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Jefferson County Sheriff's Office

County agency in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States. Reports crime data to the FBI, and has done since 2016.

ORI
KY0560000
Type
County
County
Jefferson
State
Kentucky (KY)
FBI reporting
Reporting since 2016-01-01
Location
38.2548, -85.7591

Workforce

As reported to the FBI for 2025.

210Sworn officers
52Civilian staff
0
YearOfficersCiviliansPopulation servedPer 1,000
2025210520—
2024206530—
2023191510—
2022176470—
2021192500—
2020202560—
2019223540—
2018224480—
2017238520—
2016238520—
2015229480—
2014203480—

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

4 people have died during an encounter with Jefferson County Sheriff's Office between 2002 and 2014, according to Mapping Police Violence.

4Deaths recorded
0
2002–2014Period covered
Recorded causeDeaths
Gunshot4

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.

$1,932Original acquisition value
14Line items received
2001–2001Years of transfers
ItemQuantityAcquisition valueMost recent
Rifle,7.62 Millimeter14$1,9322001-03-12

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 Jefferson

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

Source

Agency identity, type, jurisdiction, coordinates and reporting status are as published by the FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency record KY0560000. Police Census reproduces these values without adjustment. Where the FBI publishes nothing, this page says so rather than estimating.

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