About the Ada County Sheriff’s Office
To protect and serve is only the beginning
The Ada County Sheriff’s Office is the largest local law enforcement agency in Idaho, with over 740 employees. That includes over 325 commissioned deputies and over 400 professional staffers.
The Ada County Sheriff’s Office is committed to giving every citizen the best possible service. Our main goal is to ensure Ada County is a safe place to live, work, and play.
NEWS
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Utah man arrested in connection with the 2018 sexual assault of female jogger in southeast Boise-area neighborhood
Police arrested a 30-year-old Salt Lake City man Wednesday in connection with the violent attack and sexual assault of a female jogger in November of 2018. Nicholas J. Campbell is charged with battery with intent to commit a serious felony and infliction of great bodily injury. Officers with the Utah Department of Public Safety and
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Police are investigating a report of a fatal dog shooting in Star
Investigators are working to figure out what led to a 9-month-old Border Collie mix getting fatally shot by a pellet gun while she was in a fenced-in backyard in a residential Star neighborhood Monday. Police were called to a home on West Gambrell Street, which is in the Star Road/State Street neighborhood, just after 4
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Update: The Ada County Jail has had 431 positive tests for COVID-19 in the inmate population; no new cases for over a month
We’ve had 431 inmates in the Ada County Jail test positive for COVID-19 since the coronavirus pandemic began last year — but we haven’t had new positive test in over a month. In fact, we’ve only had one new positive test in the jail population since early February, which is encouraging. Since the first confirmed