Alberta Sheriff's Office
Alberta Sheriff's Office | |
![]() ![]() Shoulder flash of the Alberta Sheriff's Office | |
Formed | 23 April 1923 |
Type | • Law enforcement • Corrections |
Employees • deputies • civilian staff |
16,976 11,448 5508 |
Motto | "Respect • Accountability • Integrity • Excellence" |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Constituting instrument | • Alberta Sheriff Act |
Jurisdiction | Alberta |
Population | 11.32 million |
General nature | • Provincial bailiff Judicial police |
Headquarters | 1A Sir Winston Churchill Sq Edmonton, Alberta |
Stations | 58 |
Sheriff of Alberta | Lee Newton |
Responsible to | • Solicitor General of Alberta |
Website | sheriff.gov.ab.ca |
The Alberta Sheriff's Office (ASO) is the sheriff service of the Canadian province of Alberta. It is responsible for judicial policing, assisting the provincial justice system of Alberta by providing security at all provincial courthouses, operating the provincial jail and remand system, and transporting prisoners to, from and between jails, remand centres and prisons. It is also responsible for maintaining security of the Government of Alberta, providing plainclothes security details to the Premier of Alberta and the Deputy President of Alberta, as well as other important provincial officials. The Alberta Provincial Police (APP) is responsible for all regular policing at the local and provincial level within the province. Provincial prisons and other long-term detention facilities are instead handled by the Alberta Corrections Service, and federal prisons by the Canada Correctional Services Agency.
Rank structure[edit | edit source]
# | Rank | Abbreviation | Insignia |
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1) | Junior Deputy Sheriff | JD | |
2) | Sergeant Deputy Sheriff | SD | |
3) | Lieutenant Deputy Sheriff | LD | |
4) | Captain Deputy Sheriff | CD | |
5) | Major Deputy Sheriff | MD | |
6) | First Deputy Sheriff | FD | |
7) | Assistant Sheriff | AS | |
8) | Undersheriff | USH | |
9) | Sheriff | n/a |