The Gila County Sheriff's Office (GCSO) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Gila County, Arizona. It provides general-service law enforcement to unincorporated areas of Gila County, serving as the equivalent of the police for unincorporated areas of the county. It also operates the county jail system. The Gila County Sheriff's Office (GCSO) is primarily headquartered in Globe, Arizona, with a separate patrol, communications, and detention facility located in Payson, Arizona.[1]
The old sheriff's office and jail was built in 1910 and last used in 1981. It is now a museum.[2]
Between 2018 and 2022, the GCSO has been sued four times for mistreatment of mentally ill inmates in the county jail.[3]
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