# Cochise County Sheriff's Office

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, 1932 | 49 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, 2012 | 49 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) |