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Organizational Information

As a 24-hour full-service law enforcement agency, the administrative management and support of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office is a major undertaking. The Sheriff’s Office currently manages an annual budget of over $22 million and a total of 395 employees, including deputy sheriffs and civilians, spread across four divisions.

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Organizational Charts

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Sheriff's Office Full Organizational Chart	Administrative Division	Courts & Process Division	Detention Division	Enforcement Division

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Rank Structure

The rank structure of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office establishes a chain of command for commissioned deputy sheriffs that allows operations to be effectively directed. The chain of command is a series of management positions in order of authority with each higher rank representing a higher level of responsibility. Higher ranks like Captain and Lieutenant represent a broader range or scope of authority, while lower ranks like Sergeant and Corporal represent a more focused on specialized area or unit of supervision.

The organizational structure is composed of eight basic ranks:

Rank	Badge Color	Scope of Authority	Insignia
Deputy Sheriff	Silver	Not a supervisor	None
Corporal	Gold	Field Training Officer for Patrol Shift Supervisor or Detention Division	2 Chevrons (with FTO notation for Patrol)
Investigator or School Resource Officer	Gold	Not a supervisor, but Investigators may provide direction for deputies at crime scenes	None
Sergeant*	Gold	Unit or Shift Commander	3 Chevrons
Lieutenant	Gold	Section Commander	Single Gold Bar
Captain	Gold	Division Commander	Double Gold Bar
Chief Deputy Sheriff	Gold	Department-wide jurisdiction with the authority to act in the stead of the Sheriff	Four Gold Stars
Sheriff	Gold	Department-wide authority	Five Gold Stars arranged in a pentagon

* In the Enforcement Division, there are two Sergeant ranks: Sergeant and Investigator Sergeant. While Investigator Sergeants are compensated at a higher pay grade, the scope of authority is the same. In the Detention Divisions, there are two classifications of Sergeant: Shift Commander and Sergeant. Shift Commanders have authority over an entire shift, including other supervisors with the rank of Sergeant, even though their pay grade is the same.

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