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A Message from the Sheriff

I want to thank you for taking the time and stopping by the Cheshire County Sheriff’s Office website. The Cheshire County Sheriff’s Office is located in beautiful downtown Keene, New Hampshire. We serve a population of approximately 70,000 people covering over 707 square miles. The County includes 23 towns located in the southwestern corner of New Hampshire bordering Vermont and Massachusetts. The men and women of the Cheshire County Sheriff’s Office are committed to serving the people of Cheshire County with the utmost respect and professionalism.

Sheriff Eli Rivera 


Mission Statement

As members of the Cheshire County Sheriff’s Office, we are committed to serving with integrity and dignity, safeguarding through compassion, and ensuring our community is safe to live, work, play, and visit while preserving the public’s trust and confidence

Vision Statement

We will be recognized for our exemplary service, professionalism, and dedication to the people we serve as we adapt to emerging trends and contribute to the quality of life for all.

We will adopt a more reasonable culture of the guardian mindset as we seek to safeguard the communities we serve. Service over crime-fighting, communications over command, cooperation over compliance, legitimacy over authority, restraint over control, stability over action.

We will accomplish this by providing and improving our civil process services, prisoner transportation, court security, public safety communications, and our responsibility as law enforcement Deputies.

Adopted July 1, 2022


Introducing our new program Just in Case
(county-wide registry of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia-related disorders)

Submit a Tip Online  | ReadyNH.gov  | New Hampshire Driving Towards Zero | A Child is Missing Alert 


Sponsored Programs

The Law Enforcement Torch Run For The Special Olympics | Mothers Against Drunk Driving | Care Trak System For Wanderers

Deputy Forest

On June 30, 2021, Deputy Forest retired along with his handler Chief deputy Trevor Croteau. Retired Deputy Forest, was a two-year Golden Retriever when he retired.  He was born after […]

Professional Standards and Responding to Resistance

In order to keep with the spirit of transparency, the policies will be made public, as we review each one.  Some policies due to the nature of the content (protected […]

Deputy Sheriff John Stratton Walker, Sr

John Stratton Walker, Sr. was born March 28, 1831 in Langdon, New Hampshire to Edmund Walker and Adeline Howard.

Civil Process Fees

Please contact the Sheriff’s Office at (603) 352-4238 for total cost prior to sending payment

History

Did you know that Sheriff Eliezer “Eli” Rivera is Cheshire County’s 13th elected Sheriff since 1879, when the first election was held for the Office of High Sheriff.

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The Sheriff’s Office

The Cheshire County Sheriff’s Office is located in beautiful downtown Keene, New Hampshire. We serve a population of approximately 70,000 people covering over 707 square miles.

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Cheshire County Sheriff’s Office
12 Court Street
Keene, NH 03431

Eliezer “Eli” Rivera
High Sheriff

Caleb J. Dodson
Chief Deputy Sheriff

Jilene L. Robinson
Police Communications Manager

603-352-4238 OFFICE
603-355-3020 FAX

OFFICE HOURS
MONDAY – FRIDAY
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

CHESHIRE COUNTY
POLICE COMMUNICATIONS
603-355-2000