“The Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the community, proactively protects and serves the community through progressive, comprehensive, and cost-effective law enforcement, corrections initiatives and court services.”

    The Headquarters Bureau is broken into six separate groups, Protective Services provides security for county government buildings. During 2002, they increased security at government buildings in response to increased terrorist threat levels to protect residents of Salt Lake County who visit or work at those buildings.

     The Human Resources Division oversees all Office recruitment and hiring for law enforcement, corrections, and civilians. They also maintain personnel files, handle disciplinary actions, oversee random drug testing, manage policy and procedures, and take requests for secondary employment.

     Our Fiscal Division manages all issues related to our complicated budgets such as payroll, purchasing, contracts, and accounts payable. Their duties are spread among five different budget areas.

     The Technical Services Division provides several essential services to the Office including Information Services, Document Services, Property and Evidence, Printing, Alarm and Wrecker Enforcement, GRAMA (Government Records Access Management Act) Services, Information Optical Image Systems, Special Communications Projects, Radio Technicians, ECCB, Dispatch, and Fleet Management.

     The Communications Division is, basically, our Dispatch Unit who receives numerous calls and forwards the information to the appropriate department. They, sometimes, have to communicate with very intense situations yet still remain calm and efficient to provide the help needed.

     The Media Services Unit includes our Public Information Officer (PIO), Crime Prevention, Community Services, Citizens Advisory Board (CAB) and a Media Specialist.

     The highly skilled members that make up the Headquarters Bureau provide many of the behind-the-scenes services necessary to keep our busy Office functioning in a manner consistent with our mission.