About VCSO

The Volusia County Sheriff's Office is dedicated to preserving the peace, protecting residents and their property, enforcing all laws and detecting and preventing crime. With approximately 463 sworn positions, 460 civilian employees, 250 volunteers and an annual operating budget of $70 million, the men and women of the Sheriff's Office strive to maintain the highest professional standards while delivering a full range of community-based law enforcement and crime prevention programs to the citizens of Volusia County. In addition to our jurisdiction throughout unincorporated Volusia, the Sheriff's Office also provides law enforcement services on a contract basis in Deltona, DeBary, Pierson and Oak Hill.

Law enforcement services are based out of District offices in DeBary, Deltona, DeLand, Holly Hill and New Smyrna Beach, substations in Pierson and Oak Hill and a centrally-located Operations Center that combine to provide a wide range of patrol and criminal investigative services. A full range of crime prevention and public safety programs also have been integrated into the five District offices to make these services more convenient and accessible to the citizens we serve. The Sheriff's Office also operates a variety of highly-trained specialized units, including narcotics, auto theft, crime analysis, intelligence, major case and juvenile investigations, sex crimes, victim advocate, traffic, aviation, bomb disposal, dive team, K-9, marine unit, SWAT Team and homeland security. Following the terrorist events of September 11, 2001, the Sheriff’s Office accepted responsibility for providing law enforcement services at Daytona Beach International Airport

Crime prevention and youth education are a major focus of the Sheriff's Office's efforts to deter criminal acts. Current programs range from School Resource Deputies and a volunteer Citizen Observer Program to School Crossing Guards and a Police Athletic League serving West Volusia.

The Sheriff's Office's Support Services Division, one of three operating Divisions in the agency, is responsible for communications, evidence, fleet management, information systems and training. The Judicial Services Division encompasses a variety of court and judicial services, including courtroom security, extraditions, prisoner transport and the service of all subpoenas, writs and other official court papers throughout Volusia County. The Sheriff's Office also is responsible for operating the Emergency 911 system for Volusia County and additionally provides all police, fire and emergency medical dispatching services to the County and its 16 municipalities.

In addition to these programs and services, the Sheriff's Office has joined forces with local citizens, civic groups, other law enforcement agencies and business and education leaders to furnish a variety of community-based, partnership programs that provide an additional level of public safety by sharing and combining crime-fighting resources. These partnership programs include a countywide Crime Stoppers program, Neighborhood Watch and multi-agency drug task forces. Tapping in to the business community and assisting in crime prevention is Operation BOLO, or Business On the Look Out. Employees in participating businesses have been trained to assist deputies in spotting and deterring crime in the neighborhoods they service.

The Sheriff's Office also continues to tap into the expertise and background of our many citizen volunteers, utilizing local residents throughout the agency in unpaid positions ranging from receptionists, clerks and mail couriers to chaplains, victim advocates and citizen observers on neighborhood patrols. The Volusia County Sheriff's Office's commitment to high performance standards and efficient, effective delivery of law enforcement services was recognized in 1991, when we became the 189th agency to be internationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., or CALEA.