Story County Sheriff's Office

Five divisions make up the Story County Sheriff's Office in central Iowa: administration, communications, field services, the jail and support services. Field services takes in patrol, investigations, an Emergency Response Team and crisis negotiators, and support services covers civil work, a dive rescue team, an uncrewed aircraft systems team and sheriff's reserves. Deputies also take part in the Central Iowa Drug Task Force, a crisis intervention team, drug recognition experts, crash reconstruction, a sexual assault response team, a human trafficking task force, child abduction response, ALiCE training, peer support and an FBI violent gangs task force. Online services include a permit to carry application, the current inmate roster, deposits to inmate accounts, a list of properties set for sheriff's sale and a Flock camera transparency portal. Sex offender registrations take place Monday through Thursday by appointment. Landline 911 calls from the county reach the sheriff's own 9-1-1 center, while calls placed inside Ames city limits are answered by the Ames center. A Citizen's Academy walks participants through the budget, crime scene work, firearms safety, the jail and the communications center, and includes patrol ride-alongs.