A career of service.

Jason Conway Smith graduated from Old Dominion University in 2003 summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Criminal Justice and a minor in Sociology. Two weeks after his graduation, he was hired by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. On January 1, 2004, he began his career working for the county he grew up in.

After receiving the top overall award in his basic training class, Jason spent the next two decades being promoted from Patrol Deputy to Patrol Sergeant to Investigations to Captain of Operations. As Captain, he is also in charge of Patrol, School Resource Officers and Animal Control.

  • Jason is certified in the following:

    Court Security and Civil Process

    Field Training Officer

    General Instructor

    Firearms Instructor

    Rape Aggression Defense Instructor

    ALERRT Instructor

    Animal Control Officer

  • Jason has had training in the following:

    Homicide Investigations

    Field Training

    SWAT and Advanced SWAT

    Firearms Instructor

    School Resource Officer

    Crisis Intervention Team

    FEMA Incident Command

    Leadership and Ethics

    Community Policing

    Cultural Diversity

    Officer Involved Shooting

During his tenure at the Sheriff’s Office, Jason has coordinated Orange County’s Citizens’ Police Academies and Youth Academies as well as raised money and wrote grant proposals for program funding. He created the office’s first agency-approved Department of Criminal Justice Service training courses. He instructed deputies, county employees and school staff in Active Shooter Response and lockdown procedures. And he assisted in the implementation of a new records management system and a new radio system for the Sheriff’s Office. 

Jason’s duties also include assisting with evidence, hiring, fleet management, policy review and revisions, disciplinary action, use of force reviews, car camera system maintenance and other equipment, and administrating video management and records management systems.

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