Welcome to the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office Web site. We always attempt to utilize state-of-the-art methods and technology in law enforcement and I am pleased and proud to inform you that we are one of the first Sheriff's Offices in Illinois to have a publicly accessible site on the World Wide Web. Please take a look at who we are and what we do to serve and protect the citizens of Sangamon County.
The Office of Sheriff is provided for within the Illinois Constitution. Sheriffs are elected for four year terms by the citizens of the county in which the Sheriff serves. The Sheriff is considered at the common law to be the chief law enforcement officer of a county. The Sheriff and employees of the Sheriff, deputies, detention officers and civilians, make up the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office. I was elected by the citizens of Sangamon County as their Sheriff in 1994. I am currently serving in my third term as Sangamon County Sheriff.
Sangamon County is a large county by Illinois standards having a total area of 877 square miles and a population of 188,951. Springfield the capitol city, is also the county seat of Sangamon County. Southern View, Grandview, Jerome, Leland Grove and Sherman are suburbs of Springfield. Other Municipalities in Sangamon County include Williamsville, Riverton, Dawson, Lanesville, Buffalo, Illiopolis, Mechanicsburg, Rochester, Pawnee, Divernon, Auburn, Thayer, Chatham, Lowder, New Berlin, Loami, Pleasant Plains, Cantrall and New City. Most of the municipalities have their own Police Departments which the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office works with and closely supports.
The dedicated men and women of the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office invite you to "click on" the various links at the Sheriff's Office Information menu to learn more about our organization.
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