Graham County Sheriff's Office (Arizona)

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Graham County Sheriff's Office
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Graham County, Arizona, Arizona, United States
Map of Graham County Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction
Size	4,641 square miles (12,020 km2)
Population	37,416 (2012)
Legal jurisdiction	Graham County (excluding San Carlos Indian Reservation)
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Safford, Arizona
Agency executive	Preston "P.J." Allred, Sheriff
Facilities
Stations	1
Jails	1
Website
https://www.graham.az.gov/224/Sheriff

The Graham County Sheriff's Office (GCSO) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Graham County, Arizona. It provides general-service law enforcement to unincorporated areas of Graham County, serving as the equivalent of the police for unincorporated areas of the county. It also operates the county jail 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).^[1]

GCSO patrol vehicle in Safford.

Animal control[]

The GCSO provides animal control services to Thatcher, Pima, and unincorporated areas of the county, as well as assisting Safford Animal Control.

Graham County Animal Control is operated under the Graham County Animal Shelter.^[2]

Search and Rescue[]

The GCSO provides search and rescue services to Graham County. Also known as the Graham County SAR, the team is composed of trained volunteers who respond to search and rescue requests. The team actively trains to ensure that it is ready to respond to SAR situations within Graham County, including but not limited to swift water rescue, lost person searches, rope rescue, and some first-aid medical services. SAR operations are overseen directly by trained GCSO officers.

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- )

Fallen officers[]

Since the establishment of the Graham County Sheriff's Office, 6 officers have died in the line of duty.^[3]

See also[]

• List of law enforcement agencies in Arizona

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Graham County Sheriff's Office (Arizona).

• USA Cops – GCSO
• Graham County – Sheriff
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