Albemarle County Sheriff's Office

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The Albemarle County Sheriff's Office is a law enforcement agency which manages court security, prisoner transportation, and other duties relating to civil processes in Albemarle County. The current sheriff is Chan Bryant.

The Albemarle County Sheriff's Office has been serving the citizens of Albemarle County Since 1745. The Sheriff's Office has been an accredited agency since 2002. As of May 2020, the agency consisted of 23 full time and 2 part time deputies and a Reserve Division of 60 sworn volunteers.

History

Albemarle County was created in 1744 from Goochland County. The county seat was established at a site, along the James River in the heart of the new Albemarle County, that would latter became known as Scott's landing, when six magistrates were sworn in on the last day of February 1745. In its original form, Albemarle contained the southern two-thirds of modern Albemarle County, the entirely of the modern counties of Amherst, Buckingham, Nelson, and Fluvanna, and parts of Appomattox, Campbell, and Bedford counties. Albemarle's boundaries were considerably reduced with the creation of Buckingham County (then also containing part of modern Appomattox County) and Amherst County (then also containing present-day Nelson County) in 1761.

In 1761, county government was moved from Scott's Landing to Charlottesville. The year 1762 brought a slight northward expansion of the county boundaries, with the addition to Albemarle of the western portion of Louisa County. This brought Albemarle's western, southern, and northern boundaries to their current locations. With the last reduction in its territory, the creation of Fluvanna County in 1777, Albemarle County reached its present size.

The Albemarle County Sheriff's Office was created in 1745 and Joseph Thompson was appointed as the county's first sheriff. In the early years of Albemarle County, sheriffs were appointed to office for a two year term. In 1888, Charlottesville incorporated and annexed surrounding land to create a city of nearly 800 acres.

It was not until 1895 that the citizens of Albemarle County elected the sheriff to a four year term in office. Lucian Watts became the first elected sheriff of the county and served until 1911.

The sheriff's office was the main legal force in Albemarle County until 1983, when the Albemarle County Police Department was created; at that point in time, the sheriff's office transitioned to courts-related work. [1].

References

  1. Web. History, Albemarle County Sheriff's Office, retrieved December 7, 2011.

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