Our Mission
We, the members of the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office, are committed to providing proactive and professional law enforcement services. By employing community-oriented policing principles, we will work with our community to achieve the goal of improving the quality of life within Stephens County. We will diligently strive to respect the ideals of individual rights and human dignity, and we will conduct ourselves in a manner that will enable us to be a law enforcement agency that the citizens of Stephens County can be proud to call their own.
Members of the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office shall function under the acronym:
S.H.E.R.I.F.F.
S – Safety: We are committed to protecting our community and ensuring a safe environment for every citizen.
H – Honor: We are committed to serving with honor, respecting the badge, the mission, and the trust placed in us.
E – Excellence: We are committed to delivering the highest standard of professional service in every action we take.
R – Reliability: We are committed to being dependable, consistent, and present whenever our community needs us.
I – Integrity: We are committed to upholding strong moral character, acting with honesty, transparency, and ethical responsibility.
F – Focus: We are committed to maintaining clear direction, disciplined attention, and unwavering dedication to our mission.
F – Family: We are committed to supporting the families within our department and the families throughout our community, recognizing that unity strengthens our service.
To these ends, the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office will maintain itself at a peak of optimum preparedness, capable of immediate and appropriate response, and conduct itself in a manner that will reflect the highest and most noble credit upon itself as a servant of honor in the community.
