Sheriff's Office

Undersheriff Corey Solferino

Undersheriff Corey Solferino

Undersheriff Corey Solferino began his service with the Washoe County Sheriff's Office as a deputy sheriff in 1999 and now serves as the Undersheriff of the Washoe County Sheriff's Office. 

Throughout his career with the Washoe County Sheriff's Office, Undersheriff Solferino has served in a multitude of specialty and leadership assignments with Detention, Patrol, Government Affairs, Emergency Management, Regional Teams including the Human Exploitation and Trafficking unit, Research & Development, Fleet Management, District Court, Training, SWAT, and K9 teams. Undersheriff Solferino served as Captain of Incline Village Patrol immediately prior to his appointment to Chief Deputy in January of 2023.

Undersheriff Solferino is a team builder who brings resources and personnel together to find common ground and produce results through training, collaboration, evaluation, and directed feedback. Through implementation of stratified policing initiatives, the Operations Bureau has targeted to reduce property and violent crime in the greater Reno metropolitan area by 10% in 2023 by utilizing evidenced based practices and intelligence led policing.

Undersheriff Solferino serves as part time faculty in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Nevada, Reno. He sits on the board of directors for the James D. Hoff Peace Officers Memorial in Reno, Nevada and represents the State of Nevada as a voting member for the Commission on Homeland Security Committee on Finance. In addition, he serves as a Member of the Spatialitics Public Safety Industry Advisory Board linking criminal justice information disparate data sources and using real time crime analytics to disseminate to officers and investigators in the field.

Undersheriff Solferino is a graduate of the 142nd Administrative Officers Course of the Southern Police Institute and holds a Master of Science in Criminal Justice Administration from the University of Louisville and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice / Speech Communication from the University of Nevada, Reno.

Undersheriff Solferino is a proud husband and father to three amazing children. He enjoys weight training, golfing, swimming, running, biking, and traveling.