Cleveland County Sheriff's Office (Oklahoma)

Cleveland County Sheriff's Office
Abbreviation	CCSO
Motto	Courageously Protect and Compassionately Serve
Agency overview
Formed	1889
Employees	194
Annual budget	Approx 14 Million Annually
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Cleveland, Oklahoma, USA
Map of Cleveland County Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction
Size	558 square miles (1,450 km2)
Population	279,641(2017 est.)
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Norman, Oklahoma
Sworn members	75
Unsworn members	119
Agency executive	Chris Amason, Sheriff
Website
ccso-ok.us

Cleveland County Sheriff's Office is the chief law enforcement agency in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, with primary jurisdiction in the unincorporated areas of the county. Consisting of over 194 employees including deputies, detention staff and support personnel, the Office serves a population of over 275,000 people. The office is headed by Sheriff Chris Amason, a Republican, elected and taking office in November 2020.

Controversies

• An audit revealed that the department had bartered with vendors using confiscated weapons. ^[1]
• $85,000 in firearms, radios and police vests went unaccounted for in 2017 ^[1]
• At times they have driven almost 50 vehicles without purchasing insurance. ^[2]
• They have used county money to house Department of Corrections inmates and failed to bill the DOC almost a quarter million dollars. ^[2]

Fallen Deputies

Since the establishment of the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office, two deputies have died in the line of duty. ^[3]

Deputy	Date of death	Details
Undersheriff William H. Abbott	Saturday, February 17, 1912	Gunfire
Undersheriff Grover Fulkerson	Friday, August 24, 1917	Gunfire

See also

• Oklahoma portal

• List of law enforcement agencies in Oklahoma

References

1. Price, Crystal (January 9, 2018). "Audit reveals almost 100 items missing from Cleveland County Sheriff's Office inventory". KOCO.
2. Ellis, Randy (September 12, 2018). "Sheriff's employees found driving 48 uninsured vehicles, audit finds in Cleveland County". Tulsa World.
3. The Officer Down Memorial Page

External links

• Cleveland County Sheriff