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Beaver County Sheriff's Office (Pennsylvania)

The First Sheriff Of Beaver County
William Henry, the first Sheriff of Beaver County PA, was born in County Down Ireland in 1777. He was the oldest son of William and Jane Patton Henry, who emigrated to America in 1783 and settled near havre Grace MD. In 1794, the family maved to Peters Creek, Washington County PA and were there during the Whiskey Isurrection, but took no part in it. in 1795, William and his brother Thomas then just 14 years old, settled what was later Beaver County and now Wayne Township Lawrence County, making a small clearing and building a cabin.

William and Thomas were both carpenters, and built their first hewed log house between the Conoquenessing Creek and New Brighton. In 1798 the two brothers moved to Beaver.

In 1800 William took the first census of Beaver County and in 1803 he was appointed sheriff by Governor Thomas McKean to serve three years.

William Henry died at Wooster Ohio, shortly after the Civil War.

K-9 Division
The K-9 Division was established in 1989 under Sheriff Policaro and maintained one narcotic/patrol canine, a Belgain Malinois named Rudy. The division has grown over the years now maintaining four teams including two narcotic/patrol, one explosive detecting dog and a man trailing bloodhound!

D.A.R.E.
The Beaver County Sheriff's Office provides DARE classes for 5th grade students at several schools in Beaver County, including South Side, Big Beaver Falls Area, Ambridge and New Brighton.