Story County Sheriff's Office

Story County Sheriff's Office
Abbreviation SCSO

Patch of the Story County Sheriff's Office

Badge of the Story County Sheriff's Office
Agency overview
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction* County (US) of Story in the state of Iowa, USA
Map of Story County Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction.
Size 574 square miles (1,490 km2)
Population 86,754
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters Story County Justice Center
Nevada, Iowa
Sheriff responsible Paul H. Fitzgerald
Website
Story County Sheriff
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Story County Sheriff's Office is the Sheriff's Department for Story County, Iowa. The department provides law enforcement services for the contract towns and unincorporated areas of Story County, as well as providing for courthouse security, operating the county jail, and performing civil procedures. The current Sheriff is Paul H. Fitzgerald.[1] Story County serves an estimated population of 86,754 people.[2] When Iowa State University is in session, the county can have another 36,000 students added to the population at any given time.[3]

The department is located at Story County Justice Center (1315 South B Avenue) in Nevada, IA.

Mission statement

"It is the mission of the Story County Sheriff's Office is to ensure public safety through the implementation of professional and proactive law enforcement services and to build trust by maintaining the highest standards of performance, integrity, and ethics."

Contract Towns

Unincorporated Communities

Divisions

Consisting primarily of Command Staff (Sheriff, Captain, etc...)

Divided into patrol and investigations. Commanded by the Lieutenant of Field Services.

Serves the role of the civil process as well as the secretarial staff and Sheriff's Reserves. Commanded by the Lieutenant of Support Services.

Sheriff's Office Reserve Division is a volunteer based division. Reserves are civilian employees who are sworn and certified as Reserve Deputies through ILEA. They act on behalf of the Sheriff, and perform most duties expected of a full-time deputy. (Certification is through the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy). The Reserve Division is seen mostly patrolling the local Iowa State University Cyclone football games, working town celebrations, and helping out with patrol duties.[4]

Runs the Story County Jail. A new generation 104-bed, direct-supervision jail, staffed by civilian detention officers. Commanded by the Jail Administrator.

Fully functional Public Safety Answering Point center. Has the technology to receive "Phase 1" and "Phase 2" wireless 9-1-1 calls from within the county, along with landline 9-1-1, and dispatches appropriately to police/fire/medical personal. Led by the Division Commander.

Rank Structure

Story County Justice Center

The Story County Sheriff's Office rank structure is as listed:

Rank Insignia
Sheriff
Captain
Lieutenant
Sergeant
Patrol Deputy
Recruit Deputy

Uniform

The Class "A" uniform of the Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff consists of a tan blouse with green epaulets and patches embroidered on the shoulders, green trousers with a tan stripe, and black boots. The Stratton campaign hat that is worn by Deputies is modeled after the hats worn by Army Drill Sergeants and Marine Corps Drill Instructors, and are green/olive drab in color with a gold cord.

The Class "B" uniform consists of a tan 5.11 BDU style blouse with embroidered name/ID tag, green 5.11 Tactical cargo pants, green baseball hat or black stocking hat, and black boots. The blouse, baseball hat and stocking hat have the badge embroidered.

The coat is a 5.11 multi-layer jacket that is green in color with a fleece inner layer. The outer and inner layer both have an embroidered badge as well as the patch sewn on to both shoulders.

Deputies primarily wear the Class "B" uniform unless in court or attending a ceremony (i.e. funeral for fallen officer, promotional event, etc...)

Weapons

The primary weapon of the Story County Sheriff's Deputy is the SigSauer P229 (.40 caliber).

The shotgun carried in the car is the Remington 870 (12 gauge).

Additional weapons used are the AR-15/M4 and Ruger Mini-14.

Fallen officers

In the history of the Story County Sheriff's Office, one deputy has been killed in the line of duty. Sheriff McGriff was shot and killed as he and several deputies attempted to arrest an escaped mental patient.[5]

Officer Date of death Cause of death
Sheriff Charles V. McGriff
Tuesday, October 21, 1941
 Gunfire

Past Sheriff's

Eli Deal 4/4/1853 to 8/1/1853

John J. Zenor 8/1/1853 to 1856

George Childs 1857 to 1861

L.Q. Hoggatt 1862 to 1865

H.T. Murphy 1866 to 1869

Alt Goodin 1870 to 1871

H.F. Murphy 1872 to 1873

Charles Christian 1874 to 1875

J.F. Gillespie 1876 to 1879

A.K. Banks 1880 to 1887

C.A. Wood 1888 to 1894

A.K. Banks 1896 to 1899

W.A. Ricketts 1900 to 1907

Fred Warrick 1908 to 1913

W.A. Ricketts 1914 to 1926

R.W. Nebergall 1926 to 1930

J.R. John Hattery 1930 to 1935

Vern Lynch 1936

C.V. McGriff 1937 to 1941 (Killed in the Line of Duty)

Harry Mills 1941 to 1942

G.A. Hall 1942 to 1948

J.I. (Ivan) Shalley 1948 to 1972

John P. Stark 1973 to 1993

Paul H. Fitzgerald 1993 to Present

Specialized Teams/Programs

Citizen's Academy

Sheriff Fitzgerald's commitment to the citizens of Story County includes making the office more accessible to the public. In the Citizen's Academy, participants learn more about the department and what it takes to provide law enforcement services to the citizens of Story County. They experience every division within the office and receive hands on experience most nights. The three-hour classes are held one night a week for eleven weeks. New classes are planned for each spring and fall. There is no cost to participate.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Story County Sheriff". Story County, Iowa. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  2. ↑ "Story County Quick Facts". US Census Bureau. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  3. ↑ "QS Intelligence Unit". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  4. ↑ ILEA Reserve Training Program
  5. ↑ The Officer Down Memorial Page
  6. ↑ Story County Sheriff's Office Citizen's Academy
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