Grand County
 
 
Sheriff's Office

Press Release - October 21, 2010

Grand County Sheriff Office Official Website is now online. Click on the following link for news updates for the Grand County Utah Area...

www.grandcountysheriff.org

Department Information

The office of Sheriff is a constitutionally created office with duties prescribed by the Utah legislature. The sheriff is the chief law enforcement officer for the county and is elected every four years. 

The sheriff has countywide jurisdiction, but in practice, mostly concentrates activities outside city limits where municipal officers cannot operate.

The Sheriff has been charged with the responsibility to maintain the public peace and protecting life and property of all citizens of Grand County. Obligations and responsibilities have continuously grown throughout the years.

The duties of the Sheriff’s Office have increased as administrative procedures, court decisions, and requirements of the laws have brought about sophisticated and technical advancements to Law Enforcement.

The Sheriff’s Office is comprised of several divisions which perform the varied duties required by Utah Law, the Criminal Justice System, and the public need. These divisions are:

Administrative
- Criminal / Civil Processing

Investigations
- Criminal / Civil

Patrol
- ATV patrol
- Airport Security
- Transportation (Adult/Juvenile)
- FIDO (Field Investigation Drug Officer)
- Animal Control

Corrections
- Video Court
- IDHO (Inmate Discipline Hearing Officer)
- Transient Vouchers

Drug Court Tracker
- Track Felony/Family Participants
- Urine Analysis

Court Security
- 7th District Court Bailiff
- Family Drug Court Bailiff
- Felony Drug Court Bailiff
- Justice Court Bailiff
- Magnetometer

Criminal/Civil Paper Service

Communications
- Control Room operations
- 911 Call Takers
- Dispatch
- Code RED – Reverse 911

Mobile Command Vehicle/Operations
(Secondary PSAP - Public Safety Answering Point)

Public Relations
- Safe Schools
- D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education)
- Illegal Narcotic education
- MOCK DUI Education
- Good Touch Bad Touch
- OHV Education
- Fingerprints

Emergency Management Services
- Homeland Security
- Multi Jurisdiction Coordination
- Domestic / Natural Disaster Response

Search and Rescue


Links

  • Victim Information and Notification Everyday (VINE) - VINELink is the online version of VINE (Victim Information and Notification Everyday), the National Victim Notification Network. This service allows crime victims to obtain timely and reliable information about criminal cases and the custody status of offenders 24 hours a day.


Staff

Steven White
Sheriff
swhite@grandcountysheriff.org

Darrel Mecham
Chief Deputy
dmecham@grandcountysheriff.org

Veronica J. Bullock
Jail Commander
vbullock@grandcountysheriff.org

Phone:
435-259-8115

Fax:
435-259-8651



PDF Documents

Press Release
August 23, 2008

Press Release Addendum
August 23, 2008 13:45 HRS

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