Will County Sheriff's Office

The Will County Sheriff's Office is the principal law enforcement agency that serves Will County, Illinois. It is the second largest sheriff's department in Illinois, with approximately 650 sworn and civilian employees when at full operational strength. It is headed by the Sheriff of Will County, currently Mike Kelley.



Sheriff's Office divisions
The Will County Sheriff's Office is divided into three divisions, administration, law enforcement, and detention (corrections).


 * The Administration Division is composed of the Sheriff, Court Services Bureau, and Support Services Bureau. Court Services is responsible for the processing of courthouse, civil business, and processes such as serving subpoenas and warrants, real estate foreclosures, evictions, and property sales. Special Services includes issues such as budgets and planning.
 * The Detention Division is responsible for housing inmates both awaiting trial and those who have been sentenced to serve at the Will County Adult Detention Facility. The ADF was expanded in 2009 and can now hold over 1000 inmates. The ADF is one of only 3% of the 3400 jails in the United States to have earned accreditation from the American Correctional Association. The Detention Division when fully staffed has 234 correctional officers and supervisors.
 * The Enforcement Division, divided into the Patrol and Special Operations Bureau, is by far the most visible and is charged with patrolling unincorporated areas of Will County as well as assisting suburban police departments with police operations including, but not limited to, criminal investigation, evidence services, traffic accident reconstruction, narcotics investigation, and hostage/barricade incidents. The Patrol Bureau has 190 sworn personnel. Within Will County's 682,829 (2013) total population approximately 115,000 people live in unincorporated areas. There are several census-designated unincorporated populated areas the Sheriff's department is responsible for:
 * Crystal Lawns, population 1,872
 * Fairmont, population 2,459
 * Frankfort Square, population 9,276
 * Ingalls Park, population 3,314
 * Lakewood Shores, population 1,347
 * Preston Heights, population 2,575
 * Willowbrook, population 2,076
 * And while Lakewood Falls and Carillon subdivisions are not considered a CDP their combined population is 8,421. Both subdivisions are located on Weber Rd south of I-55.
 * In addition to the unincorporated areas the Sheriff's department is contracted by Godley & Diamond to patrol their portion of Will County. The Sheriff's department is also contracted to patrol Homer Glen providing 21 deputies and supervisors.


 * Patrol is divided into 6 areas covering the following townships and village of Homer Glen:
 * North (Channahon, DuPage, Joliet, Lockport, Plainfield, Troy, and Wheatland)
 * South (Channahon, Custer, Florence, Jackson, Manhattan, Reed, Wesley, Wilmington, and Wilton)
 * Central (DuPage, Homer, Jackson, Joliet, Lockport, Manhattan, and New Lenox)
 * Homer Glen (Homer Glen)
 * Lincolnway (Frankfort, Homer, Manhattan, Mokena, and New Lenox)
 * East (Crete, Green Garden, Monee, Peotone, Washington, Will)

Equipment

 * Deputies and correctional officers are provided all of their uniforms and equipment. Deputies are issued the Glock 17, Remington Model 870, and an X2 Taser. Some deputies are also issued an AR-15. Deputies are provided with a take home squad car equipped with a panasonic toughbook. The uniform consists of dark brown pants and a tan shirt.