Pettis County Sheriff's Dept
The Pettis County, Missouri Sheriff's Office continues to value the highest level of professional conduct as well as the value of respect for our fellow citizens as a blanket policy. The County of Pettis encompasses approximately 686 square miles and has several institutions/organizations/businesses with in close proximity, both with in the County as well as in adjacent counties. These include two meat processing plants, three Universities (one of which with in the County of Pettis), several manufacturing facilities. Our community also supports/hosts and experiences the effects from nearby tourism sites, these include the Missouri State Fair Grounds and associated year around events occurring, passage to the Lake of the Ozarks, Scott Joplin music festival as well as a military base just west of our County. These factors cause for a frequent increase in non-resident travel, an increase of various diverse cultures and populations which effect the daily population numbers of our community.