Welcome to our website. I'm Bingham County Sheriff Craig Rowland, 2020 President of the Idaho Sheriffs Association. This website offers information about our association and what sheriffs' offices do when we ban together for the collective safety of all

Idahoans and visitors to this great state. Together, we have hundreds of years of law enforcement experience and we use that knowledge every day in solving public safety problems that makes life more enjoyable for everyone.

Message From the Board of Directors

Public safety and community service is our passion. We manage the victim notification system for Idaho, operate the sex offender registration program for sheriffs, inspect the jails, train sheriffs and their staff, work with state, local and federal law enforcement and award college scholarships to deserving kids.

Browse and learn about our association that has proudly served Idaho sheriffs since 1962. This website provides you with information important to law enforcement. If you have any questions please contact us or your local Sheriff's Office and above all, have a safe day.

Bill Tracker-where do sheriffs standhw

Idaho Online Sexual Assault Kit Tracking Information

Sexual Assault Anonymous Reporting Clarification

Prison Rape Elimination Act Resource Center

Sheriffs Jail Standards Manual

Sheriffs Civil Manual

Legislative Bill Tracker

VINE (Victim Notification)

Offender Watch

What's Happening

Trailers Only First Step in Canyon County Jail's New Overcrowding Facility

Idaho News CBS Channel 2

CALWELL, ID —Six trailers are just the first step for the Canyon County Jail's overcrowding facility. They will eventually come together to create a building
with toilets, bunks, heating, and water.

Canyon County recently budgeted $12.5 million to cope with overcrowding at the jail. The money was used to order a facility from a Missouri company, All
Detainment Solutions (ADS).

New Sheriffs Association President Sworn In for 2020

Outgoing association president Sheriff Ben Wolfinger congratulates Bingham County Sheriff Craig Rowland as the 2020 president of the Idaho Sheriffs Association at a ceremony at the Riverside Hotel in Garden City on December 11th.

'I think it's going to be life-changing': Agencies team up to roll out ID machines in Idaho prisons

KTVB.com: Morgan Boydston

Boise, Idaho - Idaho is now on the cutting edge of helping inmates succeed when they're released back into the community.

Talks started a few years ago about putting some form of ID machines in the state prisons. After recognizing the issue, multiple agencies and community members came together to make it happen.

Currently, a pilot program is being rolled out in four state prisons. Read More

Twin Falls County Discusses Options For Dealing With Jail Overcrowding

Boise State Public Radio

Rachel Cohen

After a $25 million jail bond failed to pass in Twin Falls County this November, the county commissioners are scrambling for a solution to jail overcrowding. On Monday morning, a subcomittee tasked with brainstorming options presented its recommendations to the commissioners.
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Idaho's REAL ID or Star Card

Idahopress.com

Once October 1, 2020 hits, any person wishing to travel on domestic flights or enter federal buildings may be asked for a new form of identification-the Star Card-to comply with updated federal security standards.

The Star Card is an optional driver's license or ID that adds a star that shows it's in compliance with REAL ID security standards, according to the Idaho Transportation Department. Read More

New Law Makes Human Trafficking a Standalone Crime in Idaho

IdahoPress.com

Earlier this month, a Treasure Valley woman who had escaped a human trafficking situation texted Paula Barthelmess and said she was going back to her old life. Barthelmess had helped her get out and start over, but now the woman was ready to return to the way things had been. Read More