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The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office was the first sheriff's office in the United States, established in 1637. "America's First" is a slogan of the office and is further reflected in the URL of their website, firstsheriff.com. The office is located in [[Leonardtown, Maryland]]. They also operate a satellite office on Great Mills Road in [[Lexington Park, Maryland]]. The Sheriff's Office also operates the [[St. Mary's County Detention Center]], which is essentially the county jail. Sheriff's detectives team with detectives from the [[Maryland State Police, Leonardtown Barrack]] in formation of a joint investigative unit known as the [[St. Mary's County Bureau of Criminal Investigations (BCI)]].
==Current Sheriff==
* [[Timothy Cameron]]. Defeated (R) defeated [[David Zylak]] (D) in the 2006election. Cameron served as the County's Director of Public Safety prior to winning the election. After the election, Zylak was hired for the position.
==Prior Sheriffs==
* [[David Zylak]] (D)
* [[Richard Voorhar]]
== Top Cops ==
The following officers hold executive and command positions within the Sheriff's Office:
* Lt. T.L. Black, Commander, Patrol Division
* Lt. Rick Burris, Commander, Bureau of Criminal Investigations (BCI)
* Lt. Alioto, Commander, BCI Narcotics Division
==External links==
*[http://firstsheriff.com/Sheriff's Office website]
[[Category:Law Enforcement]]
[[Category:St. Mary's County Government]]
