San Francisco Sheriff's Department
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| San Francisco Sheriff's Department |
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| Established | 1850 |
| Jurisdiction | County |
| Sworn | 850 |
| Non-sworn | 100 |
| Jails | 7 |
| Sheriff | Michael Hennessey |
The San Francisco Sheriff's Department (SFSD) is the sheriff's department for the City and County of San Francisco. The department has 950 deputized personnel, and support staff. They provide security to the civil and criminal courts, and to San Francisco's landmark City Hall. The department also operates the county jails.
The department is headed by Sheriff Michael Hennessey.[1]
The department has the highest representation of women and minorities of any major law enforcement agency in the nation -- more than 70% of total sworn staff.
- Warrant Service Unit
- Civil Division
- Eviction Assistance (Civil Division)
- Garnishments
- Youth Guidance Center
- Training
- Background Investigations
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[edit] County jails
San Francisco County operates eight jails, with approximately 55,000 people booked annually. Two of these jails are located in the Hall of Justice on Bryant Street. One of the jails is located in ward 7D/7L in San Francisco General Hospital. Two jails are located at the San Bruno Complex Program Facility, located ten miles south of San Francisco.
The newest San Francisco jail complex is not located in San Francisco at all. It is located in San Mateo County in the City of San Bruno. The new jail opened in 2006 and will be named County Jail #5, when all San Francisco's jails will be renumbered. This jail replaced old County Jail #3, which at the time of closing was the oldest operating county jail in California. County Jail #3 stands vacant, and will be demolished.
Prior to the new facility opening, the most modern San Francisco Jail was the one located near the Hall of Justice on Seventh Street. Opened in 1994, the complex is actually two jails. This main complex jail is a "direct supervision facility [that] has become a national model for program-oriented prisoner rehabilitation." The second, which acts as the main intake and release facility for the city, was praised by Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic Allan Temko as "a stunning victory for architectural freedom over bureaucratic stupidity."[2]
[edit] Intake & Release
- County Jail #9 (425 7th Street, near Hall of Justice, San Francisco)
[edit] Classification
- County Jail #8 (Hall of Justice, 6th Floor, San Francisco)
[edit] Housing
- County Jail #1 (Hall of Justice, 6th Floor, San Francisco)
- County Jail #2 (Hall of Justice, 7th Floor, San Francisco)
- County Jail #3 (San Bruno)
- County Jail #7 (San Bruno)
- County Jail #5 (San Francisco General Hospital)
- County Jail #8 (425 7th Street, San Francisco)
[edit] External links
[edit] References
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- ^ San Francisco Sheriff's Department : Jail. San Francisco Sheriff's Department. Retrieved on March 23, 2006.
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