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History

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, founded in 1859, has a long and colorful history from the Old West through the present day.

History By Decade

  • 1859 to 1869 The Pioneer Decade (PDF)
  • 1870 to 1879 The Industrial Age (PDF)
  • 1880 to 1889 The Age of Enlightenment (PDF)
  • 1890 to1899 The Gay Nineties (PDF)
  • 1900 to 1909 A New Century (PDF)
  • 1910 to 1919 The World War One Years (PDF)
  • 1920 to 1929 The Roaring Twenties (PDF)
  • 1930 to 1939 The Dirty Thirties (PDF)
  • 1940 to 1949 The Decade of the Second World War (PDF)
  • 1950 to 1959 The Fabulous Fifties (PDF)
  • 1960 to 1969 The Turbulent Sixties (PDF)
  • 1970 to 1979 The Age of Technology (PDF)

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    Physical Address
    200 Jefferson County Parkway
    Golden, CO 80401

    Phone : Non-Emergency Dispatch: 303-271-0211
    Emergency Phone : 911

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  2. Accreditation & Policy
  3. Administrative Investigations
  4. Annual Reports
  5. Detention Services Division
    1. About the Detention Administrator
    2. Detention Programs
      1. Inmate Education
      2. Inmate Recreation
      3. Inmate Work
      4. Work Release
    3. Detention Services
      1. Chaplaincy
      2. Counseling
      3. Medical
    4. Detention Support Judicial Services
    5. Inmates
  6. History
  7. Investigations
    1. About the Chief
    2. Sections
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  8. In Memoriam
    1. Sean Patrick Renfro
    2. David Michael Baldwin
    3. Timothy Michael Mossbrucker
    4. Stephen Paul Miller
    5. William Truesdale
    6. Clarence Bunch Fugate
  9. Law Enforcement Authority Reports (LEA)
  10. Our Mission, Value & Vision
  11. Patrol
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    2. Crisis Intervention Team
    3. Mental Health Case Management
  12. Policies
  13. Public Affairs
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    3. Power of Crime Prevention
  14. Regional Crime Laboratory
    1. Crime Laboratory Units
  15. Support Services
    1. Responsibilities & Services
      1. Asset Management Section
      2. Emergency Management
      3. Informational Services Section
      4. Mounted Patrol
      5. Recruitment & Training
      6. Research & Planning
      7. Volunteer Services
      8. Judicial Services
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  1. 100 Jefferson County Parkway 
    Golden, CO 80419 
    Phone: 303-271-6511

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