Sheriff Paul Heroux was elected Sheriff in 2022 and was sworn in as Sheriff in January 2023. Prior to being Sheriff, Heroux was:

• elected to three terms as Mayor of Attleboro from 2018 until 2022,
• elected to three terms as a State Representative from 2013 until 2017,
• worked in the Massachusetts Department of Correction from 2008-2009,
• worked in the Philadelphia Prison System from 2006-2008,
• worked at the Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies from 2004-2005,
• worked in Saudi Arabia in 2003, and
• worked with children at the Attleboro YMCA from 1996-2003.

Sheriff Heroux holds a:

• Master’s in Public Administration from the Harvard University School of Government,
• Master’s in Criminology from the University of Pennsylvania,
• Masters in International Relations from the London School of Economics,
• Bachelor’s in Psychology and Neuroscience from the University of Southern California.

An avid reader and traveler, Sheriff Heroux has lived and worked in Saudi Arabia, and been to over twenty countries including North Korea, China, Israel and Palestine. Heroux has been a full instructor in Jeet Kune Do and a full instructor in Kali since 1999, and has been training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu since 1993. He lives with his dog Sashi in Attleboro.

Paul Heroux

Bristol County Sheriff's Office
400 Faunce Corner Road
North Dartmouth, MA 02747
Tel: (508) 995-1311

info@bcso-ma.org