Yavapai County Sheriff's Office
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| Yavapai County Sheriff's Office | |
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| Abbreviation | YCSO |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1864 |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Yavapai County, Arizona, USA |
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| Map of Yavapai County Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction | |
| Size | 8,128 square miles (21,050 km2) |
| Population | 212,635 (2007) |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Prescott, Arizona |
| Agency executive |
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| Website | |
| http://www.ycsoaz.gov | |
The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office (YCSO) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Yavapai County, Arizona. It provides general-service law enforcement to unincorporated areas of Yavapai County, serving as the equivalent of the police for unincorporated areas of the county. It also operates the county jail system. The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office (YCSO) is headquartered in Prescott, Arizona.[1]
Organization
[edit]The current Sheriff is David Rhodes. The YCSO has three divisions:[2]
- Law Enforcement Services Division
- Northern Area Command
- Eastern Area Command
- Southeast Area Command
- Southwest Area Command
- Criminal Investigations Bureau
- Support Services Bureau
- Detention Services Division
- Administrative Services
- Central ID Services
- Housing Services
- Inmate Services
- Transportation Services
- Medical Services
- Administrative Services Division
- Records
- Communications / Dispatch
- Information Technology
Sheriffs
[edit]| #[3] | Portrait | Name | Term in office | Length of Service | Party affiliation | Previous office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No image available |
Van Ness Cummings Smith (1837–1914; aged 77) |
May 26, 1864 – February 18, 1865 |
268 days | Democratic | ||
| 2 | No image available |
Jerome Calkins (1830–?) |
February 18, 1865 – January 24, 1866 |
340 days | Republican | ||
| 3 | No image available |
John T. Bourke 1 (1827–1868; aged 41) |
January 24, 1866 – June 30, 1867 |
1 year, 157 days | |||
| 4 | No image available |
Andrew J. Moore[4] 2 (d. 1885) |
July 1, 1867 – January 21, 1868 |
204 days | |||
| 5 | No image available |
John L. Taylor 1 | January 21, 1868 – December 31, 1870 |
2 years, 344 days | |||
| 6 |  |
John H. Behan 1 (1844–1912; aged 67) |
January 1, 1871 – December 31, 1872 |
2 years | |||
| 7 | No image available |
James S. Thomas 3 | January 1, 1873 – January 5, 1874 |
1 year | |||
| 8 | No image available |
Henry M. Herbert 1 (d. 1895) |
January 17, 1874 – December 31, 1874 |
1 year | |||
| 9 | No image available |
Edward F. Bowers[4] (1838–1879; aged 40) |
January 1, 1875 – December 31, 1878 |
4 years | |||
| 10 |  |
John R. Walker (1832–1897; aged 64) |
January 1, 1879 – December 31, 1882 |
4 years | |||
| 11 | No image available |
Jacob Henkle | January 1, 1883 – December 31, 1884 |
2 years | |||
| 12 |  |
William J. Mulvenon (1853–1915; aged 61) |
January 1, 1885 – December 31, 1888 |
4 years | |||
| 13 |  |
William "Bucky" O'Neill[4] (1860–1898; aged 38) |
January 1, 1889 – December 31, 1890 |
2 years | |||
| 14 | No image available |
James R. Lowry[4] (1850–1918; aged 67–68) |
January 1, 1891 – December 31, 1894 |
4 years | |||
| 15 | No image available |
George C. Ruffner[4] (1862–1933; aged 70) |
January 1, 1895 – December 31, 1898 |
4 years | Democrat | ||
| 16 | No image available |
John L. Munds[4] (1868–1953; aged 84) |
January 1, 1899 – December 31, 1902 |
4 years | Democrat | ||
| 17 | No image available |
