The Sheriff’s Department is responsible for law enforcement within Lafayette County and administration of the Lafayette County Jail.
The Sheriff’s Office is a four-year term filled by election. Duties of the Sheriff include, but are not limited to, the following:
Volunteers will assist with the reading library for the inmates.
The Sheriff’s Office is a four-year term filled by election. Duties of the Sheriff include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Appointing of deputies
- Keeping charge of the Lafayette County Courthouse
- Protecting prisoners and maintaining the jail
- Managing the department’s budget
- Attending all sessions of the circuit and chancery courts
- Serving as the county librarian; maintaining census reports, statutes of the state, maps, charts and other donations to the county
- Maintaining the jail docket
Volunteers will assist with the reading library for the inmates.
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