Lenawee County Sheriff's Office

Road Patrol deputies of the Lenawee County Sheriff's Office cover the townships and villages of Lenawee County, Michigan, patrolling county roads and state highways, and two villages also buy part-time contract patrol. Patrol works in platoons under a community policing approach and also supplies officers for a drug unit, a court officer post and a school liaison role. The Detective Bureau takes the serious complaints and sensitive walk-in cases, keeps one detective on call at all hours, and helps other county agencies with their cases on request. The Records Division keeps reports and accepts Freedom of Information Act requests online, by phone or by mail. Records checks for jobs or housing are usually finished on the spot for walk-ins and within five business days by mail, and statewide criminal history can be searched through the Michigan State Police ICHAT tool. Fingerprinting runs Monday through Thursday, and private party purchase permits cost $5 each once a background check clears. Sex offenders register at Records under a tiered verification calendar. After hours, a lobby phone connects visitors to dispatch.