Allegheny County Sheriff
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| Allegheny County Sheriff's Office | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | ACSO |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1788 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | County (US) of Allegheny in the state of Pennsylvania, United States |
| Size | 745 m² |
| Population | 1.1 million |
| Legal jurisdiction | Allegheny County, Pennsylvania |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Sworn members | 200[1] = Deputy Sheriff |
| Civilians | 100 |
| Agency executive | William P. Mullen, Sheriff |
| Regions |
3
|
| Facilities | |
| Stations |
23
|
| Website | |
| http://www.sheriffalleghenycounty.com/ | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Allegheny County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) is a local county law enforcement agency that serves both Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It primarily provides court, warrant, bailiff, and jail/prisoner transport services for the county. In some jurisdictions it also supplements local law enforcement by providing reserve forces for backup. The Sheriff is an elected office. The ACSO has some oversight of Pittsburgh International Airport, which is located in the county.
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History[edit]
The first sheriff to be elected in Allegheny County was James Morrison, who took office in January 1789, soon after the United States gained independence from Great Britain in the Revolutionary War.[2]
- James Morrison - 1789-1792
- Samuel Ewalt - 1792-1795
- James Sample - 1795-1798
- Ephraim Jones - 1798-1801
- William Wusthoff - 1804-1809
- William McCandless - 1804-1809
- William Woods - 1809-1810
- L. Stewart (sheriff) - 1816-1819
- Morgan Neville (sheriff) - 1819-1822
- L. Stewart (sheriff) - 1822-1825
- William Leckey - 1825-1828
- W. Caven - 1828-1831
- William Leckey - 1831-1834
- Elijah Trovillo - 1834-1837
- Andrew Bayne - 1837-1840
- Benjamin Weaver - 1840-1843
- Elijah Trovillo - 1843-1846
- John Forsyth - 1846-1850
- Carter Curtis - 1850-1852
- William Magill - 1852-1856
- Rody Patterson - 1856-1857
- James L. Grahm - 1857-1861
- Harry Woods - 1861-1863
- John H. Stewart - 1864-1867
- Samuel Cluley - 1867-1870
- H.S. Fleming - 1870-1873
- John H. Hare - 1873-1875
- Richard H. Fife - 1876-1878
- T.H. Hunter - 1879-1882
- William McCallin - 1882-1884
- Joseph H. Gray - 1884-1888
- A. McCandless - 1888-1890
- William H. McCleary - 1890-1894
- James F. Richards - 1894-1896
- Harvey A. Lowry - 1896-1900
- William C. McKinley - 1900-1904
- James W. Dickson - 1904-1906
- Addison Gumbert - 1906-1910
- Judd H. Bruff - 1910-1914
- George Richards - 1914-1918
- William S. Haddock - 1918-1922
- Robert Woodside - 1922-1926
- Robert H. Braun - 1926-1930
- Robert S. Cain - 12/1930-1/1932
- Frank I. Gollmar - 1932-1938
- H. J. Heinz II - 1938-1942 (known as John Heinz in this period; later CEO of H.J. Heinz Company)
- Robert J. Corbett - 1942-1944 (elected to Congress 1944)
- John Montgomery - 1944-1945 (appointed by Governor)
- Walter C. Monaghan - 1946-1951 (died September 19, 1951)
- William D. McClelland - 1951 (acted in this position from September 19, 1951 – December 28, 1951, while he also served as Coroner)
- Thomas E. Whitten December 28, 1951 – 1954
- William H. Davis 1954-1970
- Eugene L. Coon 1970-1997
- Pete DeFazio 1997-2006[3]
- William P. Mullen 2006–Present
See also[edit]
- Pittsburgh Police
- Allegheny County Police Department
- List of law enforcement agencies in Pennsylvania
