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Sheriff Barry Virts was elected as Sheriff of Wayne County in November, 2009 and commenced his first four year term of office on January 1, 2010. Sheriff Virts has 32 years of law enforcement experience at the Wayne County (WC) Office of Sheriff. He began his career as a Correction Officer in 1977, was reassigned to Deputy Sheriff and promoted to Sergeant/Patrol Supervisor, Sergeant/Criminal Investigator, Lieutenant of Criminal Investigations, and prior to his successful bid for Sheriff, was the Chief Deputy and Administrative Officer of the Wayne County Jail. Sheriff Virts has received local honors and served on over thirteen Community & Advisory Boards including the WC Criminal Justice Council, WC Jail Advisory, Victim Resource Center, WC Diversity Task Force, WC Pre-Trial Youth and Adult Diversion, Council on Alcoholism & Other Addictions, WC Fire Chief’s Association, WC Housing Consortium, and more. He has completed specialized training on Hostage/Crisis Negotiations, Crash Management Analysis, Polygraph Examiner, Jail Administrator Leadership, Criminal Investigations, Police Supervision and several other leadership trainings. Sheriff Virts’ vision of community, action, service and leadership along with his strong record of collaborating, cooperating, coordinating and partnering with the public and private sector provides unprecedented support to area magistrates, police departments, fire departments, community leaders, schools, service and faith-based organizations.
Sheriff Virts received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Excelsior College in 2007, and an Associates Degree in Criminal Justice from Erie Community College in 1994.
The Wayne County Office of Sheriff has 180 dedicated and professional Correction Officers, Deputy Sheriffs, Administrative Officers and civilian employees.
Wayne County has a population of 95,500 and an area of 621 square miles, and is located on Lake Ontario and in the beautiful Finger Lakes region in Upstate New York.
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