DPS Ranger circles Bell Rock in Sedona after hiker calls for help Sedona AZ (July 31, 2013) – On Sunday, July 28, 2013, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office, along with its dedicated volunteer teams and DPS Ranger crews, were involved in several rescues. At 10:00 in the morning, YCSO was contacted by staff from a retirement home on Jacks Canyon Road in the Village of Oak Creek, Sedona, Arizona,... 

Rescue helicopters vital during search for two men who sent SOS signal in Verde canyon wilderness Sedona AZ (April 3, 2013) – On April 1, 2013, at approximately two o’clock in the afternoon, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a man reporting that his father, 55-year-old Thomas Bennett from Phoenix, was in some unknown distress in the Verde wilderness. The...