The Will County Sheriff's Office is divided into three divisions, administration, law enforcement, and detention (corrections). • The Administration Division is composed of the Sheriff, Court Services Bureau, and Support Services Bureau. Court Services is responsible for the processing of courthouse, civil business, and processes such as serving subpoenas and warrants, real estate foreclosures, evictions, and property sales. Special Services includes issues such as budgets and planning. • The Detention Division is responsible for housing inmates both awaiting trial and those who have been sentenced to serve at the Will County Adult Detention Facility. The ADF was expanded in 2009 and can now hold over 1000 inmates. The ADF is one of only 3% of the 3400 jails in the United States to have earned accreditation from the
American Correctional Association. The Detention Division when fully staffed has 234 correctional officers and supervisors. • The Enforcement Division, divided into the Patrol and Special Operations Bureau, is by far the most visible and is charged with patrolling unincorporated areas of Will County as well as assisting suburban police departments with police operations including, but not limited to, criminal investigation, evidence services, traffic accident reconstruction, narcotics investigation, and hostage/barricade incidents. The Patrol Bureau has 190 sworn personnel. Within Will County's 682,829 (2013) total population approximately 115,000 people live in unincorporated areas. There are several census-designated unincorporated populated areas the Sheriff's department is responsible for: ::
Crystal Lawns, population 1,872 ::
Fairmont, population 2,459 ::
Frankfort Square, population 9,276 ::
Ingalls Park, population 3,314 ::
Lakewood Shores, population 1,347 ::
Preston Heights, population 2,575 ::
Willowbrook, population 2,076 ::And while Lakewood Falls and Carillon subdivisions are not considered a CDP their combined population is 8,421. Both subdivisions are located on Weber Rd south of I-55. ::In addition to the unincorporated areas the Sheriff's department is contracted by
Godley &
Diamond to patrol their portion of Will County. The Sheriff's department is also contracted to patrol
Homer Glen providing 21 deputies and supervisors. ::Patrol is divided into 6 areas covering the following townships and village of Homer Glen: :::*North (
Channahon,
DuPage,
Joliet,
Lockport,
Plainfield,
Troy, and
Wheatland) :::*South (
Channahon,
Custer,
Florence,
Jackson,
Manhattan,
Reed,
Wesley,
Wilmington, and
Wilton) :::*Central (
DuPage,
Homer,
Jackson,
Joliet,
Lockport,
Manhattan, and
New Lenox) :::*Homer Glen (
Homer Glen) :::*Lincolnway (
Frankfort,
Homer,
Manhattan, Mokena, and
New Lenox) :::*East (
Crete,
Green Garden,
Monee,
Peotone,
Washington,
Will) ==Rank structure and insignia==