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Howard County Sheriff's Office
Howard County, Maryland
Serves ~264,265 residents · LEMAS survey
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.
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Staffing
- Full-time sworn
- 35
- Part-time sworn
- 1
- Full-time civilian
- 16
- Part-time civilian
- 2
- Total FT employees
- 59
- Population served
- 264,265
- Operating budget
- $4,100,000
Source: BJS LEMAS 2003 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020
| Wave | FT sworn | FT civilian | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 20 | 8 | — |
Staffing as reported in each BJS LEMAS survey wave; wave links go to the ICPSR study pages.
Employment counts for this agency are available through the FBI Crime Data Explorer.