About the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department
The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department is consists of four large organizational entities:
Undersheriff; Management and Human Resources services; Investigative and Regional Services; and, Court and Correctional Services. The Undersheriff directly supervises a number of the Sacramento Sheriff’s Department’s
sensitive investigative functions such as Anti-Terrorism Detail, Organized Crime Detail; Vice Detail; and, FBI Joint Terrorism
Task Force.
As with most Sheriff’s departments, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department has the
majority of its personnel assigned to either the Court/Correctional Services or the Field Services. However, the Investigative
and Regional Services contains many interesting units such as the Special Operations Division.
The Special Operations Division of the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department has the Air Support
Bureau; Canine Enforcement Detail; Emergency Operations Unit; Environmental Crime Unit; Explosive Ordnance Detail; Motor Detail;
Mounted; and, Regional Transit Police Services
The Air Support Bureau was established in 1978 with two Hughes 300, 2 passenger helicopters. Today
their aircrews (teams of (1) Deputy Sheriff Pilot and (1) Deputy Sheriff Observer) operate three Eurocopter-EC120, 5 passenger
helicopters. These helicopters were purchased in 1999 and were chosen due to their quiet operation (30% quieter than previously
operated helicopters). In addition to the (3) patrol helicopters, they maintain two Huey UH-1H helicopters which we acquired
through the Army Surplus Program.
First established in 1972, the Mounted Enforcement Unit is a part-time unit that is comprised of full-time
and reserve deputy sheriffs of all ranks who are assigned to Mounted Enforcement as a collateral assignment.
The members personally own their horse and lease their mount to the county. Members conduct regular
training covering the rider's equestrian skills and desensitizing the horse to environmental distractions for enforcement
work. The unit assists in search and rescue, enforcement duties, crowd control, parades, school presentations, public relations
and other community events.
The Explosive Ordnance Detail (EOD), also known as the Bomb Squad, handles a variety of calls for service
that deal with the following; Improvised Explosive Devices, Military Ordnance, Commercial Explosives, Suspicious Items &
Packages, Illegal Fireworks, Post Blast Investigations, Dignitary Protection and training for Patrol Officers and Citizen
Groups.
Source:
Sacsheriff.com
