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Harris County Sheriff's Office

County agency in Harris, Texas, United States. Reports crime data to the FBI, and has done since 2020.

ORI
TX1010000
Type
County
County
Harris
State
Texas (TX)
FBI reporting
Reporting since 2020-02-01
Location
29.7615, -95.3576

Workforce

As reported to the FBI for 2025, covering a population of 2,178,104.

2,188Sworn officers
2,608Civilian staff
2.20Employees per 1,000 people
2,178,104Population served
YearOfficersCiviliansPopulation servedPer 1,000
20252,1882,6082,178,1042.20
20242,0492,5212,151,2092.12
20232,1962,3302,057,8992.20
20222,2602,3772,029,9082.28
20212,3272,6821,963,4192.55
20202,2952,8191,965,5442.60
20192,2742,4941,931,6392.47
20172,2502,3591,878,8322.45
20132,1441,8421,697,0082.35
20122,1391,7161,622,0532.38
20112,2121,4931,596,9522.32
20102,3071,5091,564,0412.44

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

197 people have died during an encounter with Harris County Sheriff's Office between 2000 and 2026, according to Mapping Police Violence.

197Deaths recorded
9.04Per 100,000 people policed
2000–2026Period covered
Recorded causeDeaths
Gunshot153
Vehicle21
Tasered6
Undetermined3
Gunshot, Taser3
Drug overdose3
Medical emergency3
Taser2

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.

$829,923Original acquisition value
3Line items received
1996–2017Years of transfers
ItemQuantityAcquisition valueMost recent
Mine Resistant Vehicle1$733,0002014-03-06
Helicopter,Observation1$92,2901996-09-24
Tool Kit,Improvised Explosive Devices2$4,6332017-04-18

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 Harris

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

Bellaire Police DepartmentCity · reportingDeer Park Police DepartmentCity · reportingFire Marshal's Office: Harris CountyOther · reportingFire Marshal's Office: Jersey VillageOther · reportingFire Marshal's Office: La PorteOther · reportingFire Marshal's Office: Nassau BayOther · reportingFire Marshal's Office: WebsterOther · reportingGalena Park Police DepartmentCity · reportingHarris County Constable: Precinct 1Other · reportingHarris County Constable: Precinct 2Other · reportingHarris County Constable: Precinct 3Other · reportingHarris County Constable: Precinct 4Other · reporting

Source

Agency identity, type, jurisdiction, coordinates and reporting status are as published by the FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency record TX1010000. Police Census reproduces these values without adjustment. Where the FBI publishes nothing, this page says so rather than estimating.

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