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Post Office Box 900
Morristown, NJ 07963-0900
Telephone: 973.285.6600
Facsimile: 973.605.8312

General Information

The Morris County Sheriff’s Office is a nationally accredited law enforcement agency located in the Morris County Courthouse, a historic landmark in the heart of Morristown, New Jersey. In existence since 1739, its members serve a population of more than 490,000 citizens spread out over 477 square miles.

Under the leadership of Sheriff Edward V. Rochford, the Morris County Sheriff’s Office and its 358 officers and employees is responsible for providing highly technical and specialized services to local law enforcement agencies.

The Morris County Sheriff’s Office is divided into two separate and distinct sections: the Bureau of Law Enforcement and the Bureau of Corrections. A separate link to each Bureau is provided in the navigation menu to the left—we encourage you to visit these pages and learn more about what it is we do.

A significant milestone was reached in March of 1998 when the Morris County Sheriff’s Office became the first Sheriff’s Office in New Jersey to earn national accreditation, an honor bestowed on those agencies that represent the best in law enforcement in North America. At the time, only 42 of 3,088 sheriff’s offices in the United States had earned this accreditation.

More recently, on June 28, 2004, Sheriff Rochford and the Morris County Sheriff’s Office became one of only twenty-four law enforcement agencies in the United States to receive the “Triple Crown Award” from the National Sheriff’s Association. This prestigious honor is bestowed upon sheriff’s offices which have simultaneously earned accreditation from three separate agencies—the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), the Commission on Accreditation for the American Correctional Association (ACA), and the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC).

In meeting or exceeding the high standards set forth by the foregoing agencies, the Morris County Sheriff’s Office achieved this coveted status as a direct result of the outstanding effort, diligence, professionalism and teamwork put forth on a daily basis by the officers and employees of this agency.

In addition to state and national accolades, the Sheriff’s Office was also recently voted the best law enforcement agency in Morris County for the fourth year in a row by readers of the Daily Record.

While providing the traditional services of the Sheriff to other law enforcement agencies and the courts, members of the Morris County Sheriff’s Office also strive to maintain an ongoing and pro-active relationship with the community. As a result, a wide array of supplemental services and programs are offered countywide to educate, inform and involve residents and to reinforce our commitment to protecting life and property. More information regarding these programs can be found under the heading “Community Programs” in the navigation menu to the left.

We are most proud of our working relationship with the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office and its staff and the Morris County Chiefs of Police Association.