the county and the state. The sheriff manages the county jail, the prisoners confined in the county and administers work release programs.

The sheriff serves as an officer of the courts in the county to deliver service of warrants, subpoenas, and other forms of process.

Collecting delinquent state income tax or levying on the property of taxpayers for the amount due when a warrant is issued by the Indiana Department of Revenue commanding him or her to do so, and transmitting to the Department of Revenue the amount collected.

The sheriff may also appoint reserve deputies, if the county commissioners have enacted an ordinance specifying an authorized number of reserve deputies.

The sheriff usually coordinates or is invovled in the response to emergency(911) calls.