SecurityThe Sheriff's Office provides security for the Hunterdon County Justice Center and its occupants. These include Superior Court judges, their staffs, other court personnel, the probation department, and the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office.Correctional ServicesThe Sheriff's Office is also responsible for prisoner transportation to and from the Hunterdon County Correctional Facility, between counties within the state and from outside New Jersey. Prisoner transports are not only for Superior Court purposes but also for municipal courts, extraditions, medical emergencies, and appointments. Additionally, defendants arrested on Hunterdon County warrants in other jurisdictions are retrieved from other counties and from other states by the Sheriff's Office. Moreover, the Sheriff's Office conducts prisoner escorts to and from court for scheduled appearances, ranging from bail hearings and status conferences to trials and sentencing.Service OrdersNon-support and violation of probation warrant service is a significant function of the Office of the Sheriff, as is the service of domestic violence "temporary" and "final" restraining orders. Civil warrants, writs of execution, levies on and postings of property, and the sale of real property after foreclosure proceedings are functions that most people associate with the Sheriff.ProgramsThe Hunterdon County Sheriff's Office is very active in many citizen programs, such as Project Lifesaver, the Child ID Program, as well as many other service programs. Frederick Brown has been County Sherriff since 2010 and previously spent 31 years as a police officer retiring as Chief. 

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