Steven Reams is the Sheriff of Weld County, Colorado. He succeeded term-limited Sheriff John Cooke in 2014 and was reelected for a second term in 2018 while running unopposed to remain the Weld County Sheriff. Before becoming Sheriff, he was bureau chief of the Weld County Sheriff's Office Public Safety Bureau. He began his career in the Weld County Sheriff's Office in 1997 as an entry level Corrections Officer. He is responsible for the operation of the Weld County Jail which is capable of holding 850 inmates, soon to be capable of holding 1,300 inmates, and he also serves the courts of the 19th Judicial District. From Wikipedia