Erie County Sheriffs Office

Welcome to the Erie County Sheriff's Office Official page on Facebook! The purpose of this site is to present matters of public interest concerning the Erie County Sheriff's Office programs, activities, news stories, and photos. We welcome your comments, however, please note this is a moderated online discussion site and not a public forum.

If you need an official source of information about the Erie County Sheriff's Office visit our website at

Comments made by the public to our page will be reviewed, and while comments will not be edited by our personnel, the Erie County Sheriff's Office reserves the right to remove comments that include:
• Comments unrelated to the purpose and topical scope of the page. The page is not meant for comments that do not directly relate to the purpose or topical scope of the page.
• Obscenity.
• Child pornography.
• Incitement to imminent lawless action.
• Speech presenting a grave and imminent threat.
• Fighting words.
• True threats.
• Fraud.
• Defamation (libel/slander)
• Solicitations to commit. or speech integral to, criminal conduct.
• Promotion or advertisement of a business or commercial transaction.
• Promotion in favor of, or in opposition to, a candidate campaigning for election to a political office.
• Copyrighted material (if posted without the copyright holder’s consent).

The Erie County Sheriff's Office may take steps to have a comment removed if it falls within one of the foregoing categories.

Also, please keep in mind that this is an internet page on Facebook, Inc. owns and operates It has its own policies and standards concerning what may, and may not, be posted and the actions that it may take with regard to unauthorized posts. See “Facebook Community Standards” at

The Erie County Sheriff's Office may also take steps to remove “robo spam” and/or comments by “social bots” ( content posted by automatic software programs, or “bots”) if necessary to ensure access for the general public.

Furthermore, while we encourage debate and discussion, we respectfully request that commenters be mindful that this site is open to the public and that commenters be courteous and civil toward one another.

The Erie County Sheriff's Office is not responsible for, and neither endorses nor opposes, comments placed on this site by visitors to this site. Commenters are personally responsible for their own comments, username, and/or any information placed on this page by the commenter.

Please do not report emergencies, or ask for assistance on this page. For emergency assistance dial 911 or non-emergency call 419-625-7951.