Gila County Sheriff's Office
The Gila County Sheriff's Office 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 is primarily headquartered in Globe, Arizona, with a separate patrol, communications, and detention facility located in Payson, Arizona.
The old sheriff's office and jail was built in 1910 and last used in 1981. It is now a museum.
Between 2018 and 2022, the GCSO has been sued four times for mistreatment of mentally ill inmates in the county jail.
Sheriffs
- William "Burt" Murphy
- W.W. "Tip" Lowther
- Benjamin F. Pascoe
- E.E. Hodgeson
- George E. Shute
- Glen Reynolds - K.I.A
- Jerry Ryan
- John Henry Thompson
- Dan H. Williamson
- William T. Armstrong
- John Henry Thompson
- C.R. Rogers
- Edward P. Shanley
- W.G. Shanley
- John Henry Thompson
- Frank Haynes
- Thomas James Armer
- Eugene Shute
- Tol Kinsey
- James Alf Edwards
- Charles Byrne
- Bill Richardson
- Jack Jones
- Lyman Lee Peace
- Elton Jones
- Ted Lewis
- Lyman Lee Peace
- Joe Miguel Rodriguez
- John Robert Armer
- James Adam Shepard