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El Paso County Sheriff's Office

County agencyCO0210000NIBRS since 2004LEMAS 2020

El Paso County, Colorado

Serves ~210,336 residents · UCR reported

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The El Paso County Sheriff's Office (EPSO), founded in 1861, handles law enforcement in El Paso County, Colorado. The Office is headed by the County Sheriff, an elected official.

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Crime & staffing trends

Reported offenses by year

Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Staffing by year

Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Burglary: victim & offender age · 1,427 victims, 1,906 offenders
Victim sex
Male737 (52%)
Female688 (48%)
Unknown2 (0%)
Victim race
White1,248 (90%)
Black or African American114 (8%)
Asian22 (2%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander1 (0%)
American Indian or Alaska Native1 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home1,350 (69%)
Rental Storage Facility157 (8%)
Other/Unknown152 (8%)
Specialty Store67 (3%)
Construction Site37 (2%)
Convenience Store31 (2%)

Top 6 of 30 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown276 (33%)
Otherwise Known154 (19%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)65 (8%)
Stranger63 (8%)
Parent59 (7%)
Acquaintance45 (5%)

Top 6 of 22 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property270 (44%)
Motor Vehicle Theft95 (16%)
Simple Assault64 (10%)
Aggravated Assault48 (8%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud22 (4%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations16 (3%)

Top 6 of 24 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
510
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
279
Part-time civilian
9
Total FT employees
903
Population served
196,987
Operating budget
$83,945,885
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013413231$64,025,373
2007419189$49,373,959
2003385155$39,000,000
2000369127$32,088,728
1999388147
1997383146
1990315122

Staffing as reported in each BJS LEMAS survey wave; wave links go to the ICPSR study pages.

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
564
Civilians (2025)
307

Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.

Open data

Public policy portal

251 published policy documents on PowerDMS.

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POP conference activity

No POP conference submissions matched to this agency in our records.

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