Summary
The Oakland County Sheriff's Office (OCSO) is the largest sheriff's department in the state of Michigan. The Sheriff's Office had 859 uniformed officers as of 2017,[1] and has jurisdiction over all of Oakland County, with a population of 1.274 million as of the 2020 census. Roughly 343,000 residents of fifteen communities are served by the Sheriff's Office under contract.
| Oakland County Sheriff's Office | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | OCSO |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1820 |
| Employees | 1,400+ |
| Annual budget | $163 million |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Oakland County, Michigan |
| Size | 907 square miles (2,350 km2) |
| Population | 1.2 million |
| Legal jurisdiction | Oakland County, Michigan |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Pontiac, Michigan |
| Sheriff responsible | |
| Facilities | |
| Detention Centers | 1 |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Sheriff's Office also includes a marine patrol and rescue unit, responsible for patrolling 450 lakes across the county.[2]
Republican Michael Bouchard has served as the Oakland County Sheriff since 1999.
Headquarters edit
The Oakland County Sheriff's Office is located at 1200 N Telegraph Road, Building 38 East in Pontiac, Michigan, the Oakland County seat.
Rank structure edit
| Title | Insignia |
|---|---|
| Sheriff |  |
| Undersheriff |  |
| Major |  |
| Captain |  |
| Lieutenant |  |
| Sergeant |  |
| Deputy II | |
| Deputy I |
Communities served edit
The Sheriff's Office patrols fifteen municipalities under contract. Each city and township has its own substation.[3]
- Addison Township (including the village of Leonard)
- Brandon Township (including the village of Ortonville)
- Clarkston
- Commerce Township
- Highland Township
- Independence Township
- Lyon Township
- Oakland Township
- Orion Township
- Oxford Township
- Springfield Township
- Pontiac
- Rochester Hills
The Addison Township and Brandon Township substations are within the villages of Leonard and Ortonville respectively.
Specialized units edit
- SWAT
- Traffic
- K-9
- Aviation Unit operating a Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil[4]
- Alcohol Enforcement Unit
- Crash Reconstruction Unit
- Marine and Parks Patrol Units
- Mounted Division
- Honor Guard
- Motorcycle Unit
- Reserves
- Cell Extraction Team
Notable incidents edit
Oxford High School shooting edit
The OCSO is the primary law enforcement agency serving Oxford Township, and as such was responsible for the response to the 2021 Oxford High School shooting.
Walled Lake family shooting edit
On September 11 in Walled Lake, Michigan, a QAnon adherent named Igor Lanis shot his wife, one of his two daughters and the family dog following a heated argument. The wife and dog were killed and the daughter was hospitalized. Oakland County Sheriff's Deputies and members of the Walled Lake Police Department shot and killed Lanis after he opened fire on them.[5] The other daughter, Rebecca Lanis, was out of the house at the time and was not harmed. She told reporters that her father had once been kind but had become rude and unsociable after becoming obsessed with several QAnon-related conspiracy theories following the 2020 presidential election. Lanis posted about her experience to r/QAnonCasualties shortly after the shooting.[5][6][7]
References edit
- ^ MLive, Julie Mack | special to (October 31, 2017). "Michigan's 60 largest police departments, ranked by staff size". mlive. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ^ "Marine Patrol | Patrol Units & Teams". www.oakgov.com. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ^ "Law Enforcement Services Division | Law Enforcement". www.oakgov.com. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ^ "N631SD - Aircraft Registration". FlightAware. Archived from the original on March 25, 2021. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
- ^ a b Berg, Kara (September 11, 2022). "Police fatally shoot Walled Lake man who allegedly killed wife, shot daughter". The Detroit News. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
- ^ Gilbert, David (September 12, 2022). "QAnon Follower Killed Wife and Shot Daughter Before Cops Shot Him Dead". Vice News. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
- ^ Daily Kos Staff (September 12, 2022). "Tragedy in small Michigan town once again demonstrates how lethal conspiracy theories can be". Daily Kos. Retrieved September 13, 2022.