ALTUS, OK -In addition to conducting patrol duties, and conducting criminal investigations, other mandates are placed upon this office, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office in Altus reports the following information for the month of January 2023:

Pursuant to Title 19 of the Oklahoma State Statutes, the Office of the Sheriff is required to serve and execute all process, writs, precepts, and orders issued by the District Court. Additionally, Title 19 also indicates that the Sheriff shall have the charge and custody of the jail of his county, and all the prisoners in the same.

During the month of January, 2023 deputies served a total of 56 court orders to include orders related to subpoena’s, protective orders, and entries and detainers. Additionally, deputies initiated five Sheriff’s Sales, selling two properties pursuant to orders of the District Court.

A total of 63 new warrants were issued by the District Court of Jackson County, 58 warrants were served while 39 were recalled by the District Court.

Of the warrants served, 26 were felony warrants.Deputies were responsible for conducting transportation of inmates to and from the court, and to medical facilities as needed. 52 transports were conducted during the month.

These numbers do not include inmates attending court in our courtroom at the Sheriff’s Office which requires the involvement of a deputy.As of the writing of this report, 180 inmates were housed at the Jackson County Jail. Deputies transported 31 inmates across the State of Oklahoma and Texas, traveling a total of 3,583 miles.

Deputies conducted 15 investigations during the month dealing with crimes covering burglary, larceny, domestic assault and battery, exploitation of a vulnerable adult, driving under the influence, and credit card fraud.

During January alone, one thousand four hundred and forty-nine calls for service were received by our dispatch center. These calls resulted in deputies responding to 9 alarm calls, 33 animal calls, 5 burglary calls, 5 fire calls, 5 trespassing calls, and 11 theft calls, as well as numerous others related to traffic accidents, prowlers, welfare checks, and medical calls.Jackson County encompasses 803 square miles in total. During the performance of our duties, deputies traveled 23,850 miles.