart Wilson 1915
Will D. Wallace 1917
A. L. Callahan 1921
Earl K. Mc Inroe 1927
Thomas C. Fraser 1931
W. T. Farmer 1935
C. R. "Con" Axling 1943
William "Bill" Breuer 1955
Bernie Reynolds 1967
Larry Mount 1979
Dale Brandland 1994
Bill Elfo 2003 (current)^[10]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

[1] ttps://www.whatcomcounty.us/200/Sheriff

[2] ttps://www.whatcomcounty.us/200/Sheriff

[3] ttps://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/whatcom-county-budget-expands-in-law-and-health,22814#:~:text=In%20total%2C%20over%20the%20biennium,for%20the%20planning%20and%20development

[4] ttps://data.census.gov/all?q=Whatcom%20County,%20Washington

[5] ttps://www.whatcomcounty.us/200/Sheriff

[6] ttps://www.whatcomcounty.us/200/Sheriff

[7] ttps://www.cascadiadaily.com/news/2023/nov/07/jail-measure-heads-for-decisive-win-after-first-ballot-count/

[8] ttps://www.whatcomcounty.us/2433/The-Office-of-Sheriff

[9] ttps://www.whatcomcounty.us/2433/The-Office-of-Sheriff#:~:text=Whatcom%20County's%20first%20sheriff%20was,a%20Home%20Rule%20Washington%20County.

[10] ttps://www.whatcomcounty.us/DocumentCenter/View/20619/Whatcom-County-Sheriffs?bidId=

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