The holiday season is often an opportune time for crime. The Denton County Sheriff’s Office urges you to take special safety precautions during this holiday season. If you are traveling or away from your home, leave some lights on or consider an automatic timer for your lights. It’s always a good idea as a neighbor…
As our children head back to school we would like to share some transportation safety tips. Whether children walk, ride their bicycles or take the bus to school, it is extremely important that they take proper safety precautions. Here are some tips to make sure your child safely travels to school: Walkers: Review your family’s…
As our children head back to school we would like to share some transportation safety tips. Whether children walk, ride their bicycles or take the bus to school, it is extremely important that they take proper safety precautions. Here are some tips to make sure your child safely travels to school: Walkers: Review your family’s…
Jails across the Nation are facing significant shortages of detention officers. Denton County Sheriff’s Office is currently at around 50% staffing with over 100 openings. We are struggling to keep our detention officer-to-inmate ratio at what the state regulates. Our detention officers are working longer days and sometimes mandated overtime just to stay in compliance…
The school year is coming to an end and many students will be graduating with their high school diplomas. Choosing a career path can be challenging. Some graduates will want to go on to pursue a college degree and some will attend a trade school. Denton County Sheriff’s Office wants to encourage high school graduates…
The Denton County Sheriff’s Office currently has two police dogs, commonly referred to as K-9s. Our K-9 teams have been responsible for numerous seizures of illegal drugs, arrests of persons trafficking and using illegal drugs, and criminal apprehensions. K9 Maximus (Max) is a Belgian Malinois and was born on April 17th, 2017 in The Netherlands. …