Ocean County Sheriff's Office
| Ocean County Sheriff's Office | |
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| Agency overview | |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Ocean County, New Jersey, United States |
| Population | 576,567 |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 120 Hooper Ave, Toms River, NJ 08753 |
| Agency executive |
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| Website | |
| OCSD Website | |
The Ocean County Sheriff's Office or OCSO is the law enforcement agency for Ocean County, New Jersey, in the United States.
History[edit]
In the 1970s, the Ocean County Sheriff's Office started its Criminal Investigations Unit.[1] In 1979, the Department's Criminal Identification Bureau implemented a high-speed information retrieval system for storage and retrieval of photos and fingerprint information, becoming the first law enforcement agency in New Jersey to use this technology.[2] In the 1980s the department added a forensics team.[1] This team in 1981 was among the first to use crazy glue for the detection of latent prints.[1] That same year the force was also the first in New Jersey to use a laser in an investigation.[1] The department has reported that its crime lab is renowned and has been used by the FBI and in training the United States Secret Service.[1] Later in 1991 the department was the first to have its own in-house DNA testing.[1] The OCSD has the highest number of hits for finger print databases.[1]
Community involvement[edit]
In 2011, their ongoing Children's Identification Program fingerprinted and photographed 31,350 children.[3] The office supplies DARE officers to schools that request them, and don't have them provided by local police already.[3] They hold an annual Ocean County Sheriff’s Department Food and Toy Drive.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g Criminalistics Division, Ocean County Sheriff's website, 2012, access date 11-01-2012
- ^ Criminal Identification Bureau, Ocean County Sheriff's website, 2012, access date 12-01-2012
- ^ a b Ocean County Sheriff's Department
- ^ Support sought for sheriff’s toy drive | tri.gmnews.com | Tri-Town News
External links[edit]
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