Sedona AZ (December 2, 2014) – The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office will be testing the Emergency Notification System (ENS), also known as Code Red, on Wednesday, December 3, by calling the entire community. The calls will begin at 10:00 in the morning and will continue until the entire database has been attempted. These calls will give Yavapai Sheriff Communication’s personnel the... 

Yavapai County Sheriff Scott Mascher Sedona AZ (August 28, 2014) – Yesterday’s collision on State Highway 89 south of Chino Valley, Arizona, involved Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office employee Anthony “Tony” Palermo, 73, who works in a civilian capacity as its Crime Prevention Specialist. Tony has spent hundreds of hours hosting neighborhood watch programs and community events around the... 

Granite Mountain Hotshots crew prior to the Yarnell Arizona fire Sedona AZ (November 5, 2013) – Yavapai County Attorney Shelia Polk announced today that a settlement was reached which will ensure the photographs taken by the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office in connection with the death of the nineteen Granite Mountain Hotshots will not be released to the media. Within hours following the tragedy,... 

Sedona AZ (April 16, 2013) – Yavapai County Sheriff Scott Mascher held a promotion ceremony at YCSO headquarters in Prescott, Arizona, today. Former Lt. Jeff Newnum, who supervised the Southern Area Patrol Command, was promoted to the rank of Captain and will oversee the Law Enforcement Services Division Criminal Investigations Bureau along with the Northern, Southern, and Eastern patrol commands. Newnum,... 

Sedona AZ (April 9, 2013) –  During the Western States Sheriff’s Association (WSSA) Annual Conference this past March in Las Vegas, Nevada, Yavapai County (Arizona) Sheriff Scott Mascher was elected to its Board of Directors. The WSSA was formed in order to improve and provide effective service and protection to all citizens of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico,... 

Sedona AZ (January 11, 2013) – Late this afternoon, Department of Public Safety officials notified Sheriff Scott Mascher that YCSO Lt. Wayne Loughrige, 51, and his son, Joseph Arter, 17, were both killed in single vehicle collision. The accident occurred on southbound Highway 69, milepost 277, in Humboldt, Arizona. DPS officers indicate a 2005 Dodge Durango, driven by Wayne, drifted into the...