Whatcom County Sheriff's Office

The Whatcom County Sheriffโ€™s Office has a staff of over 200 employees under the leadership of Sheriff Donnell "Tank" Tanksley. The Sheriffโ€™s Office is comprised of three bureaus: Law Enforcement and Investigations, Corrections (including the main jail and the Interim Work Center), and Civil and Support Services. In addition, the Division of Emergency Management serves to enhance the safety of Whatcom County residents and guests in the event of a natural or man-made disaster.

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PLEASE BE AWARE OF THIS SCAM! The caller uses the actual name, title and similar badge number of an employee of the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office, demands money, and threatens to arrest you on an outstanding warrant.
Although many of these types of callers use telephone numbers with Whatcom County area codes and prefix numbers, most of the persons engaged in this fraudulent activity are actually out of state or out of the country and are very difficult to identify and capture.
Just. Hang. Up!
๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜„ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

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