2201 Hogback • Emergency: 911 • Nonemergency: (734) 971–8400
Sheriff Jerry Clayton (D), an elected official whose 4-year term expires Jan. 2025, enforces criminal, civil, and traffic laws, apprehends criminals, intervenes in crimes in progress, and conducts criminal investigations. The sheriff’s office provides direct, comprehensive contract police services to various jurisdictions in the county; coordinates law enforcement and other justice and human service activities of the county and state; operates the county jail, community corrections, and re-entry programs; serves as the principal officer of the courts providing court security and executing court orders, judgments, and civil process; administers county emergency management; and operates the county 911 Metro Dispatch center. washtenawsheriff.org V
