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Yavapai County Sheriff's Office

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Yavapai County Sheriff's Office
AbbreviationYCSO
Agency overview
Formed1864
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionYavapai County, Arizona, USA
Map of Yavapai County Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction
Size8,128 square miles (21,050 km2)
Population212,635 (2007)
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersPrescott, Arizona
Agency executive
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

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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

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#[3] Portrait Name Term in office Length of Service Party affiliation Previous office
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Van Ness Cummings Smith
(1837–1914; aged 77)
May 26, 1864

February 18, 1865
268 days   Democratic
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Jerome Calkins
(1830–?)
February 18, 1865

January 24, 1866
340 days   Republican
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John T. Bourke 1
(1827–1868; aged 41)
January 24, 1866

June 30, 1867
1 year, 157 days
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Andrew J. Moore[4] 2
(d. 1885)
July 1, 1867

January 21, 1868
204 days
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John L. Taylor 1 January 21, 1868

December 31, 1870
2 years, 344 days
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John H. Behan 1
(1844–1912; aged 67)
January 1, 1871

December 31, 1872
2 years
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James S. Thomas 3 January 1, 1873

January 5, 1874
1 year
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Henry M. Herbert 1
(d. 1895)
January 17, 1874

December 31, 1874
1 year
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Edward F. Bowers[4]
(1838–1879; aged 40)
January 1, 1875

December 31, 1878
4 years
10
Sheriff John R. Walker
Sheriff John R. Walker
John R. Walker
(1832–1897; aged 64)
January 1, 1879

December 31, 1882
4 years
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Jacob Henkle January 1, 1883

December 31, 1884
2 years
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William J. Mulvenon
William J. Mulvenon
William J. Mulvenon
(1853–1915; aged 61)
January 1, 1885

December 31, 1888
4 years
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William "Bucky" O'Neill[4]
(1860–1898; aged 38)
January 1, 1889

December 31, 1890
2 years
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James R. Lowry[4]
(1850–1918; aged 67–68)
January 1, 1891

December 31, 1894
4 years
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George C. Ruffner[4]
(1862–1933; aged 70)
January 1, 1895

December 31, 1898
4 years   Democrat
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John L. Munds[4]
(1868–1953; aged 84)
January 1, 1899

December 31, 1902
4 years   Democrat
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Joseph I. Roberts
(1865–1925; aged 60)
January 1, 1903

December 31, 1904
2 years   Republican
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James R. Lowry (2nd term) January 1, 1905

December 31, 1908
4 years
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James W. Smith January 1, 1909

December 31, 1911
3 years
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Charles C. Keeler
(1859–?)
January 1, 1912

December 31, 1914
3 years   Republican
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Joseph F. Young
(1871–1941; aged 70)
January 1, 1915

December 31, 1918
4 years   Democrat
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Warren G. Davis
(1875–1922; aged 46)
January 1, 1919

September 5, 1922
3 years, 247 days   Republican
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Joseph P. Dillon 1
(1864–1933; aged 69)
September 6, 1922

December 31, 1922
116 days
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George C. Ruffner (2nd Term) January 1, 1923

December 31, 1924
2 years   Democrat
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Edwin G. Weil
(1870–1935; aged 64)
January 1, 1925

December 31, 1926
2 years   Republican
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George C. Ruffner (3rd Term) January 1, 1927

July 23, 1933
6 years, 203 days   Democrat
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Robert M. Robbins 1
(1882–1957; aged 74)
July 29, 1933

December 31, 1940
7 years, 155 days   Republican
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Willis Butler
(1910–1948; aged 38)
January 1, 1941

December 31, 1946
6 years   Democrat
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Orville D. Bozarth
(1886–1976; aged 89)
January 1, 1947

December 31, 1954
8 years   Democrat
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James G. Cramer
(1914–1992; aged 78)
January 1, 1955

December 31, 1962
8 years   Democrat
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G.A. "Al" Ayars 2
(1921–2007; aged 86)
January 1, 1963

August 31, 1974
11 years, 242 days   Republican
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Robert H. Scott 1
(1931–2015; aged 84)
September 1, 1974

December 31, 1976
2 years, 121 days   Republican
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Harold "Curly" Moore
(1928–2015; aged 86)
January 1, 1977

December 31, 1988
12 years   Republican
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G.C. "Buck" Buchanan[5]
(1942–2019; aged 77)
January 1, 1989

December 31, 2004
16 years   Republican
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Roy "Steve" Waugh 2
(born in 1945; aged 75)
January 1, 2005

June 2, 2011
6 years, 152 days   Republican
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Scott Mascher
(born in 1961; aged 59)
June 3, 2011

December 31, 2020
9 years, 209 days   Republican
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David Rhodes[6]
January 1, 2021

Incumbent
  Republican

Notes

  1. Appointed
  2. Resigned
  3. Abandoned

died in office

Fallen officers

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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

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  1. ^ "Official Website". Yavapai County Sheriff's Office.
  2. ^ Organization Chart
  3. ^ "Name of Sheriff - Yavapai County Sheriff's Office" (PDF). YCSOAZ.gov. Yavapai County Sheriff's Office. 2015.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Death of former Sheriff G.C. Buck Buchanan 'end to an era'". The Daily Courier. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  6. ^ "Arizona Election Results". results.arizona.vote. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  7. ^ "Yavapai County Sheriff's Office, AZ".
  8. ^ "Yavapai County deputy killed in line of duty". Navajo-Hopi Observer News. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
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