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MEET
SHERIFF MILLS
When Sheriff Thomas E. Mills took office, he inherited an outdated 28-prisoner jail on the village square
in Delhi. In 2003, that historic landmark was replaced with a new 100-bed state-of-the-art combination Public
Safety Building/Correctional Facility, whose full-time staff now numbers 77.
The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office and Correctional Facility exist side by side in the Public Safety
Building located at 280 Phoebe Lane, Delhi, New York.
Sheriff Mills is a Marine Corps veteran, who commenced his law enforcement career with the Oneonta
Police Department. He subsequently joined the New York State Police and retired as Station Commander. He
later rejoined the profession as a part-time Deputy Sheriff in Delaware County. He was elected sheriff in
January 1999.
Sheriff Mills is a member of the Executive Committee of the Otsedela Council of Boy Scouts of
America. He is a past Master of the Margaretville Masonic Lodge and past Commander of the American
Legion Post 190. He is the Commander of Post 10550 of the Veteran’s of Foreign Wars in Delhi. In 2006, he
was appointed to the NYS Committee for the Coordination of Police Services to Elderly Persons by then-
Governor George E. Pataki. In 2007, he was invited to serve on the NYS Statewide Communication
Interoperability Plan (“SCIP”) Governance Evaluation Board.
Delhi, New York is the county seat of Delaware County, New York. It has a population of 48,000
inhabitants spread out over 1,468 square miles.