Miami-Dade County · Budget Explorer
FY 2025–26 adopted
Constitutional Offices department
Sheriff
Adopted operating, capital, position, and expenditure data, with recent budget history and the FY 2026–27 proposal.
Adopted department total
$1.1B
Operating and capital allocations across all adopted strategic areas.
- Operating
- $1.1B
- Capital
- $4.7M
- Funded positions
- 4,595
- Year-over-year
- +17.1%
Annual adopted operations
Multi-year adopted program
As published
Increase in total budget
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Overview
Department overview
Service responsibilities and the latest adopted operating change.
The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office provides police services, specialized law-enforcement support, and countywide sheriff services.
Computer-generated service summary based on the FY 2025-26 adopted budget.
Operating change
Operating spending increased from $958.3M in FY 2024-25 to $1.1B in FY 2025-26: +$159.7M (+16.7%).
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Budget
Operating and capital
Operating covers annual services and staffing. Capital covers the department’s multi-year investment program.
Operating
$1.1B
99.6% of department total
Capital
$4.7M
0.4% of department total
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History
Total budget by fiscal year
Each year is labeled as actual spending or an adopted budget. Proposed figures are not included.
| Fiscal Year | Figure type | Total Budget | Operating | Capital |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY 2021-22 | Actual spending | $805.0M | $805.0M | $0 |
| FY 2022-23 | Actual spending | $865.8M | $865.8M | $0 |
| FY 2023-24 | Actual spending | $948.3M | $948.3M | $0 |
| FY 2024-25 | Adopted budget | $958.3M | $958.3M | $0 |
| FY 2025-26 | Adopted budget | $1.1B | $1.1B | $4.7M |
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Proposal
FY 2026–27 proposed changes
Operating and position figures are compared with Appendix A’s restated adopted amounts. Capital is proposal only.
- Operating
- $1.1B$1.2B
- Funded positions
- 4,5954,795
- Proposed capital
- $6.2M
+5.6% from restated adopted
+200 positions
Proposal only; no restated adopted capital amount was published.
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Departments
Other departments in Constitutional Offices
Departments with adopted operating allocations in the same strategic area.