Welcome to the Doniphan County Sheriff’s Office
The primary mission of the Doniphan County Sheriff’s Office is to coordinate with other law enforcement agencies within Doniphan County and their efforts within the community to preserve the public peace, protect the rights of persons and property, prevent crime, and generally provide assistance to citizens in urgent situations. The Doniphan County Sheriff’s Office is responsible for the collection of county taxes, security of the courts, the service of legal process and orders of the court, enforcement of Federal Laws, and Kansas Revised Statutes within the boundaries of Doniphan County.
The Doniphan County Sheriff’s Office must enforce the law in a fair and impartial manner, recognizing both the statutory and judicial limitations of Sheriff’s authority and the constitutional rights of all persons. It is not the role of the office to legislate, render legal judgments, or punish.
Announcements
Doniphan County Sheriff’s Dept. will host Alcohol Awareness Program at local high schools.
The Doniphan County Sheriff's Dept. along with Elwood, Wathena, Troy, and Highland Police departments will be hosting Alcohol awareness Program at the Doniphan County area high schools. The program will introduce the students to the dangers associated with...
Christmas Toy Drive
Doniphan County Christmas Drive Now through Friday December 12th 2016 Please drop of any new or slightly used toys, books, gloves, hats, scarves, or coats to the front lobby of the Doniphan County Sheriff’s Department. Monetary donations will also be taken at the...
2016 Trunk or Treat
We can not thank our community enough for coming out to support our first trunk or treat. The weather was great and the support and turn out could not have been better. We will be putting many more photo's out as well as on our web site and in the local paper. Thanks...
Scam Alert
The Kansas Attorney General office is investigating numerous complaints from residents of Doniphan County in reference to the company, Chip and Seal that was in the area repaving driveways then charging a different amount of money than originally agreed upon. If you...
Thank You
We would like to sincerely thank all of the businesses, schools, and individuals in Doniphan County for making this years toy drive a huge success yet again. We were able to help 38 families and 101 children have a little brighter Christmas this year. The generosity...
Christ Lutheran Sunday School
We would like to the thank the Wathena Lutheran Sunday School kids and their teachers for the cards and letters of support and thank yous that we received from them. Thank you very much.
Troy 5th Grade
The Doniphan County Sheriffs Department would like to thank the Troy 5th grade class for stopping by our office. They presented us with this very nice banner and poem to show their appreciation. Thank you
Scam Alert
Please be aware of a SCAM that has been going on in our area a lot lately. You will receive a call claiming that the individual is from the IRS and wanting your information. DO NOT give them any. The IRS will only contact you via the mail service and will never...
Burglary / Theft deterrence
We have had some success recently in making some arrest and returning some stolen property. This process is made much easier when the property owner documents down the make, model, and serial number of their items. Also taking a photograph of your property can be...
Thank You
We would like to thank everyone in the community for the overwhelming response we received to the stuffed animal drive. They will be put back to good use. Thank you!