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135,457
COUNTYWIDE
CALLS FOR SERVICE
35,955
REPORTS WRITTEN
8,839
TOTAL ARRESTS
PATROL DIVISION 200+
Sheriff’s Deputies provide county wide policing services to all 595,860 residents of Washington County. Our CERTIFIED STAFF
deputies are the primary responders for 29,072 rural and 215,231 urban unincorporated residents. The latter
are established urban unincorporated communities, such as Aloha, Bethany, Bull Mountain, Cooper Mountain,
Farmington, Garden Home, Oak Hills, Raleigh Hills, Reedville, and Rock Creek.
Deputies also provide backup patrol support to the cities, participate in special response teams, and provide 9
many other services that benefit all residents and businesses in the county.
The Enhanced Sheriff’s Patrol District (ESPD) includes the more densely populated urban areas that lie outside SUPPORT STAFF
of the cities and necessitate more police services than rural areas. WCSO has provided these enhanced services
in the District for more than 30 years. Before ESPD was established in 1987, staffing at the rural level was 0.54
officers per 1,000 residents. The urban level standard at the time was 1.0 officer per 1,000 residents. Residents
formed the ESPD and then voted to increase services levels to 1.0 officer per 1,000 residents.
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