Gila County Sheriff's Office Explained

Agencyname:	Gila County Sheriff's Office
Abbreviation:	GCSO
Patch:	AZ - Gila County Sheriff.png
Country:	United States of America
Countryabbr:	USA
Divtype:	State
Divname:	Arizona
Subdivtype:	County (United States)
Subdivname:	Gila County, Arizona
Map:	Map of Arizona highlighting Gila County.svg
Sizearea:	4796sqmi
Sizepopulation:	51,335 (2000)
Governingbody:	O
Police:	Yes
Local:	Yes
Headquarters:	Globe, Arizona
Chief1name:	J. Adam Shepherd
Chief1position:	Sheriff
Website:	Gila County Sheriff's page

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]

Sheriffs

• William "Burt" Murphy (1 Jul 1881- 7 Nov 1881)
• W.W. "Tip" Lowther (7 Nov 1881- 7 Nov 1882)
• Benjamin F. Pascoe (7 Nov 1882- 7 Nov 1886)
• E.E. Hodgeson (7 Nov 1886- 15 Jun 1887)
• George E. Shute (15 Jun 1887- 7 Nov 1888)
• Glen Reynolds (7 Nov 1888- 2 Nov 1889)- K.I.A^[4]
• Jerry Ryan (acting, 2 Nov 1889- 7 Nov 1890)
• John Henry Thompson (7 Nov 1890- 7 Nov 1896)^[5]
• Dan H. Williamson (7 Nov 1896- 7 Nov 1898)
• William T. Armstrong (7 Nov 1898- 7 Nov 1900)^[6]
• John Henry Thompson (7 Nov 1900- 7 Nov 1902)
• C.R. Rogers (7 Nov 1902- 7 Nov 1905)
• Edward P. Shanley (7 Nov 1905- 7 Nov 1906)^[7]
• W.G. Shanley (acting, 7 Nov 1906- 15 Jun 1907)
• John Henry Thompson (15 Jun 1907- 7 Nov 1911)
• Frank Haynes (7 Nov 1911- 7 Nov 1916)
• Thomas James Armer (7 Nov 1916- 7 Nov 1918)^[8]
• Eugene Shute (7 Nov 1918- 7 Nov 1920)
• Tol Kinsey (7 Nov 1920- 7 Nov 1922)
• James Alf Edwards (7 Nov 1922- 7 Nov 1930)
• Charles Byrne (7 Nov 1930- 7 Nov 1940)
• Bill Richardson (7 Nov 1940- 7 Nov 1948)
• Jack Jones (7 Nov 1948- 7 Nov 1964)
• Lyman Lee Peace (7 Nov 1964- 7 Nov1966)
• Elton Jones (7 Nov 1966-7 Nov 1970)
• Ted Lewis (7 Nov 1970- 7 Nov 1972)
• Lyman Lee Peace (7 Nov 1972- 7 Nov 1984)
• Joe Miguel Rodriguez (7 Nov 1984- 7 Nov 2000)
• John Robert Armer (7 Nov 2000- 7 Nov 2012)
• James Adam Shepard (7 Nov 2012-)

See also

• List of law enforcement agencies in Arizona

External links

• Gila County Sheriff's Office webpage

Notes and References

1. Web site: Services for Gila County . Gila County Sheriff's Office .
2. Web site: 1910 Jail . 2022-11-07 . Globe Downtown . en-US.
3. Web site: 2021-10-13 . Gila County faces 4th claim citing jail abuses against mentally ill inmates . 2022-11-07 . ABC15 Arizona in Phoenix (KNXV) . en.
4. Book: Hutton, Paul Andrew . The Apache wars: the hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the captive boy who started the longest war in American history . 2016 . 978-0-7704-3581-3 . 1 . New York . 854613875.
5. Book: Hayes , Jess G. . Sheriff Thompson's Day: Turbulence in the Arizona Territory. Southwest chronicles. University of Arizona Press. 1968. 978-0-598-05606-1.
6. Book: Grassé, David . The true story of notorious Arizona outlaw Augustine Chacón . 2021 . Mark Boardman . 978-1-4671-4796-5 . Charleston, SC . 1252762850.
7. Book: McKanna, Clare V. Jr. . Homicide, race, and justice in the American West, 1880-1920 . 1997 . University of Arizona Press . 978-0-8165-4935-1 . Tucson . 680449826.
8. Book: Osselaer , Heidi J. . Arizona's Deadliest Gunfight: Draft Resistance and Tragedy at the Power Cabin, 1918. University of Oklahoma Press. 2018. 978-0-8061-6142-6.