Joseph I. Roberts (1865–1925; aged 60) |
January 1, 1903 – December 31, 1904 |
2 years | Republican | ||
| 18 | No image available |
James R. Lowry (2nd term) | January 1, 1905 – December 31, 1908 |
4 years | |||
| 19 | No image available |
James W. Smith | January 1, 1909 – December 31, 1911 |
3 years | |||
| 20 | No image available |
Charles C. Keeler (1859–?) |
January 1, 1912 – December 31, 1914 |
3 years | Republican | ||
| 21 | No image available |
Joseph F. Young (1871–1941; aged 70) |
January 1, 1915 – December 31, 1918 |
4 years | Democrat | ||
| 22 | No image available |
Warren G. Davis † (1875–1922; aged 46) |
January 1, 1919 – September 5, 1922 |
3 years, 247 days | Republican | ||
| 23 | No image available |
Joseph P. Dillon 1 (1864–1933; aged 69) |
September 6, 1922 – December 31, 1922 |
116 days | |||
| 24 | No image available |
George C. Ruffner (2nd Term) | January 1, 1923 – December 31, 1924 |
2 years | Democrat | ||
| 25 | No image available |
Edwin G. Weil (1870–1935; aged 64) |
January 1, 1925 – December 31, 1926 |
2 years | Republican | ||
| 26. | No image available |
George C. Ruffner (3rd Term) † | January 1, 1927 – July 23, 1933 |
6 years, 203 days | Democrat | ||
| 27 | No image available |
Robert M. Robbins 1 (1882–1957; aged 74) |
July 29, 1933 – December 31, 1940 |
7 years, 155 days | Republican | ||
| 28. | No image available |
Willis Butler (1910–1948; aged 38) |
January 1, 1941 – December 31, 1946 |
6 years | Democrat | ||
| 29 | No image available |
Orville D. Bozarth (1886–1976; aged 89) |
January 1, 1947 – December 31, 1954 |
8 years | Democrat | ||
| 30. | No image available |
James G. Cramer (1914–1992; aged 78) |
January 1, 1955 – December 31, 1962 |
8 years | Democrat | ||
| 31 | No image available |
G.A. "Al" Ayars 2 (1921–2007; aged 86) |
January 1, 1963 – August 31, 1974 |
11 years, 242 days | Republican | ||
| 32 | No image available |
Robert H. Scott 1 (1931–2015; aged 84) |
September 1, 1974 – December 31, 1976 |
2 years, 121 days | Republican | ||
| 33 | No image available |
Harold "Curly" Moore (1928–2015; aged 86) |
January 1, 1977 – December 31, 1988 |
12 years | Republican | ||
| 34 | No image available |
G.C. "Buck" Buchanan[5] (1942–2019; aged 77) |
January 1, 1989 – December 31, 2004 |
16 years | Republican | ||
| 35 | No image available |
Roy "Steve" Waugh 2 (born in 1945; aged 75) |
January 1, 2005 – June 2, 2011 |
6 years, 152 days | Republican | ||
| 36 | No image available |
Scott Mascher (born in 1961; aged 59) |
June 3, 2011 – December 31, 2020 |
9 years, 209 days | Republican | ||
| 37 | No image available |
David Rhodes[6] |
January 1, 2021 – Incumbent |
Republican | |||
Notes
- Appointed
- Resigned
- Abandoned
† died in office
Fallen officers
[edit]Since the establishment of the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office, eight officers have died in the line of duty.[7][8]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Official Website". Yavapai County Sheriff's Office.
- ^ Organization Chart
- ^ "Name of Sheriff - Yavapai County Sheriff's Office" (PDF). YCSOAZ.gov. Yavapai County Sheriff's Office. 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f Ball, Larry D. (1996). Desert lawmen : the high sheriffs of New Mexico and Arizona, 1846-1912 (1 ed.). Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 0-585-27386-3. OCLC 45731635.
- ^ "Death of former Sheriff G.C. Buck Buchanan 'end to an era'". The Daily Courier. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
- ^ "Arizona Election Results". results.arizona.vote. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
- ^ "Yavapai County Sheriff's Office, AZ".
- ^ "Yavapai County deputy killed in line of duty". Navajo-Hopi Observer News. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
