Armstrong Sheriff's Office is a law enforcement agency

Law enforcement agency

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 located in Armstrong County, Texas

Armstrong County, Texas

Armstrong County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas, and was formed in 1876 from Bexar County. It is part of the Amarillo metropolitan area. As of 2000, the population is 2,148. Its county seat is Claude. Armstrong is named for one of several Texas pioneer families named Armstrong...

. The current sheriff

Sheriff

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 is James R. Walker. He is assisted by a Chief Deputy and two Deputy Sherriffs (one full time and one part time). In addition to law enforcement duties, the Armstrong Sheriff's Office operates a county jail that houses up to eight inmates

Incarceration

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. The jail is staffed by a Jail Administrator and four jailers (three full time and one part time) that are dual-hatted as dispatcher

Dispatcher

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s.

This jail

Jail

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, located in Claude, Texas

Claude, Texas

Claude is a city in Armstrong County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,313 at the 2000 census. Located east of Amarillo, Claude is the county seat of Armstrong County in the south Texas Panhandle...

 was erected in 1953 with the designs of Lawrence A. Kerr and Clayton B. Shiver. It was built with stone

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 quarried 14 miles to the south of Claude in Palo Duro Canyon

Palo Duro Canyon

Palo Duro Canyon is a canyon system of the Caprock Escarpment located in the Texas Panhandle near the city of Amarillo, Texas, United States. As the second largest canyon in the United States, it is roughly long and has an average width of , but reaches a width of at places. Its depth is around...

 that was recycled from the demolition of the former jail built in 1893. The jail houses inmates on the second floor and the first floor formerly served as the home of the Sheriff, though it has been converted to office space. The jail is also the location of the county's public safety answering point

Public-safety answering point

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(PSAP) and dispatch center.