{"id":484,"date":"2019-08-19T15:35:40","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T15:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/sheriff\/?page_id=484"},"modified":"2025-09-16T14:18:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T20:18:01","slug":"about-the-office","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/sheriff\/about-the-office\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jzvifkec-82c37607b968a548fcaf68f75b0d8989\">\n.avia-section.av-jzvifkec-82c37607b968a548fcaf68f75b0d8989{\nbackground-color:#001756;\nbackground:linear-gradient( to bottom, #001756, #470065 );\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-jzvifkec-82c37607b968a548fcaf68f75b0d8989 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_submenu  avia-builder-el-first  av-medium-hide av-small-hide av-mini-hide avia-bg-style-scroll 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content main element --><\/div><\/div><div class='clear'><\/div><div id='sub_menu1'  class='av-submenu-container av-jzvinp05-36f0ebfcf8ebbae44b886e87c2588d00 header_color  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_one_full  av-sticky-submenu submenu-not-first container_wrap sidebar_right' style='z-index:301' ><div class='container av-menu-mobile-disabled av-submenu-pos-center'><ul id='av-custom-submenu-1' class='av-subnav-menu' role='menu'>\n<li class='menu-item av-sexzo-6facb0cc845e11e16afa666100dbf6ee menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-1' role='menuitem'><a href=''  ><span class='avia-bullet'><\/span><span class='avia-menu-text'>Sheriff Marian Brown<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class='sticky_placeholder'><\/div><div id='after_submenu_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry 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serve as your Dallas County Sheriff.<\/p>\n<p>I bring thirty-six years of law enforcement knowledge and experience, thirty-two of which have been spent in various levels of police leadership: from the sergeant on the street to the lieutenant over the watch, the community relations officer at the crime watch meeting, the investigations commander at the crime scene, and the assistant chief developing the annual budget.<\/p>\n<p>I grew up in Dallas County and was educated in Dallas Public Schools. I have a personal interest in Dallas County and the things that affect our community. I am grateful to have the chance to serve in a leadership role in the place where I grew up as someone who was not as fortunate as others, but also in a place where, as an adult, I\u2019m able to understand the desires and the needs of families who have broken cycles and desire to thrive.<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to continuing my service to the citizens of Dallas County.<\/p>\n<p>Marian Brown<br \/>\n<em>Dallas County Sheriff<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ht990-3-ab0edb9b43acc4e02931979e212a785e\">\n.flex_column.av-ht990-3-ab0edb9b43acc4e02931979e212a785e{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-ht990-3-ab0edb9b43acc4e02931979e212a785e av_one_full  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-jzvibxkh-2-06a7fdb94e8577094eaad2a93cb15079 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #282561;\">The Dallas County Sheriff&#8217;s Office:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Dallas County Sheriff&#8217;s Office is the county&#8217;s chief law enforcement agency. Established on March 30, 1846, we operate the ninth-largest jail in the United States, with an average jail population of over 6,000 inmates. Unlike municipal law enforcement agencies, sheriff deputies have jurisdiction in all areas of the county, including the other 32 cities.<\/p>\n<p>The Dallas County Sheriff\u2019s Office consists of approximately 2100 men and women drawn from all corners of the community, coming together as a team, working both daylight and dark of night, all seasons and weather extremes, facing challenges, owning responsibility, and together delivering results.<\/p>\n<p>I am excited as we move the Department forward to promote the values by which we operate, which allow us to be effective stewards of your trust.<\/p>\n<p>We believe in . . . INTEGRITY\u2026out loud<\/p>\n<p>PROFESSIONALISM\u2026out front<\/p>\n<p>and\u00a0ACCOUNTABILITY\u2026in ALL<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your interest in the Dallas County Sheriff\u2019s Office, the county&#8217;s premier law enforcement agency.<\/p>\n<p>Sheriff Marian Brown<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-8n82s-18d2f4d5327f61798a8f2ffc4d1eca1a\">\n.flex_column.av-8n82s-18d2f4d5327f61798a8f2ffc4d1eca1a{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-8n82s-18d2f4d5327f61798a8f2ffc4d1eca1a av_one_full  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-jzvibxkh-1-362e526cd0a7dc7c4564b71d825249dc '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #282561;\">Mission Statement:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The mission of the Dallas County Sheriff&#8217;s Department is to utilize our core values to protect and serve.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-484","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4526,"href":"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/484\/revisions\/4526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}