WELCOME TO THE KENT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

The Kent County Sheriff's Office is currently authorized three full-time commissioned officers, including the Sheriff. We also utilize 4 Reserve Deputies who are fully licensed through the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Education. These Reserve Deputies perform the same tasks as our full-time deputies.

Our Communication Center is staffed with 7 employees whose job includes answering 911 calls and dispatching deputies to calls for service. The Kent County Sheriff's Office began 24-hour dispatching during the 2007 calander year. Communication Officers also dispatch for the Kent County Volunteer Fire Department, the Kent County Emergency Medical Services, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Department of Wildlife.

The Sheriff's Office has recently moved into a new 2400 square foot building just south of the Kent County Courthouse. This new office provides more room for the employees of the Sheriff's Office and includes a booking room, interview room and communications room which houses our network servers, radios and 911 equipment.

MISSION STATEMENT

The Kent County Sheriff's Office consistently and with uniformity strives to maintain social order and provide professional law enforcement services to citizens in the community, within prescribed ethical, budgetary, and constitutional constraints. This agency strives to enforce the law and maintain order in a fair and impartial manner, recognizing the need for justice, and the consistent appearance of justice. Sheriff Scogin recognizes that no law enforcement agency can operate at its maximum potential without supportive input from the citizens it serves. This agency actively solicts and encourages the cooperation of all citizens to reduce and limit the opportunities for crime and to assist in bringing to justice those that break the law.