SUFFOLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT

#blackhistorymonth Superintendent Abiezer Ayuso Special Sheriff Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department Special Sheriff Abiezer “Abe” Ayuso joined the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department in July of 1993. With nearly three decades of service to the Department, Superintendent Ayuso has worked in a wide variety of stations, locations and capacities within the Suffolk County Jail, bringing his trademark dedication and high-level of professionalism to all of them, including the Sheriff’s Escort and Response Team (SERT), Transportation, Booking, Central Control, detainee housing units, the Back Gate, and several others. Over the course of his career, Superintendent Ayuso has ascended the ranks of his fellow officers, rising from Jail Officer and Deputy to Sergeant, Lieutenant, Assistant Deputy Superintendent, and to Superintendent. He is the first Afro-Latino to hold this position in the Suffolk County of Massachusetts. In June of 2021, Superintendent Ayuso was appointed to serve as the “Special Sheriff,” a designation that requires him to assume the roles and responsibilities of the Sheriff when the Sheriff out of state or in the event that the sheriff is physically unable to carry out the duties of the position. Working as a community service officer for the External Affairs and Communications Division, Superintendent Ayuso has held oversight of several of the Department’s outreach programs, which include the Sheriff’s Honor Guard, the Department’s Motorcycle Unit, the Senior Identification Program, and the Ident-A-Youth Program, and he was a founding member of the Department’s Choice Program, which sends officers into schools and community centers across Suffolk County to speak with students, and meet their teachers and administrators to deliver a curriculum that is designed to encourage children to respect themselves and others while preparing for their futures. Prior to his service to the Department, Superintendent Ayuso worked as a member of the Sheet Metal Workers Local 17, and he has volunteered at several community-based agencies and organizations including the Red Cross of Massachusetts, Fair Foods, Classic Bike Club Boston, the Puerto Rican Festival of Massachusetts, and a host of others.

"Although returning to the community should be a positive event, many men and women reenter the community with little to no support..." Rachelle Steinberg, JD, MA, Assistant Superintendent at the SUFFOLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, on successful reintegration: https://lnkd.in/eJCVYQKa