Fresno Sheriff's Department Headquarters
2200 Fresno St.
Fresno, CA 93721

The geographic location of Fresno County is approximately an equal distance between the major metropolitan areas of San Francisco and Los Angeles in the Central San Joaquin Valley. From east to west, the County's boundaries extend 135 miles, encompassing a geographical area of 6,007 square miles with the Coast Mountain Range to the west and the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range to the east. The Fresno County Sheriff's Department is a full service law enforcement agency dedicated to the investigation, prevention and suppression of criminal offenses, arrest of law violators, court security, civil processes and operation of detention facilities. The agency serves a population of approximately 200,000 residents, which includes contracted police service for three incorporated cities. The agency has over 1000 employees who perform various law enforcement duties for this agency. The population served is both rural and metropolitan.