Sheriff's Office
Serving and protecting the residents of Chippewa County.
The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office provides law enforcement, corrections, and emergency services.
Contact Information
- Address: Sheriff’s Office, 325 Court Street, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783
- Office Hours: The business office is staffed by two deputies from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
- Donations: Donate to the Sheriff’s Office
Telephone Numbers
- Emergencies: 911
- Sheriff’s Office: 906-635-6355
- Corrections/Jail: 906-635-7620
- Central Dispatch (non-emergency complaints): 906-495-3312
- Fax: 906-635-6336
Services and Information
Commissary Money
Inmate commissary account services allowing incarcerated individuals to deposit money for purchases at the county jail facility commissary.
Learn More about Commissary Money →Community Corrections
Community Corrections provides information about supervision and rehabilitation programs for individuals sentenced within the county justice system.
Learn More about Community Corrections →Correctional Facility
Booking, bail and bonds, visitation schedules, and inmate services at the Chippewa County Correctional Facility.
Learn More about Correctional Facility →Forms
Sheriff's Office employment application, background check form, and County Policy No. 242.
Learn More about Forms →LEAAP Program
Information on the Law Enforcement Autism Awareness Program (LEAAP).
Learn More about LEAAP Program →Stopped Program
STOPPED is a voluntary parental notification program from the Michigan Sheriffs' Association for vehicles driven by drivers under the age of 21.
Learn More about Stopped Program →Tri-D.E.N.T
The Tri-County Drug Enforcement Team (TRIDENT) pools law enforcement agencies in Chippewa, Mackinac, and Luce Counties to investigate drug trafficking. Report tips to the tip line.
Learn More about Tri-D.E.N.T →Online Payments
Make Sheriff's Office payments online through GovPayNet.
Learn More about Online Payments →Sheriff Mike Bitnar
Sheriff Michael D. Bitnar was raised by his grandparents (Fran and Ole Bitnar) in Paradise MI, Chippewa County. He graduated from Whitefish Twp. School in 1987 and then went on to study at Lake Superior State University where he obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice at the LSSU Police Academy. He currently lives in Rudyard MI with his wife Ailene and daughter Taylor. Michael was first hired on with the Chippewa Co Sheriff’s Office in June 1991.
Sheriff Bitnar believes in the Constitution of the United States and protecting the rights of the people. He is proud to serve (YOU THE PEOPLE) of Chippewa County.
Sheriff Bitnar has worked the following for the CCSO:
- Corrections
- Uniform division
- Undercover Detective for the multi-jurisdictional drug team SANE
- Marine and Snowmobile Division
- Detective Sergeant
- Undersheriff
- Appointed Sheriff in Oct of 2016
- Elected Sheriff Nov 2016
Sheriff Bitnar has attended training in:
- Crime Scene Investigations by both MSP and FBI
- Child Death Review Team
- LSSU Police Academy and Ingham Co Corrections Academy
- Several Narcotics schools put on by MSP and DEA
- Precision Driving Instructor Training by MSP
- Current Senior Instructor for LSSU Police Academy
- New Undersheriff’s School put on by the Michigan Sheriff’s Association
- New Sheriff’s School, MSA Dec 2016
- 2 time officer of the year (Elks Lodge 552 in 2002 and VFW Post 3676 in 2005)
- Founding member of TRI-DENT (Tri-County Drug Enforcement Taskforce)
- Current Tri-Dent Vice President