Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office

What Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office does

The Tazewell County Sheriff's Office is the chief law enforcement agency of Tazewell County, Illinois, headquartered at 101 S Capitol St., Pekin, Illinois. It is a county government entity led by Sheriff Jeffrey Lower — the sole Law Enforcement Official elected by the people — and operates three command functions: Administrative Command, Patrol Command, and Jail Command. Service lines include patrol operations, jail/inmate management, civil process serving (including evictions and sheriff sales), warrant enforcement, crash report access, public fingerprinting, school resource officer activity, and community outreach. The office also runs recruitment across civilian, correctional officer, and deputy sheriff tracks, including lateral hires.

The Office's underlying technology is conventional for a county law enforcement agency. It uses CIDNET for inmate data management (with a public PDF interface), maintains a WordPress-based public website that serves as a digital front door for warrant/inmate lookup, detainee visitation scheduling, civil inquiry, FOIA requests, and job applications, and publishes a mobile presence. The website explicitly references a separate Crash Report portal at buycrash.lexisnexisrisk.com. No proprietary software product is sold or licensed; the website is an information portal rather than a unified software platform. The office uses CIDNET PDF for inmate records, links to LexisNexis for crash reports, and offers A.L.I.C.E.-based active-shooter training materials via alicetraining.com. There is no app store listing beyond a generic "has_app" flag and no disclosed API, SDK, or MCP server.

The business model is non-commercial. The office is funded primarily through county tax revenues and government budgets; it does not charge citizens for core law enforcement services. Modest fee revenue may be generated through specific civil process fees, fingerprinting, or accident reports, but these are incidental. There are no funding rounds, no equity instruments, no parent company, and no subsidiaries. Customers are functionally the citizens of Tazewell County, served as a single jurisdiction under a statutory monopoly, with no segmentation beyond general public vs. civil-process requesters. Distribution is direct: field patrol units across the county, the headquarters office, and digital channels (website, Facebook, Twitter).

Name

Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office

Legal name

Tazewell County Sheriff's Office

Website

https://sheriff.tazewell-il.gov

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tazewell County Sheriff's Office is the chief elected law enforcement agency of Tazewell County, Illinois, providing patrol, jail operations, civil process, warrants, and community safety programs to county residents. Funded by county tax revenues with no commercial revenue.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Law Enforcement Services

NAICS

Correctional Institutions (922140), Police Protection (922120)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Correctional Facility Operations (Prisons & Jails) (BPAKANAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

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

Keywords

• Law enforcement services
• Public safety programs
• Jail inmate management
• Civil process serving
• Community patrol operations

Headquarters

HQ city

Pekin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Tax-funded Government Services: The Tazewell County Sheriff's Office operates as a county government agency funded primarily through tax revenues and government budgets. No commercial revenue generation occurs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Tazewell County Sheriff's Office provides county-wide law enforcement and public safety services to the residents of Tazewell County, Illinois. Core services include patrol operations, jail and inmate management, civil process serving, warrant enforcement, public fingerprinting, speed trailer deployment, vacation patrol, community safety programs, and emergency response. The office operates a public website providing inmate/warrant lookup, civil inquiry services, detainee visitation scheduling, FOIA requests, and employment applications.

Product overview

The Tazewell County Sheriff's Office website is a government information portal providing public access to law enforcement services, jail and inmate information, civil services, and community resources. The website does not offer a unified software platform but rather serves as a digital front-door for various departmental functions including warrant/inmate lookup, jail visitation scheduling, civil inquiry services, citizen affairs, and employment applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Jail and Inmate Management Services County jail operations including inmate custody, detainee visitation, bonding, weekend sentencing rules, and compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards. Services are provided to inmates, their families, and the public through CIDNET inmate data management.
• County-wide Patrol and Law Enforcement Services County-wide patrol operations including crime prevention, traffic enforcement, emergency response, and general law enforcement coverage for all citizens of Tazewell County, Illinois.
• Civil Process Services Court-ordered civil process services including sheriff sales, eviction procedures, civil fees processing, FOIA requests, and crash report retrieval for residents, businesses, and the court system.
• Citizens Affairs and Community Services Public-facing services for citizens including public fingerprinting, speed trailer deployment requests, vacation patrol sign-ups, collision alerts, deputy commendations, event attendance requests, and press releases.
• Active Shooter (A.L.I.C.E.) Training Program Active shooter response training offered to community organizations and schools in partnership with A.L.I.C.E. Training, providing emergency preparedness education and safety awareness.
• Inmate and Warrant Lookup Portal Online lookup tools for citizens to search current inmates in custody and active warrants within Tazewell County, powered by the CIDNET inmate data management system.
• Law Enforcement Employment Applications

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered community support, regional cooperation, program partner and event venue.

• Special Olympics Illinoiscommunity supportOthersThe Tazewell County Sheriff's Office participates annually in the Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) for Special Olympics Illinois. Members carry the Flame of Hope along designated routes to support athletes and promote inclusion, respect, and opportunity for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
• Pekin Police Departmentregional cooperationStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with the Pekin Police Department for the Law Enforcement Torch Run, receiving the Flame of Hope and carrying it along their designated route to the McLean County line.
• A.L.I.C.E. Trainingprogram partnerTechnology or IntegrationActive Shooter training program offered in partnership with A.L.I.C.E. Training (Active Shooter response training). The Sheriff's Office also provides training request forms for community organizations and schools.
• The Shoppes at Grand Prairieevent venueOthersPartner venue for community safety events such as the Central Illinois Emergency Expo, providing space for emergency preparedness, safety education, and interactive displays.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/tazcosheriff
• Facebookfacebook.com/tazcosheriff
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tazewell-county-sheriff%E2%80%99s-office

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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