County Sheriff
Henry Patterson
 2400 Beaumont Ave.
Liberty, TX 77575
(936) 336-4500
E-mail: sheriff@co.liberty.tx.us
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Liberty County Sheriff
Mission Statement
The Mission of the Liberty County Sheriff's Department is to maintain social order and provide professional law enforcement services to citizens in the community, within prescribed ethical, budgetary, and constitutional constraints. This Department strives to enforce the law and maintain order in a fair and impartial manner, recognizing the need for justice, and consistent appearance of justice. The Sheriff recognizes that no law enforcement agency can operate at its maximum potential without supportive input from the citizens it serves. This Department actively solicits and encourages the cooperation of all citizens to reduce and limit the opportunities for crime, and to assist in bringing to justice those who break the law.
Objective Statements

The following objectives have been established to accomplish the mission, within the budgetary and manpower constraints imposed on the Department.

  1. PROTECTION OF LIVES AND PROPERTY: To provide reasonable and cost effective service that contributes to the preservation of life, the protection of property, and the safety of the community.
  2. MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ORDER: To maintain peace and public order in the context of a secure and well regulated detention environment. To assist during times of natural or manmade disasters.
  3. DETERRENCE, DETECTION, AND INVESTIGATION OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY: To reasonably deter crime through aggressive supervision of inmates, and the establishment and maintenance of procedures, timetables, and guidelines. To vigorously and effectively investigate crime in the facility, and take corrective action that discourages recurrences of this unacceptable behavior.
  4. COMPLIANCE WITH ETHICAL STANDARDS AND PROFESSIONALISM: To encourage and support integrity and adherence to the professional standards of the Department by investigating all complaints against staff personnel. To provide for the training needs of deputies/officers and promote a high rate of proficiency in deputies/officers of the Department.