Sheriff

• Chief law enforcement officer for Kent County
• Responsible for overall management and administration of the office

Administrative Unit

• Provides support to the entire office, through procurement, personnel management, records management

Patrol Division

• Maintains 24-hour patrol of Kent County in marked and unmarked vehicles
• Enforces traffic laws
• Watches for violations of other laws
• Responds to more than 11,000 requests for law enforcement assistance each year
• Investigates crimes
• K-9 unit – two canine teams (one Deputy and one canine)
• drug detection
• tracking
• patrol work, including crowd control

Criminal Investigation Division

• Investigate serious crimes
• Specially trained crime scene investigators
• Evidence/property custodian
• Sex offender registry
• Narcotics Enforcement Team
• Drug enforcement through surveillance, intelligence, controlled buys
• Coordination with State, Regional, and Federal authorities

Services Division

• Serve civil summons, complaints, evictions, protective orders
• Serve criminal summons
• Execute arrest warrants
• Provide security for the Kent County Courthouse

School Resource Officer

• Assigned full-time to Kent County High School, visits other County Schools
• Plays 3 roles:Counselor, Teacher, Law Enforcement Officer

Community Policing Unit

• Relationships with community organizations
• Outreach in crime prevention

Incident Command Vehicle 

• Emergency communications capabilities (radio, telefax, Internet)    
• Emergency equipment (lighting, traffic control)

Tactical Team

• Execution of search warrants
• Hostage/barricaded subject situations