Pasco County Sheriff's Office

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office (PSO) is the law enforcement agency responsible for Pasco County, Florida. It is the largest law enforcement agency within the county, and serves as a full service law enforcement and detention agency for the over 512,000 citizens of Pasco County, Florida.

Pasco Sheriff's Office
MottoWe Fight As One
Agency overview
Formed1887
Jurisdictional structure
Legal jurisdictionCounty
Operational structure
Headquarters8700 Citizen Drive
New Port Richey, FL 34654
Sworn members750
Agency executive
  • Chris Nocco (R), Sheriff
Facilities
Stations
Lockups
Website
Official website

Sheriff Chris Nocco

The current Sheriff is Chris Nocco, who was appointed by Governor Rick Scott. Former Sheriff Bob White announced his early retirement effective May 1, 2011. On April 25, 2011, Florida governor Rick Scott appointed Major Chris Nocco to fulfill the remaining two years left on Sheriff White's term.

Body Cameras

In February 2015, the Pasco Sheriff's Office (PSO) was the first Sheriff's Office in the central Florida region to adopt a full scale body camera program. The PSO issued a body worn camera manufactured by TASER Inc to every one of its Deputy Sheriffs on patrol in the county.[1]

Sidearm

Deputies are issued the SIG-Sauer P320 as the sidearm and it is chambered in 9mm.

Ranks and insignia
Title Insignia
Sheriff
Chief Deputy
Major
Captain
Lieutenant
Sergeant
Corporal
Field Training Officer
Deputy Sheriff

Fallen officers

Since the formation of the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, five deputies have been killed in the line of duty. The most common cause of line of duty deaths to date is gunfire.[2]

Officer Date of Death Details
Deputy Sheriff Sheldon S. "Shelley" Nicks
Saturday, May 8, 1909
 Gunfire
Constable Arthur Fleece Crenshaw
Wednesday, October 4, 1922
 Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff William Henry O'Berry
Friday, January 1, 1926
 Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff John Herbert "Bert" McCabe
Saturday, June 26, 1948
 Automobile accident
Lieutenant Charles A. "Bo" Harrison
Sunday, June 1, 2003
 Gunfire
gollark: I refuse to acknowledge anything in the intended way if inconvenient to me.
gollark: Fool, they have not used magnetic stripes for some time.
gollark: Actually, my very presence nullifies a substantial amount of electromagnetic interactions.
gollark: Powerline adapters.
gollark: Those things are horribly unreliable in my experience.

References
  1. "Body cameras to be used by all Pasco sheriff's deputies starting in February". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  2. Officer Down Memorial Page


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