The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office (YCSO) is a local law enforcement agency that serves
Yavapai County, Arizona
Yavapai County ( ) is a County (United States), county near the center of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 236,209, making it the fourth-most populous county in Arizona. The county s ...
. It provides general-service law enforcement to unincorporated areas of Yavapai County, serving as the equivalent of the
police
The police are Law enforcement organization, a constituted body of Law enforcement officer, people empowered by a State (polity), state with the aim of Law enforcement, enforcing the law and protecting the Public order policing, public order ...
for unincorporated areas of the county. It also operates the
county jail
A prison, also known as a jail, gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, or remand center, is a facility where people are imprisoned under the authority of the state, usually as punishment for various cr ...
system. The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office (YCSO) is headquartered in
Prescott, Arizona
Prescott ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. As of 2020 United States census, 2020 Census, the city's population was 45,827.
In 1864, Prescott was designated as the capital of the Arizona Territory, r ...
.
Organization
The current Sheriff is David Rhodes. The YCSO has three divisions:
* 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
Notes
# Appointed
# Resigned
# Abandoned
† ''died in office''
Fallen officers
Since the establishment of the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office, eight officers have died in the line of duty.
See also
*
List of law enforcement agencies in Arizona
This is a list of Law enforcement agency, law enforcement agencies in the U.S. state, 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 enforc ...
*
Little Miss Nobody case
References
External links
Yavapai County government official websiteYavapai County Sheriff’s Officeat the
Sharlot Hall Museum
The Sharlot Hall Museum is an open-air museum and heritage site located in Prescott, Arizona. Opened in 1928 by Sharlot M. Hall as the Gubernatorial Mansion Museum, the museum that now bears her name is dedicated to preserving the history and ...
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Sheriffs' offices of Arizona
Government of Yavapai County, Arizona
Prescott, Arizona
1864 establishments in Arizona Territory