Sweetwater County’s deputy sheriffs patrol and answer calls for service throughout Sweetwater County’s 10,491 square miles 24 hours per day, seven days per week. In addition, resident deputies serve outlying communities like Wamsutter and Farson-Eden. Deputy sheriffs are responsible for a broad range of tasks and duties, including answering calls, traffic enforcement, investigating crimes, serving papers, assisting stranded motorists, making arrests, assisting in medical calls, protecting the public, and maintaining order.

Court Security Officers are fully-empowered deputy sheriffs with special training and experience, providing security for the Sweetwater County Courthouse in Green River, the Sweetwater County Office Building in Rock Springs, the District Court in Green River, and the Circuit Courts in both Rock Springs and Green River.

The Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center is the 911 center for the entire county. Communications Officers handle telephone calls - including 911 calls - and other messages from those requiring aid or assistance and transmit the requests to the appropriate emergency service provider, such as law enforcement, fire, search & rescue, and ambulance. Communications Officers are responsible for many other duties, as well, including radio operation, criminal justice system and driver’s license inquiries, assisting callers with CPR and first aid procedures, and frequently handling information dealing with critical situations.

County Animal Control Officers patrol and answer calls for services related to stray animals as well as investigating cases involving abused, neglected, or dangerous animals, providing protection to the animals as well as to the community. Animal Control Attendants work closely with ACOs, feeding and caring for impounded animals and maintaining shelter facilities.

The agency's Livestock Officer is a highly specialized deputy whose duties include investigating complaints of livestock at large on public highways and straying onto private property, complaints, regarding neglect or abuse of livestock, assisting law enforcement countywide in livestock matters, and providing rural patrol of fixed and mobile livestock operations and camps.

The Sheriff’s Office D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Program provides education to students to prevent use of illegal drugs, membership in gangs, alcohol and tobacco use, and violent behavior. D.A.R.E. officers are certified peace officers who undergo 80 hours of intense training and provide the means for students to interact with law enforcement in positive, friendly, and beneficial settings.

The Sweetwater Bomb Squad is comprised of law enforcement officers of the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office and the Rock Springs and Green River Police Departments. The Squad serves Sweetwater County, Carbon County, Sublette County, (working in conjunction with the Teton Bomb Squad, based in Jackson), the southern half of Lincoln County, and Uinta County. The team has also answered calls for emergency service in Daggett County, Utah.