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Sheriff Office Name:
Douglas County Sheriff's Office
State:
KS
County:
DOUGLAS
Street Address:
111 East 11th Street
City:
Lawrence
Zip Code:
66044
Phone:
(785) 841-0007
Fax:
(785) 841-5168
Website URL:
Sheriff:
Jay Armbrister
Sheriff Phone:
(785) 841-0007
Sheriff Fax:
(785) 841-5168
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About Additional Info:
The Douglas County Kansas Sheriff’s Office had a shaky start in 1855. Our first Sheriff, Samuel J. Jones, was a political appointee by a disputed Kansas legislature. Jones never bothered to move to Douglas County from Missouri where he was Postmaster in Westport. On May 21, 1856 Jones lead a band of border ruffians in the “Sack of Lawrence”. While violent and devastating for Lawrence, it was just an early sign of the unrest that would eventually culminate with the Civil War.
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