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Holly Driver Russell

PO Box 7468
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503-364-4204
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Contact the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office
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Sheriff Jack Crabtree

Office Phone:	(503) 434-7350
FAX Phone:	(503) 472-5330
Address:	535 E. 5th St., RM 143 McMinnville, OR 97128

OREGON SHERIFF Magazine News

Sheriff Jack Crabtree was elected Yamhill County Sheriff in November 2002. On November 19, 2002 he was appointed to fill the vacancy until he was officially sworn in on January 6, 2003 to begin his first four-year term in elected office. He has since been re-elected in 2006.

Sheriff Crabtree commands a full service office that consists of 106 personnel that include Deputy Sheriffs, Detectives, civil process service, search and rescue, a 250 bed jail facility, emergency management, dog control, court security, forest patrol, associated citizen volunteers and a Sheriff's Posse.

Yamhill County has a population of over 85,000 and covers 718 square miles. The Sheriff's Office has a budget of approximately 7.5 million dollars annually.

Sheriff Crabtree was originally hired as a Corrections Deputy for the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office in 1985. Since that time, he was promoted to Criminal Patrol Deputy, Detective, Detective Corporal and Detective Sergeant. Sheriff Crabtree was a training officer in each division he has worked.

Sheriff Crabtree attended the Amity school system from grade school through high school.

Sheriff Crabtree holds an Associates of Applied Science Degree in criminal justice and has over 2400 hours of specialized police training through DPSST and holds an Executive Police certificate.

Sheriff Crabtree believes that the highest priorities for the Sheriff's Office are protecting our most vulnerable citizens, keeping prisoners in jail and responding to calls for service in a timely and professional manner.

Summer, 2010 -- Often it seems as though we see a lack of accountability and transparency in our governmental institutions. However, it has been a long-standing mission statement of the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office "... to provide our citizens with high quality law enforcement services, in an ethical and fiscally responsible manner."

As the Chief Law Enforcement Officer, your Sheriff is entrusted with not only keeping the citizens of Yamhill County safe, but also making sure that the expenditure of approximately $13 million of your hard earned tax dollars are effectively utilized. Therefore, each year my staff and I have made it a priority to prepare reports that detail how your tax dollars are put to use and the details of our accomplishments.

Acknowledging and understanding the importance of accountability and transparency, we also recognize that communication is a central key to our success. One means of communication that we utilize in reaching out to the citizens of Yamhill County and the State of Oregon is through the internet.

I invite you to visit the Sheriff's Office webpage at http://www.co.yamhill.or.us/sheriff/index.asp, where you will find information about our office administration, organizational chart, contact information and other agency related links and current programs. We also have provided a downloadable version of our 2009 Annual Report (PDF), as well as links to our Facebook and MySpace pages that provide updates on the Sheriff's Office activities and other useful law enforcement related links and information. All of which I hope you find interesting, informative and useful.

Sheriff Crabtree recently promoted Yamhill County Sheriff's Deputy Todd Whitlow to the position of Patrol Sergeant. Sergeant Whitlow will bring 9 years of Yamhill County Sheriff's Office experience to the 11 member sergeants team.

Yamhill County

Sheriff Jack Crabtree

Yamhill County Sheriff's Website