Sheriff Laurie Smith is pleased to make the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office Home Page available to the users of the Internet.
Located in the technological center of the world, Silicon Valley hosts many of the Nation's top Fortune 500 high tech companies.
The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office has 1,429 sworn and 312 non-sworn personnel and a budget of $298,940,800. The Sheriff's Office serves the communities of Cupertino, Los Altos Hills, Saratoga and the unincorporated areas of the County. The Sheriff's Office also maintains contracts with the Valley Transportation Authority and the Santa Clara County Parks Department for law enforcement services. With a total County population of approximately 1.9 million people, the Sheriff's Office has a service population of approximately 197,000.
The Local Hazard Mitigation Planning team is a consortium of representatives from each city in Santa Clara County and selected County Departments. It has been brought together to discuss the types of risks/hazards that we as a county could likely face at some point, such as fire, earthquake or weather related events, as well as to discuss mitigation strategies to better prepare and recover from these types of incidents.
As part of the planning process, a survey has been prepared to invite input from the public and county employees to gauge preparedness and identify what types of risks/hazards are of most concern.
Sheriff Smith would like to point out that missing persons are not just limited to our jurisdiction. Therefore, she invites you to visit these web sites: