David E. Harder Sheriff

The Broome County Sheriff's Office was established in 1806. The first sheriff, William Woodruff, rode on horseback, enforcing laws. Broome County is located in south central New York state. Currently the office serves a population of approximately 197,000 people in a 850 mile patrol area. This area encompasses city, suburban and rural type settings. As well as patroling interstates 81, 86 and 88 which pass through the center of the county.

The office is broken into these divisions:

1. Civil Division: responsible for handing and delivering civil processes such as judgements, evictions and auctions.
2. Corrections Division: responsible for maintaining custody of prisoners remanded by courts.
3. Detective Division: responsible for major crimes and juvenile violators, special investigations and major crime tracking.
4. Highway Patrol Division: responsible for law enforcement, arrest of lawbreakers, criminial investigations, auto accident investigations, and public safety.
5. Identification Division: responsible for pistol permits, sheriff id cards, fingerprinting, and criminal records.
6. Training Division: responsible for mandated police and correctional training. Also provides all inservice training for Sheriff's Office employees and runs the Basic Police Academy for a seven county area.
7. Business Office: responsible for cash receipts, cash disbursements, payroll reports and accounts payable.
8. Records Division: responsible for the recording and maintaining of all official records and documents relative to the police operations of the Broome County Sheriff's Office.
9. Community Policing: responsible for community policing activities for the Sheriff's Office.

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