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.

Organization The current Sheriff is David Rhodes. The YCSO has three divisions:Organization Chart 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 # Portrait Name Term in office Length of service Party affiliation Previous office 1 No image available Van Ness Cummings Smith(1837–1914; aged 77) May 26, 1864–February 18, 1865 268 days  Democratic 2 No image available Jerome Calkins(1830–?) February 18, 1865–January 24, 1866 340 days  Republican 3 No image available John T. Bourke 1(1827–1868; aged 41) January 24, 1866–June 30, 1867 1 year, 157 days 4 No image available Andrew J. Moore 2(d. 1885) July 1, 1867–January 21, 1868 204 days 5 No image available John L. Taylor 1 January 21, 1868–December 31, 1870 2 years, 344 days 6 John H. Behan 1(1844–1912; aged 67) January 1, 1871–December 31, 1872 2 years 7 No image available James S. Thomas 3 January 1, 1873–January 5, 1874 1 year 8 No image available Henry M. Herbert 1(d. 1895) January 17, 1874–December 31, 1874 1 year 9 No image available Edward F. Bowers(1838–1879; aged 40) January 1, 1875–December 31, 1878 4 years 10 John R. Walker(1832–1897; aged 64) January 1, 1879–December 31, 1882 4 years 11 No image available Jacob Henkle January 1, 1883–December 31, 1884 2 years 12 William J. Mulvenon(1853–1915; aged 61) January 1, 1885–December 31, 1888 4 years 13 William "Bucky" O'Neill(1860–1898; aged 38) January 1, 1889–December 31, 1890 2 years 14 No image available James R. Lowry(1850–1918; aged 67–68) January 1, 1891–December 31, 1894 4 years 15 No image available George C. Ruffner(1862–1933; aged 70) January 1, 1895–December 31, 1898 4 years  Democrat 16 No image available John L. Munds(1868–1953; aged 84) January 1, 1899–December 31, 1902 4 years  Democrat 17 No image available Joseph I. Roberts(1865–1925; aged 60) January 1, 1903–December 31, 1904 2 years  Republican 18 No image available James R. Lowry (2nd term) January 1, 1905–December 31, 1908 4 years 19 No image available James W. Smith January 1, 1909–December 31, 1911 3 years 20 No image available Charles C. Keeler(1859–?) January 1, 1912–December 31, 1914 3 years  Republican 21 No image available Joseph F. Young(1871–1941; aged 70) January 1, 1915–December 31, 1918 4 years  Democrat 22 No image available Warren G. Davis †(1875–1922; aged 46) January 1, 1919–September 5, 1922 3 years, 247 days  Republican 23 No image available Joseph P. Dillon 1(1864–1933; aged 69) September 6, 1922–December 31, 1922 116 days 24 No image available George C. Ruffner (2nd Term) January 1, 1923–December 31, 1924 2 years  Democrat 25 No image available Edwin G. Weil(1870–1935; aged 64) January 1, 1925–December 31, 1926 2 years  Republican 26. No image available George C. Ruffner (3rd Term) † January 1, 1927–July 23, 1933 6 years, 203 days  Democrat 27 No image available Robert M. Robbins 1(1882–1957; aged 74) July 29, 1933–December 31, 1940 7 years, 155 days  Republican 28. No image available Willis Butler(1910–1948; aged 38) January 1, 1941–December 31, 1946 6 years  Democrat 29 No image available Orville D. Bozarth(1886–1976; aged 89) January 1, 1947–December 31, 1954 8 years  Democrat 30. No image available James G. Cramer(1914–1992; aged 78) January 1, 1955–December 31, 1962 8 years  Democrat 31 No image available G.A. "Al" Ayars 2(1921–2007; aged 86) January 1, 1963–August 31, 1974 11 years, 242 days  Republican 32 No image available Robert H. Scott 1(1931–2015; aged 84) September 1, 1974–December 31, 1976 2 years, 121 days  Republican 33 No image available Harold "Curly" Moore(1928–2015; aged 86) January 1, 1977–December 31, 1988 12 years  Republican 34 No image available G.C. "Buck" Buchanan(1942–2019; aged 77) January 1, 1989–December 31, 2004 16 years  Republican 35 No image available Roy "Steve" Waugh 2(born in 1945; aged 75) January 1, 2005–June 2, 2011 6 years, 152 days  Republican 36 No image available Scott Mascher(born in 1961; aged 59) June 3, 2011–December 31, 2020 9 years, 209 days  Republican 37 No image available David Rhodes January 1, 2021 –Incumbent  Republican

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 Little Miss Nobody case

References

External links Yavapai County government official website Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office at the Sharlot Hall Museum