Harris County Sheriff’s Department

Total number of agency personnel: 5,071
Sworn: 2,320
Civilian: 2,751

Total population served: 2.1 million

Jurisdiction: Harris County, Texas

• Oversees the county jail, which includes:
  • a mental health infirmary
  • a mental health step-down unit
  • a crisis intervention response team
• Operates a mobile crisis team, a co-responder unit, and a homeless outreach team
• Has a robust data collection process that includes a mental health dashboard
• Provides Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) to law enforcement officers, dispatch workers, correctional officers, and mental health workers
• Runs the Clinician and Officer Remote Evaluation (CORE) program, which allows officers to connect with Master’s level-trained clinicians to conduct evaluations remotely, allowing these clinicians to serve many more people than if they were riding in the car with law enforcement

Harris County Sheriff’s Website