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Hernando County Sheriff's Office

County agency in Hernando, Florida, United States. Reports crime data to the FBI, and has done since 2021.

ORI: FL0270000
Type: County
County: Hernando
State: Florida (FL)
FBI reporting: Reporting since 2021-01-01
Location: 28.5679, -82.4648

Workforce

As reported to the FBI for 2025, covering a population of 210,286.

309Sworn officers

369Civilian staff

3.22Employees per 1,000 people

210,286Population served

Year	Officers	Civilians	Population served	Per 1,000
2025	309	369	210,286	3.22
2024	305	322	212,610	2.95
2023	288	297	203,179	2.88
2022	370	189	198,894	2.81
2021	366	182	190,162	2.88
2020	349	197	187,160	2.92
2019	252	305	183,480	3.04
2018	244	294	180,256	2.98
2017	234	276	177,008	2.88
2016	236	181	172,031	2.42
2015	211	151	169,726	2.13
2013	325	186	166,502	3.07

Officer and civilian counts are full-time employees as filed by the agency in its annual return. A dash means the agency did not report that figure for that year — it does not mean zero.

Deaths during encounters with this agency

29 people have died during an encounter with Hernando County Sheriff's Office between 2002 and 2025, according to Mapping Police Violence.

29Deaths recorded

13.79Per 100,000 people policed

2002–2025Period covered

Recorded cause	Deaths
Gunshot	28
Gunshot, Taser	1

What this figure is and is not. It counts deaths recorded as occurring during an encounter with this agency. It is not a finding of wrongdoing, and a death being recorded here says nothing about whether it was lawful. Many involve armed confrontations; some involve none. Police Census publishes counts only and does not name the people who died.

These records are compiled from news reports and public records by Mapping Police Violence, an independent research organisation — they are not official statistics, and no federal database records this comprehensively. Used with permission.

Military surplus received

Transferred under the Department of Defense 1033 programme, which passes surplus military equipment to law enforcement agencies at no cost. Values are the Department’s original acquisition cost, not what the equipment is worth today.

$340,567Original acquisition value

3Line items received

2006–2016Years of transfers

Item	Quantity	Acquisition value	Most recent
Helicopter,Observation	2	$283,107	2008-06-03
Blade,Rotary Wing	2	$57,460	2016-07-22

Source: Defense Logistics Agency, Law Enforcement Support Office, public data as at 30 June 2026. Items are grouped by description; the date shown is the most recent shipment of that item.

Also policing Hernando

Jurisdictions overlap. These agencies are also recorded against the same county, so a single address may be covered by more than one of them.

Brooksville Police DepartmentCity · reporting Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement: HernandoOther State Agency · never reported Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General: Hernando CountyOther State Agency · never reported Department of Environmental Protection, Law Enforcement: Hernando CountyOther State Agency · never reported Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco: Hernando CountyOther State Agency · never reported Florida Game Commission: Hernando CountyOther State Agency · never reported Highway Patrol: Hernando CountyState Police · reporting

Source

Agency identity, type, jurisdiction, coordinates and reporting status are as published by the FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency record FL0270000. Police Census reproduces these values without adjustment. Where the FBI publishes nothing, this page says so rather than estimating.

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