Howard County Sheriff's Office (Maryland) Explained

Agencyname:Howard County Sheriff's Office
Abbreviation:HCSO
Patch:MD - Howard County Sheriff.png
Patchcaption:Howard County Sheriff's Office patch
Country:United States
Countryabbr:USA
Divtype:State
Divname:Maryland
Map:Map of Maryland highlighting Howard County.svg
Sizearea:254sqmi
Sizepopulation:304,580 (2013)
Police:Yes
Local:Yes
Headquarters:Ellicott City, Maryland
Chief1name:Marcus Harris
Chief1position:Sheriff
Website:https://www.howardcountymd.gov/Branches/Sheriffs-Office

The Howard County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) is a law enforcement organization which acts as the enforcement arm of the Howard County court system and services Howard County, Maryland, population 328,200. Its mission centers around providing judicial enforcement and physical security for the Circuit Court. The department is a secondary law enforcement agency as police services are mostly provided by the larger, better-known Howard County Police Department while the county jail is run by the Howard County Department of Corrections. However, Sheriff's deputies are fully certified law enforcement officers with the same authority as any police officer in the state of Maryland. They assist county police officers with calls for service when requested or needed.

History

Anne Arundel County created the Howard District in 1831 from its Western half. Thomas Burgess acted as the Sheriff through the 1840s. In 1851, the Howard District became its own county with a dedicated Sheriff.[1] The HCSO was created in 1851.[2] Former Ellicott City Mayor E.A. Talbot served in 1856,[3] George W. Howard served in 1908;[4] Julius Wolsh Jr. in 1928;[5] George D. Day Jr. in 1930;[6] Norman O. Haward in 1962;[7] Donald Edward Ansell in 1972.[8]

Sheriff James F. Fitzgerald resigned in 2016 over allegations that he bullied his employees and made racist, sexist, and anti-Semitic remarks.[9]

Organization

The Sheriff's Office is located at the Howard County Circuit Court building, 9250 Judicial Way, Ellicott City, Maryland. The current sheriff is Marcus Harris, a former Baltimore County Police detective, elected in November 2018. The HCSO is divided into six sections:[10]

Some of the Past Sheriffs

Sheriff[11] Term
Charles G. Halsup1848-1851
Seth W. Warfield1851-1853
E.A. Talbot1853-1855
Joshua McCauley1855-1857
John Orem 1857-1859
Thomas Burgess1859-1861
J.P. Ijams1861-1863
David E. Hopkins1864-1866
Edward McCaulley1866-1867
William A. Webb1867-1869
Claudius Stewart1869-1871
John S. Tracy1871-1873
Walter Dorsey1873-1875
G. Washington Carr1875-1877
Joseph Hunt 1877-1879
Joseph McCauley1879-1881
Edward A. Talbott1881-1883
N.T. Hutchins1883-1885
Frank Shipley1885-1887
George D. Day1887-1889
Steven R. Hobbs1889-1891
William G. Owings1891-1893
Gilbert E. Flower1893-1895
Greenbury Johnson Jr.1895-1896
Frank Oldfield1896-1897
Charles D. Pickett1897-1899
Lewis E. Phelps1899-1901
James E. Hobbs1901-1903
John F. Kyrne1903-1905
Joseph Hunt1905-1907
George W Howard1907-1909
James L. Hobbs1909-1911
Sandy T. Mullinix1911-1913
John V. Long1913-1915
James L. Hobbs1915-1917
H. Thomas Grimes1917-1919
James H. Hudson1919-1920
Arthur A. Brosenne1921-1923
Phillip S. Brown1923-1926
John H. Hardy1926-1930
George D, Day Jr. 1930-1934
J. Frank Curtis1934-1938
C. Dorsey Hobbs1938-1942
L. Edwin Carr1942-1946
Frederick C. Kramer1946-1950
W. Harvey Hill1950-1958
Norman O. Howard1958-1970
Charles C. Senseney1970-1974
John J. Votta1974-1982
Virginia L. Donnelly1982-1986
Herbert Stonesifer1986-1990
Michael A. Chiuchiolo1990-1998
Charles M. Cave1998-2006
James F. Fitzgerald2006-2016
William J. McMahon2016-2018
Marcus R. Harris2018–present

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Simpsonville Mill Survey. June 12, 2014.
  2. Web site: Howard County Sheriff's Office website . https://web.archive.org/web/20080617132641/http://www.co.ho.md.us/Sheriff/Sheriff_HomePage.htm . June 17, 2008.
  3. Book: Journal of the Proceedings of the Senate of the State of Maryland. Maryland. General Assembly. Senate. 556.
  4. News: . 100 GO DOWN IN CRASH AT ELLICOTT CITY: Spectators At Trial Dumped In Mass By Collapse Of Floor THIRTY-SEVEN ARE BADLY INJURED Crowd Attracted By Rumor Of Plot To Lynch Negro Charged With Assaulting And Robbing Farmer--Victims Brought To Baltimore Hospitals FEW ESCAPE UNHURT Easton's Hall Packed With People When Accident Occurs. December 30, 1908 . subscription . ProQuest.
  5. News: . Farmer Routs Fireman, Perishes Among Flames: Brandishes Knife as County Officials Arrive to Help Fight Blaze. Neighbor's Stock Burns . April 12, 1928 . subscription . ProQuest.
  6. News: The Baltimore Sun . Howard County's Salaries . January 14, 1933 . subscription . ProQuest.
  7. News: The Washington Post . Republican Has Early Lead in Race For State Senate in Anne Arundel: GOP Wins 3 Races In Calvert County St. Marys Democrats Overwhelming Victors Charles County Board Control Goes to GOP GOP Board Elected In Howard County . November 7, 1962 . subscription . ProQuest.
  8. News: Herbert H. . Denton . The Washington Post . County Man Shackled, Jailed in $5 Ticket Case: Police in Counties Shackle, Jail Man in $5 Ticket Case . January 14, 1972 . subscription . ProQuest.
  9. News: Miller . Michael E. . October 11, 2016 . Howard County sheriff resigns over alleged racist, anti-Semitic remarks . en-US . The Washington Post . November 12, 2022 . 0190-8286.
  10. Web site: Howard County Sheriff's Office Operational Duties . https://web.archive.org/web/20080618000841/http://www.co.ho.md.us/Sheriff/Sheriff_OperationalDuties.htm . June 18, 2008.
  11. Book: The founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland. Joshua Dorsey Warfield. 538.

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