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Tulare County Sheriff's Office

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Tulare County Sheriff's Office
Seal of Tulare County, California
Common name	Tulare County Sheriff
Abbreviation	TCSO
Agency overview
Formed	1852
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Tulare County, California, California, U.S.

Map of Tulare County Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction
Population	473,117
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	833 S. Akers Street Visalia, California 93277
Agency executive	Mike Boudreaux, Sheriff-Coroner
Website
tularecounty.ca.gov/sheriff/

The Tulare County Sheriff's Office (TCSO) is an American law enforcement agency that is charged with law enforcement duties within the boundaries of Tulare County, California. As of the 2020 United States Census, the county was inhabited by 473,117 people.^[1]

Line of duty deaths[edit]

Since the department's establishment, 15 sworn officers and one police dog have died in the line of duty.^[2]

Officers:

Name	Rank	Date of death	Cause
John Nicolas Wren	Deputy Sheriff	5 Jul 1889	Gunfire^[3]
Oscar A. Beaver	Deputy Sheriff	6 Aug 1892	Gunfire^[4]
Carl Oscar Johnson	Special Deputy	30 Sep 1951	Gunfire^[5]
Ross Clifford Cochran	Deputy Sheriff	19 Nov 1951	Automobile accident^[6]
Vernon Cox	Deputy Sheriff	15 Apr 1965	Automobile accident^[7]
Carlos Manuel Magana	Deputy Sheriff	9 Dec 1970	Struck by train^[8]
Monty Lewis Conley	Detective	5 Aug 1985	Automobile accident^[9]
Joe Ruiz Landin	Detective	5 Aug 1985	Automobile accident^[10]
Michael Robert Egan	Deputy Sheriff	2 May 1989	Automobile accident^[11]
Kevin Eugene Elium	Deputy Sheriff	7 Oct 2005	Automobile accident^[12]
Kent Haws	Detective	17 Dec 2007	Gunfire^[13]
Greg Hernandez, Jr.	Sergeant	6 Feb 2009	Automobile accident^[14]
Jeremy Wayne Meyst	Correctional Deputy	24 Dec 2013	Automobile accident^[15]
Scott Alfred Ballantyne	Deputy Sheriff	10 Feb 2016	Aircraft accident^[16]
Frank Gonzalez Holguin, III	Deputy Sheriff II	27 Jan 2021	COVID-19^[17]

K9:

Name	Rank	Date of death	Cause
Rocco	K9	16 Oct 2019	Struck by vehicle^[18]

References[edit]

^ "2020 Geography Profile – Redistricting Data". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on December 5, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.

^ "Tulare County Sheriff's Office, California, Fallen Officers". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

^ "Deputy Sheriff John Nicolas "Nick" Wren, Tulare County Sheriff's Office, California". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

^ "Deputy Sheriff Oscar A. Beaver, Tulare County Sheriff's Office, California". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

^ "Special Deputy Carl Oscar Johnson, Tulare County Sheriff's Office, California". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

^ "Deputy Sheriff Ross Clifford Cochran, Tulare County Sheriff's Office, California". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

^ "Deputy Sheriff Vernon Cox, Tulare County Sheriff's Office, California". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

^ "Deputy Sheriff Carlos Manuel Magana, Tulare County Sheriff's Office, California". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

^ "Detective Monty Lewis Conley, Tulare County Sheriff's Office, California". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

^ "Detective Joe Ruiz Landin, Tulare County Sheriff's Office, California". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

^ "Deputy Sheriff Michael Robert Egan, Tulare County Sheriff's Office, California". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

^ "Deputy Sheriff Kevin Eugene Elium, Tulare County Sheriff's Office, California". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

^ "Detective Kent Haws, Tulare County Sheriff's Office, California". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

^ "Sergeant Greg Hernandez, Jr., Tulare County Sheriff's Office, California". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

^ "Correctional Deputy Jeremy Wayne Meyst, Tulare County Sheriff's Office, California". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

^ "Deputy Sheriff Scott Alfred Ballantyne, Tulare County Sheriff's Office, California". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

^ "Deputy Sheriff II Frank Gonzalez Holguin, III, Tulare County Sheriff's Office, California". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

^ "K9 Rocco, Tulare County Sheriff's Office, California". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

External links[edit]

"Home". Tulare County Sheriff. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

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