Gila County Sheriff's Office

Gila County Sheriff's Office
Abbreviation GCSO

Patch of the Gila County Sheriff's Office
Agency overview
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction* County (US) of Gila County, Arizona in the state of Arizona, USA
Map of Gila County Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction.
Size 4,796 square miles (12,420 km2)
Population 51,335 (2000)
Governing body O
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters Globe, Arizona
Agency executive J. Adam Shepherd, Sheriff
Website
Gila County Sheriff's page
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

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]

Fallen officers

Since the establishment of the Gila County Sheriff's Office, 5 officers have died in the line of duty.[2]

Officer Date of Death Details
Sheriff Glenn Reynolds
Saturday, November 2, 1889
 Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff William A. Holmes
Saturday, November 2, 1889
 Gunfire
Sheriff Jerry Ryan
Sunday, June 1, 1890
 Drowned
Deputy Sheriff Charles Edwards
Friday, January 10, 1908
 Gunfire
Deputy Sheriff Mitchell Leroy Smith
Friday, September 13, 1946
 Vehicular assault

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Services for Gila County" (PDF). Gila County Sheriff's Office.
  2. ↑ The Officer Down Memorial Page

External links

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