Thank you for joining us on our Web site. It is our hope that the information contained on this site is helpful to you.

Our primary goal is to protect the citizens of Marion County and to preserve the quality of life with which our county has been blessed. We do so by combining progressive law enforcement ideas with progressive business practices. As a result, you receive the most advanced and comprehensive law enforcement services available for each tax dollar you entrust to us.

We consider it our responsibility to not only enforce the law, but to deter criminal activities from happening in the first place. The best way to accomplish these objectives is through strategic thinking throughout the agency, with everyone involved. This proactive approach to law enforcement results in lower crime rates and higher arrest rates. This is community policing at its best.

We realize that to fulfill our responsibilities to the people of this growing county, this agency cannot stand still. That is why we continually upgrade both our equipment and our skills. Our back-to-basics philosophy means a renewed emphasis on putting more deputies on patrol. We have decentralized our resources and developed specific strategies for each of our 14 districts, which reflect the special needs of the people who live in them.

We also realize that an open and continuing, two-way dialogue with the citizens is essential. We invite you to tell us how we can serve you even better. Our main mission in this value-centered, ethics-based Sheriff's office is to prevent crime and to put criminals in jail in order to preserve and enhance the quality of life we all enjoy.

Thank you for allowing us to serve you here in Marion County now and in the future.