Editing Lafayette County, Mississippi (section)

==Law enforcement==
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| headquarters    = 711 Jackson Avenue East, Oxford, MS 38655
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The '''Lafayette County Sheriff's Department''' is the law enforcement agency responsible for the policing and maintenance of public order of Lafayette County, Mississippi. They are also the primary law enforcement agency for all locales excluding Oxford, and work in tandem with the Oxford Police Department and [[The University of Mississippi]]'s University Police Department in those jurisdictions. Responsible for maintenance and administration of its jail, the Lafayette County Detention Center in Oxford, it is also their duty to stand as guards of Lafayette County's County and Chancery Courts. In September 2018 the department employed 26 full-time deputies,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lafayettems.com/us/elected-officials/sheriff/ |title=Sheriff |publisher=Lafayette County, Mississippi |accessdate= September 8, 2018}}</ref> in addition to other staff employed as guards for the county jail. In comparison, Oxford Police Department, which patrols a small fraction of the area done by the Sheriff's Department, employs over 75 full-time officers.

F.D. "Buddy" East was the long-time sheriff, who held the office from 1972 until his death in September 2018, having been elected to twelve terms as sheriff.<ref>{{cite news |title=Buddy Eat, long-time Lafayette County sheriff, dead at 76 |first=Donica |last=Phifer |newspaper=Oxford Eagle |date=September 8, 2018 |url=https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2018/09/08/buddy-east-long-time-lafayette-county-sheriff-dead-at-76/ |accessdate=September 8, 2018}}</ref> At the time he was the longest serving Sheriff in the history of the United States, having held the position for 46 years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://djournal.com/oxford/news/crime/east-seeking-th-term-as-sheriff/article_b8f670b3-d8b2-52ca-bbb1-929ac4c51434.html |first=John |last=Davis |title=East seeking 12th term as sheriff |date=February 14, 2015 |newspaper=Oxford Citizen |accessdate=September 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Anna |last=Gibbs |date=August 28, 2018 |title=Sheriff Buddy East celebrates 46 years serving Lafayette County |newspaper=Oxford Eagle |url=https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2018/08/28/sheriff-buddy-east-celebrates-46-years-serving-lafayette-county/ |accessdate=September 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Apel |first1=Therese |title=Mississippi's longest-serving sheriff dies after 46 years in office |url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2018/09/08/mississippis-longest-serving-sheriff-dies-after-46-years-office/1240308002/ |access-date=September 10, 2018 |newspaper=Clarion-Ledger |date=October 8, 2018}}</ref> The sheriff's son, Joey East, was concurrently the Oxford Police Department's Chief of Police.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oxford Police Department |publisher=Oxford, MS |url=http://www.oxfordms.net/departments/police-department |accessdate=September 8, 2018}}
</ref> After the November 2019 elections, Joey East became the sheriff of Lafayette County, following his father.