The Graham County Sheriff's Office (GCSO) is a local law enforcement agency that serves
Graham County, Arizona
Graham County is a county in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,533, making it the third-least populous county in Arizona. The county seat is Safford.
Graham County composes the ...
. It provides general-service law enforcement to unincorporated areas of Graham County, serving as the equivalent of the
police
The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and th ...
for unincorporated areas of the county. It also operates the
county jail
A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correct ...
system and the 24/7 countywide 911 communications center. The Graham County Sheriff's Office is sometimes referred to as the Graham County Sheriff's Department (GCSD).
Animal control
The GCSO provides animal control services to
Thatcher,
Pima, and unincorporated areas of the
county
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
, as well as assisting Safford Animal Control. Graham County Animal Control is operated under the Graham County Animal Shelter.
Sheriffs
* C.B. Rose (1 Jul 1881- 7 Nov 1881)
* George H. Stevens (7 Nov 1881- 7 Nov 1884)
* Ben M. Crawford (7 Nov 1884- 3 Dec 1885)- Killed By Indians
* William Baird Whelan (3 Dec 1885- 7 Nov 1890)
* George A. Olney (7 Nov 1890- 7 Nov 1894)
* Arthur A. Wright (7 Nov 1894- 7 Nov 1896)
* William P. Birchfield (7 Nov 1896- 7 Nov 1898)
* Ben R. Clark (7 Nov 1899- 7 Nov 1900)
* James V. Parks (7 Nov 1900- 7 Nov 1906)
* Alphie A. "Pap" Anderson (7 Nov 1907- 7 Nov 1912)
* Thomas George Alger (7 Nov 1912- 7 Nov 1916)
* Robert Fitzgerald Mcbride (7 Nov 1916- 9 Feb 1918)- Killed in Shootout
* Brig Stewart (9 Feb 1918- 7 Nov 1918)
* John David Skaggs (7 Nov 1918- 7 Nov 1922)
* Steven Vincent Pollock (7 Nov 1922- 7 Nov 1924)'
* Homer Tate (7 Nov 1924- 7 Nov 1926)
* George Samuel Dodge (7 Nov 1926- 7 Nov 1933)
* Hugh Talley (7 Nov 1933- 19 Nov 1936) Died In Office
* Sarah Isabelle "Bell" Talley (acting, 19 Nov 1936- 7 Nov 1936)
* Victor Christensen (7 Nov 1938- 7 Nov 1944)
* James Houston "Skeet" Bowman (7 Nov 1944- 7 Nov 1952)
* E.R. "Zeke" McBride (Jan 1953- Jan 1957
* Joseph Tea ( 7 Nov 1952- 7 Nov 1950)
* James Houston "Skeet" Bowman (7 Nov 1950- 7 Nov 1968)
* Harold Stevens (7 Nov 1968- 7 Nov 1978)
* Roy Curtis (7 Nov 1978- 7 Nov 1988)
*
Richard Ivan Mack (7 Nov 1988- 7 Nov 1996)
* Frank Hughes (7 Nov 1996- 7 Nov 2010)
* Preston "P.J." Allred (7 Nov 2010- )
See also
*
List of law enforcement agencies in Arizona
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Arizona.
According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 ''Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies,'' the state had 141 law enforcement agencies employing 14,591 sworn ...
References
External links
{{commons category, Graham County Sheriff's Office (Arizona)
USA Cops – GCSOGraham County – Sheriff
Sheriffs' offices of Arizona
Government of Graham County, Arizona