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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).

Sheriffs # Portrait Name Term in office Length of service Party affiliation Previous office 1 Johnny Behan(1844–1912; aged 67) 1881–1882 2 years  Democratic 2 No image available Jerome L. Ward(1833–1913; aged 80) 1883–1884 2 years  Republican 3 No image available Robert S. Hatch(1841–1904; aged 62) 1885–1886 2 years 4 John Slaughter(1841–1922; aged 80) 1887–1890 3 years 5 No image available Carlton B. Kelton(1839–1925; aged 86) 1891–1892 2 years 6 No image available Scott White(1856–1935; aged 78) 1893–1894 2 years  Democratic Supervisor of Cochise County(1890–1892) 7 No image available C.S. Fly(1849–1901; aged 52) 1895–1897 2 years 8 No image available Scott White 1897–1900 3 years  Democratic Clerk of the District Court of Cochise County(1895–1896) 9 No image available Adelbert Lewis(1864–1911; aged 47) 1901–1904 3 years 10 No image available Stewart Hunt 1905–1906 2 years 11 No image available John F. White(1867–1947; aged 80) 1907–1912 5 years 12 Harry C. Wheeler(1875–1925; aged 50) 1913–1918 7 years 13 No image available Guy Welch(1879–1944; aged 64) 1918– 8 months Undersheriff(1912–1918) 14 No image available James F. McDonald 1918–1920 2 years Street superintendent of Bisbee, Arizona 15 No image available Joe C. Hood(1880–1960; aged 80) 1921–1922 2 years 16 No image available George Henshaw(1879–1963; aged 84) 1927–1930 3 years 17 No image available Fred Kenney †(1880–1931; aged 51) 1931–1932 2 years Acting No image available I. V. Pruitt June 18, 1932 –November 6, 193249 days  None Chief deputy 18 No image available Tom Voelker 1933–1934 2 years 19 No image available I. V. Pruitt(1893–1969; aged 76) 1935–1952 17 years 20 No image available J.W. "Jack" Howard(died 1959) 1953–1958 5 years Undersheriff 21 No image available Charlie Stewart 1959–1960 2 years Undersheriff 22 No image available Phil Olander(1929–2010; aged 81) 1961–1964 3 years 23 No image available T.J. "Jim" Wilson 1965–1976 11 years  Democratic 24 No image available Jimmy V. Judd(1933–2005; aged 72) 1977–1992 15 years  Democratic Undersheriff 25 No image available John R. Pintek 1993–1996 3 years  Democratic 26 No image available Larry A. Dever †(1951–2012; aged 60) 1997–2012 15 years  Republican Chief deputy Acting No image available Rod Rothrock September 18, 2012 –November 5, 201249 days  None Chief deputy 29 No image available Mark J. Dannels(born in 1963; aged 54) November 6, 2012–Incumbent 10 years  Republican Police Chief of Coquille, Oregon(2008–2011)

See also

List of law enforcement agencies in Arizona The Sheriff of Cochise, 1956-1957 TV series about a fictional sheriff of Cochise County

References

External links Cochise County Sheriff's webpage