Craighead County’s Sheriff’s Office
Craighead County is located in the northeast corner of Arkansas and borders Missouri on the northeastern most corner. The county has a population of 111,231 citizens and covers 717 square miles. It is populated by eight cities, two towns, and several townships. The Sheriff’s Department was founded in 1859 and currently employs 35 sworn deputies and 50 detention officers within the Detention facility. Also, the Craighead County Sheriffs’ Department collaborates with the other five counties and cities in northeast Arkansas by forming the 2nd Judicial Drug Task Force to combat drug crimes within the region.
