Cochise County Sheriff's Office

Cochise County Sheriff's Office
Patch of Cochise County Sheriff's Office
Patch of Cochise County Sheriff's Office
AbbreviationCCSO
MottoLeading The Way
Agency overview
Formed1881; 143 years ago (1881)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionCochise, Arizona, USA
Map of Cochise County Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction
Size6,219 square miles (16,110 km2)
Population117,755 (2000)
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersBisbee, Arizona
Agency executive
Facilities
PlanesHelicopter - Geronimo
Website
Cochise County Sheriff's Office

The Cochise County Sheriff's Office (CCSO), headquartered in Bisbee, Arizona, is a local law enforcement agency that serves Cochise County, Arizona. It provides general-service law enforcement to unincorporated areas of Cochise County, serving as the equivalent of the police for unincorporated areas of the county. It also operates the county jail system. The Cochise County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) is sometimes referred to as the Cochise County Sheriff's Department (CCSD).[1]

Sheriffs

#[2] Portrait Name Term in office Length of Service Party affiliation Previous office
1 Johnny Behan[3]
(1844–1912; aged 67)
1881

1882
2 years   Democratic
2 No image
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Jerome L. Ward[3]
(1833–1913; aged 80)
1883

1884
2 years   Republican
3 No image
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Robert S. Hatch[3]
(1841–1904; aged 62)
1885

1886
2 years
4 John Slaughter[3]
(1841–1922; aged 80)
1887

1890
3 years
5 No image
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Carlton B. Kelton[3]
(1839–1925; aged 86)
1891

1892
2 years
6 No image
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Scott White[3]
(1856–1935; aged 78)
1893

1894
2 years   Democratic Supervisor of Cochise County
(1890–1892)
7 No image
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C.S. Fly
(1849–1901; aged 52)
1895

1897
2 years
8 No image
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Scott White 1897

1900
3 years   Democratic Clerk of the District Court of Cochise County
(1895–1896)
9 No image
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Adelbert Lewis[3]
(1864–1911; aged 47)
1901

1904
3 years
10 No image
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Stewart Hunt[3] 1905

1906
2 years
11 No image
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John F. White[3]
(1867–1947; aged 80)
1907

1912
5 years
12 Harry C. Wheeler[3]
(1875–1925; aged 50)
1913

1918
7 years
13 No image
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Guy Welch
(1879–1944; aged 64)
1918


8 months Undersheriff
(1912–1918)
14 No image
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James F. McDonald 1918

1920
2 years Street superintendent of Bisbee, Arizona
15 No image
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Joe C. Hood
(1880–1960; aged 80)
1921

1922
2 years
16 No image
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George Henshaw
(1879–1963; aged 84)
1927

1930
3 years
17 No image
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Fred Kenney
(1880–1931; aged 51)
1931

1932
2 years
Acting No image
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I. V. Pruitt June 18, 1932

November 6, 1932
49 days   None Chief deputy
18 No image
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Tom Voelker 1933

1934
2 years
19 No image
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I. V. Pruitt
(1893–1969; aged 76)
1935

1952
17 years
20 No image
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J.W. "Jack" Howard
(died 1959)
1953

1958
5 years Undersheriff
21 No image
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Charlie Stewart 1959

1960
2 years Undersheriff
22 No image
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Phil Olander
(1929–2010; aged 81)
1961

1964
3 years
23 No image
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T.J. "Jim" Wilson 1965

1976
11 years   Democratic
24 No image
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Jimmy V. Judd
(1933–2005; aged 72)
1977

1992
15 years   Democratic Undersheriff
25 No image
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John R. Pintek 1993

1996
3 years   Democratic
26 No image
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Larry A. Dever
(1951–2012; aged 60)
1997

2012
15 years   Republican Chief deputy
Acting No image
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Rod Rothrock September 18, 2012

November 5, 2012
49 days   None Chief deputy
29 No image
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Mark J. Dannels
(born in 1963; aged 54)
November 6, 2012

Incumbent
10 years   Republican Police Chief of Coquille, Oregon
(2008–2011)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Official Website". Cochise County Sheriff's Office.
  2. ^ "Sirens, Whistles and Badges ... Oh, My!" (PDF). TucsonFireFoundation.com. Henry F. Hauser Museum. 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j 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.