Bastrop County Sheriff's Office

Deputies with the Bastrop County Sheriff's Office in Texas cover the county from four patrol sectors, each split into two districts, and they are assigned to the same area so they get to know the people who live there. Patrol answers calls for service, helps stranded drivers, enforces traffic laws and backs up municipal, state and federal agencies. Estray deputies handle stray livestock under Tex. Agric. Code ch. 142, locating owners, impounding animals and selling those left unclaimed, and they also look into animal cruelty cases. A SWAT team takes on hostage, barricade and high-risk warrant situations, supported by a negotiations team drawn from deputies and investigators. The Criminal Investigations Division has units for crimes against persons, property and financial crimes, child abuse and sex crimes, vice, auto theft, mobile device forensics and sex offender registration, and its Special Crimes Unit sits on a multi-agency Child Protection Team. Civil process deputies serve court papers and oversee county tax sales. The Community Services Unit offers Child ID kits, Neighborhood Watch help, home security surveys, active-shooter response classes and Eddie Eagle gun safety lessons for young children, plus a Citizen Sheriff's Academy whose graduates can join Citizens on Patrol.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 2023), Bastrop County, Texas County, TX has an estimated population of 102,370.