Sheriff's Office

Chief Operations Bureau

Chief Deputy Sandra Barboza - Operations Bureau

Chief Deputy Barboza started with the Washoe County Sheriff's Office in 1997 as a Deputy Sheriff in Detention.  Chief Deputy Barboza has experience in all three Bureaus: Administration, Detention, and Operations. She has served in several specialty assignments to include training, district court, Classification, Office of Professional Integrity,  Incline Village Commander, Detective Unit Lieutenant, and Honor Guard. She served as the Services Captain of the Detention Bureau prior to her appointment to Chief Deputy in 2024.

As Chief Deputy of the Operations Bureau, she has operational command of Patrol, Detectives, NNRIC, Search and Rescue, RAVEN, K-9, Motors, Mounted Horse Unit, Hostage Negotiation Team, and several regional units to include Human Exploitation and Trafficking Unit.

She has been awarded the Lifesaving medal and Meritorious Unit Citations.

Chief Deputy Barboza sits on the Board for the Girls on The Run Sierras and initiated the Women Leaders in Law Enforcement Committee with Sheriff Balaam. 

Chief Deputy Barboza is a graduate of the 150^th Administrative Officer’s Course of the Southern Police Institute and holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Nevada, Reno.

Chief Deputy Barboza is honored to serve the community through the Sheriff’s Office.