Allegheny County Sheriff
| Allegheny County Sheriff's Office | |
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| Abbreviation | ACSO |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1789 |
| Employees | 201 |
| Annual budget | $19,650,495.00 - 2018 |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Size | 745 m² |
| Population | 1.2 million |
| Legal jurisdiction | Allegheny County, Pennsylvania |
| Governing body | Allegheny County, Pennsylvania |
| General nature | • Local civilian agency |
| Headquarters | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| Sworn members | 165 |
| Administrative & Civilian Staffs | 36 |
| Agency executive |
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| Regions |
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| Website | |
| http://www.sheriffalleghenycounty.com/ | |
The Allegheny County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) is a local county law enforcement agency that serves both Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
The ACSO focuses on a number of tasks as an arm of the court, including: court security, writ services, sheriff sales, prisoner transportation, license to carry concealed firearms, warrants, crime prevention and K9 Unit. In some instances, the Sheriff's Office will complement local departments that do not have the capacity to handle specific situations.
Major League Baseball Hall of Famer, Honus Wagner was a deputy sheriff. He ran for Sheriff, but lost.
History
The first sheriff to be elected in Allegheny County was James Morrison, who took office in January 1789, soon after the United States gained independence from Great Britain in the Revolutionary War.[1]
- James Morrison - 1789-1792
- Samuel Ewalt - 1792-1795 (PA State Representative post-Sheriff career)
- James Sample - 1795-1798
- Ephraim Jones - 1798-1801
- William Wusthoff - 1804-1809
- William McCandless - 1804-1809
- William Woods - 1809-1810
- Lazarus Stewart (sheriff) - 1816-1819 (Last Sheriff to conduct public hanging in Allegheny County)
- Morgan Neville (sheriff) - 1819-1822 (Editor and Owner of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- Lazarus Stewart (sheriff) - 1822-1825
- William Leckey - 1825-1828
- W. Caven - 1828-1831
- William Leckey - 1831-1834
- Elijah Trovillo - 1834-1837
- Andrew Bayne - 1837-1840
- Benjamin Weaver - 1840-1843
- Elijah Trovillo - 1843-1846
- John Forsyth - 1846-1850
- Carter Curtis - 1850-1852
- William Magill - 1852-1856
- Rody Patterson - 1856-1857
- James L. Grahm - 1857-1861
- Harry Woods - 1861-1863
- John H. Stewart - 1864-1867
- Samuel Cluley - 1867-1870
- H.S. Fleming - 1870-1873 (Served several terms on Council of the City of Allegheny [Northside neighborhood of Pittsburgh], Mayor of Allegheny, Treasurer of Allegheny County)
- John H. Hare - 1873-1875
- Richard H. Fife - 1876-1878
- T.H. Hunter - 1879-1882 (Civil War veteran)
- William McCallin - 1882-1884
- Joseph H. Gray - 1884-1888
- A. McCandless - 1888-1890
- William H. McCleary - 1890-1894
- James F. Richards - 1894-1896
- Harvey A. Lowry - 1896-1900
- William C. McKinley - 1900-1904
- James W. Dickson - 1904-1906
- Addison Gumbert - 1906-1910 (Former Major League Baseball pitcher, Clerk of Common Pleas, Commissioner of Allegheny County)
- Judd H. Bruff - 1910-1914
- George Richards - 1914-1918
- William S. Haddock - 1918-1922
- Robert Woodside - 1922-1926
- Robert H. Braun - 1926-1930
- Robert S. Cain - 12/1930-1/1932
- Frank I. Gollmar - 1932-1938 (Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County)
- H. J. Heinz II - 1938-1942 (known as John Heinz in this period; later CEO of H.J. Heinz Company)
- Robert J. Corbett - 1942-1944 (elected to Congress 1944)
- John Montgomery - 1944-1945 (appointed by Governor)
- Walter C. Monaghan - 1946-1951 (died September 19, 1951)
- William D. McClelland - 1951 (acted in this position from September 19, 1951 – December 28, 1951, while he also served as Coroner)
- Thomas E. Whitten December 28, 1951 – 1954
- William H. Davis 1954-1970 (City of Pittsburgh Fire Chief and City Councilman)
- Eugene L. Coon 1970-1997 (Longest tenured Allegheny County Sheriff)
- Peter DeFazio 1997-2006[2]
- William P. Mullen 2006–Present
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