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The San Diego County Sheriff's Department (SDSD), is the primary and largest law enforcement agency in San Diego County, California, and one of the largest sheriff's departments in the United States: with over 4,000 employees, an annual budget of over $960 million, and a service area over 4,500 square miles extending to a 60-mile international border. The department, established in 1850, has over 4,000 sworn deputies and additional civilian support personnel servicing an area of nearly 4,526 mi2.
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Flag of San Diego County
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| Common name | San Diego Sheriff's Department |
| Abbreviation | SDSD |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1850; 174 years ago (1850) |
| Employees | 4,000+ |
| Annual budget | $967 m (2020)[1] |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | San Diego, California, U.S. |
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| Map of San Diego County Sheriff's Department's jurisdiction. | |
| Size | 4,526 square miles (11,700 km2) |
| Population | 2,974,859 |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 9621 Ridgehaven Court San Diego, CA 92123 |
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| Stations | 18 |
| Jails | 8 |
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| http://www.sdsheriff.net/ | |
The SDSD provides general law enforcement and public safety services to all unincorporated areas of the county (traffic enforcement, accidents, and other traffic related issues are handled by the California Highway Patrol).
Nine incorporated cities within the county (Del Mar, Encinitas, Imperial Beach, Lemon Grove, Poway, San Marcos, Santee, Solana Beach, and Vista) contract with the department for municipal law enforcement and public safety services. Within these cities, traffic enforcement is also provided.
The department operates and provides detention facilities (jails), court services, and specialized regional services (such as air support, search and rescue, SWAT, etc.) to all of the county and the nine contract cities.
The Wireless Services Division is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the San Diego County-Imperial County Regional Communications System (RCS).
The sheriff is elected by the voters of San Diego County. The current sheriff is Kelly Martinez, who was elected in 2023.,[2] and then was elected to a full term in June 2010.[3][clarification needed]
The San Diego County Sheriff's Department is organized into five service bureaus: Law Enforcement Services, Detention Facility Services, Court Services, Human Resource Services, and Management Services. Each bureau is managed by an Assistant Sheriff except the Management Services Bureau, which is headed by an Executive Director.
4S Ranch Substation 10282 Rancho Bernardo Rd San Diego, CA 92127
Alpine Station 2751 Alpine Blvd Alpine, CA 91901
Borrego Springs Office 571 Palm Canyon Dr. Borrego Springs, CA 92004
Boulevard/Jacumba Substation 39919 Highway 94 Boulevard, CA 91905
Campo/Tecate Substation 378 Sheridan Rd Campo, CA 91906
North Coastal Station (formerly Encinitas Station) 175 N. El Camino Real Encinitas, CA 92024
Fallbrook Substation 388 East Alvarado St Fallbrook, CA 92028
Imperial Beach Station 845 Imperial Beach Blvd Imperial Beach, CA 91932
Lakeside Substation 12365 Parkside St. Lakeside, CA 92040
Julian Substation 2907 Washington St, Bldg C Julian, CA 92036
Lemon Grove Substation 3240 Main St Lemon Grove, CA 91945
Pine Valley Substation 28914 Old Highway 80, #106 Pine Valley, CA 91962
Poway Station 13100 Bowron Rd Poway, CA 92064
Ramona Substation 1424 Montecito Rd Ramona, CA 92065
Rancho San Diego Station 11486 Campo Rd. Spring Valley, CA 91978
Ranchita Office 25704 San Felipe Rd, S-2 Warner Springs, CA 92086
San Marcos Station 182 Santar Pl San Marcos, CA 92069
Santee Station 8811 Cuyamaca St Santee, CA 92071
Valley Center Substation 28201 N. Lake Wohlford Rd Valley Center, CA 92082
Vista Station 325 S. Melrose, Ste 210 Vista, CA 92081
Over the years, the sheriff's office's marked vehicles have sported unusual paint schemes. Originally in a traditional black and white, they transitioned to a pink-salmon color in the 1960s. From 1971 to 1991 the vehicles were painted kelly green-and-white which were the campaign colors of Sheriff John F. Duffy. When he retired the fleet was returned to the black-and-white color scheme and has remained so ever since. The department has also had a few all-white cars over the years, but these were for Traffic Enforcement and Volunteer Patrols only.
Today, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department utilizes the Ford Explorer as their base model for their fleet.
The SDSD also operates the Following Aircraft: Hughes 500, Bell 205, and Bell 407.
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The San Diego Sheriff department was formed in 1850, and since then it has served a diverse county consisting of many constituents with competing interests. San Diego Sheriff's department was a co-appellant in the Supreme Court of the United States and Ninth Circuit cases Kolender v. Lawson, 461 U.S. 352 (1983),[15][16] which held unconstitutional laws that allow law enforcement to demand that "loiterers" and "wanderers" provide identification; this continues to affect other departments nationwide.[17][18][19]
