Smith County Sheriff's Office

What Smith County Sheriff's Office does

Smith County Sheriff's Office is a government law enforcement agency operating under the authority of Smith County, Texas, headquartered in Tyler. It is a public safety body that provides mandated law enforcement, civil process, and county correctional services to the residents of Smith County, and is funded through public tax revenues rather than commercial sales.

The office operates with a headcount of 51-100 personnel and serves a single county-level jurisdiction. As a statutory government entity, it has no private ownership, no investment structure, no subsidiaries, and no disclosed commercial products, services, or partnerships. It does not maintain a mobile app or an API, and no proprietary technology stack, certifications, AI capabilities, or product launches were disclosed in the input data.

Because it is a government institution rather than a commercial enterprise, standard private-sector metrics — revenue, pricing, ARR, customer concentration, GTM motion, and M&A activity — are not applicable. The agency is recorded as actively operating within its county jurisdiction, with its primary public-facing presence being its website at smithcountysheriff.com. No financial figures, budget appropriation data, management roster, or strategic move history were disclosed.

Name

Smith County Sheriff's Office

Legal name

Smith County Sheriff's Office

Website

https://smithcountysheriff.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Smith County Sheriff's Office is a government law enforcement agency in Tyler, Texas, providing mandated public safety, policing, and correctional services to the residents of Smith County and funded through public tax revenues.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Law Enforcement Services

NAICS

Police Protection (922120), Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922), Correctional Institutions (922140)

SIC

Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services (7381)

akta.pro primary industry

Police Services (Patrol, Response & Community Policing) (BPAIAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

State/Provincial Corrections, Probation & Parole Administration (BPAIABAF)

Keywords

• Law enforcement services
• Public safety
• County sheriff patrol
• Criminal investigations
• Jail operations

Headquarters

HQ city

Tyler

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Core offering

Smith County Sheriff's Office is a government law enforcement agency operating under the authority of Smith County government. It provides public safety services including patrol, criminal investigations, detention, and community policing to residents of Smith County. The agency is funded through public tax revenues and operates as a public safety entity rather than a commercial enterprise.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Broad incumbents

• Texas Department of Public Safety: State-level law enforcement agency that overlaps with the Sheriff's Office on highway patrol, criminal investigations, and shared task forces; broader mandate and much larger scale.
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) – Tyler Resident Agency: Federal investigative body with a resident presence serving Smith County; cooperates with the Sheriff's Office on joint investigations, task forces, and intelligence sharing.
• U.S. Marshals Service (Eastern District of Texas): Federal agency that operates within Smith County on fugitive, judicial-security, and prisoner-transport matters; works alongside the Sheriff's Office through formal task-force relationships.

Direct peers

• Cherokee County Sheriff's Office: East Texas county sheriff's office providing the same core functions (patrol, corrections, civil service) for a comparable population, making it a directly comparable operational peer.
• Rusk County Sheriff's Office: East Texas county sheriff's office operating jail and patrol services for a population and operating profile closely matching Smith County.
• Gregg County Sheriff's Office: Adjacent East Texas county sheriff's office operating the same statutory functions — patrol, county jail, civil process — for a comparable county population and budget profile.
• Van Zandt County Sheriff's Office: Neighboring East Texas county sheriff's office providing the full statutory mix of patrol, detention, and civil process for a rural-to-suburban county.
• Henderson County Sheriff's Office: Neighboring East Texas county sheriff's office with overlapping rural-and-suburban service profile, similar staff scale, and identical state statutory mandate.
• Tyler Police Department: Municipal police agency serving the city of Tyler within Smith County; overlaps with the Sheriff's Office on patrol, response, and community policing in the same jurisdiction, complementing rather than duplicating sheriff-specific duties.
• Anderson County Sheriff's Office: East Texas county sheriff's office operating county jail and patrol services for a similar mid-size population; functionally comparable on budget, scope, and statutory duties.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/smithcso
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/smith-county-sheriff

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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