Wicomico County Sheriff's Office
The Wicomico County Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency servicing Wicomico County, Maryland. The WCSO was established in 1867 and is responsible for the protection of life and property, enforcing orders of the court, and maintaining the detention facility.Organization
The current sheriff is Mike A. Lewis. The agency is divided into two bureaus with many divisions:
Since 1867, there have been 41 elected sheriffs.
| Name | From | To |
| William Howard | 1867 | 1869 |
| John Johnson | 1869 | 1871 |
| William Twilley | 1871 | 1873 |
| William Moore | 1873 | 1875 |
| L. R. Dorman | 1875 | 1877 |
| Joshua Trader | 1877 | 1879 |
| William Moore | 1879 | 1881 |
| V.J. Collier | 1881 | 1883 |
| William Gordy | 1883 | 1885 |
| E. L. Austin | 1885 | 1887 |
| Isaac White | 1887 | 1889 |
| James Jones | 1889 | 1891 |
| Thomas Roberts | 1891 | 1893 |
| J. W. Farlow | 1893 | 1895 |
| James Johnson | 1895 | 1897 |
| John Dashiell | 1897 | 1899 |
| Jesse Bratton | 1899 | 1901 |
| George Fooks | 1901 | 1903 |
| William Gillis | 1903 | 1905 |
| Elmer Bradley | 1905 | 1907 |
| W W. Larmore | 1907 | 1909 |
| Josiah Kelley | 1909 | 1911 |
| Roy E. Smith | 1911 | 1913 |
| William Brary | 1913 | 1915 |
| William Dryden | 1915 | 1917 |
| James Chatham | 1917 | 1919 |
| William W Lawrence | 1919 | 1921 |
| John H. Farlow | 1921 | 1923 |
| G. Murray Phillips | 1923 | 1926 |
| Ralph C. Duffy | 1926 | 1930 |
| G. Murray Phillips | 1930 | 1934 |
| Charles H. Truitt | 1934 | 1938 |
| Marvin B. Gordy | 1938 | 1942 |
| Leroy Brewington | 1942 | 1946 |
| Jesse M. Pollitt | 1946 | 1958 |
| Samuel Graham | 1958 | 1968 |
| Eugene Carey | 1968 | 1970 |
| William Shockley | 1970 | 1982 |
| John Baker | 1982 | 1984 |
| R. Hunter Nelms | 1984 | 2007 |
| Michael A. Lewis | 2007 | |
