Community Information Bulletin

The following information is provided in an effort to keep the citizens of Yuma County informed of monthly activities and statistics for the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office.
 

Community Events

During the month of February 2025, the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office participated in the following community events:

Silver Spur Rodeo Parade
On Saturday, February 8th, the Sheriff’s Office participated in the Silver Spur Rodeo Parade with a Patrol truck and boat, the YCSO Color Guard, the Sheriff’s Posse Mounted Color Guard, and a Sheriff’s Posse truck and trailer. The Sheriff’s Posse Mounted Color Guard took home the Mounted Color Guard Award!

Mystery Reader at Valley Horizon Elementary School
On Tuesday, February 18th, Sheriff’s Office Senior Deputy William Rice participated in the Mystery Reader program and read to students at Valley Horizon Elementary School.

Wellton Pioneer Day Parade
On Saturday, February 22nd, the Sheriff’s Office participated in the Wellton Pioneer Day Parade with a Patrol truck and boat, the YCSO Color Guard, and a Sheriff’s Posse truck and trailer.

Read Across America at Orange Grove Elementary
On Tuesday, February 25th, Sheriff’s Office Detention Officers participated in the Read Across America program and read to students at Orange Grove Elementary School.


Administration Bureau


Civil Department

During the month of February 2025, the YCSO Civil Department personnel provided the following services:
  • Fingerprinting: 150
  • Civil Process Service
    • Received 383 legal documents for service
    • Served 214 legal documents

Records Department

During the month of February 2025, the YCSO Records Department personnel processed the following:

Reports merged 1,960
Reports processed for court 299
Victim notifications received 179
Impounded vehicles 0
Impound releases 11
Validations 118
Public Records Requests completed 442
Local Record Checks completed 203
Scanned/Imported documents 4,413
Data entry 787
Jacket consolidations 54

Sex Offenders

The YCSO is responsible for registering sex offenders who reside in Yuma County. This includes new registrations, address changes and/or updates, and confirming offenders that have moved out of the area. During the month of February 2025, the YCSO:
  • Registered 4 new offenders
  • Confirmed 4 sex offenders moved out of Yuma County
  • Received 48 sex offender updates (includes address changes, employment changes, phone numbers, etc.)
  • Issued 0 community notifications
  • Conducted 58 sex offender compliance checks
  • Tracked a total of 339 sex offenders currently living in Yuma County:
    • Pending Level assessment: 1
    • Level 1: 193
    • Level 2: 78
    • Level 3: 67

  • Tracked 5 sex offenders incarcerated in the Yuma County Detention Center
 

Detention Bureau

During the month of February 2025, the average daily inmate population was 410, of which:
  • 350 were adult males
  • 60 were adult females
  • 55 are sentenced inmates

During this period, the YCSO Detention Bureau:

  • Processed an average of 13 bookings per day
  • Processed an average of 13 releases per day

A total of 377 inmates were admitted, of which:

  • 302 were adult males
  • 75 were adult females

A total of 361 inmates were released, of which:

  • 283 were adult males
  • 78 were adult females
 

Patrol Bureau

During the month of February 2025, the YCSO received an average of 321 calls for service per day.

Total calls for service: 8,992 (YTD: 18,506)

Traffic Related Incidents

  • 89 traffic collisions
    • 1 fatal collisions (YTD: 3)
    • 20 injury collisions (YTD: 39)
    • 1 injury collisions alcohol related (YTD: 2)
    • 55 non injury collisions (YTD: 125)
    • 2 non injury collisions alcohol related (YTD: 4)
    • 10 private property collisions (YTD: 25)
  • 125 traffic citations (YTD: 323)
  • 2 DUI citations (YTD: 10)
  • 185 traffic incidents (YTD: 369)
  • 109 traffic repair orders (YTD: 237)
  • 274 traffic warnings (YTD: 632)

Foothills Substation

The YCSO Foothills Substation received an average of 16 walk-in customers per day (Monday-Friday, excluding holidays) during the month of February 2025. During this period, Foothills Substation personnel processed the following:

Vacation notifications 0
Public Records Requests received 7
Public Records Requests completed 0
Local Record Checks received 1
Local Record Checks completed 1
Orders of Protection received 0
Orders of Protection served 0
Civil documents received 2
Civil documents served 1
Fingerprints 58
Notary Public 9
Tax payments received 0


Communications Department (Dispatch)

The YCSO Communications Department not only dispatches for the Sheriff’s Office, but they also dispatch calls for the Yuma County Animal Control, Wellton Police Department, Tacna Fire Department, Martinez Lake Fire Department, and Tri-Valley Ambulance.

During the month of February 2025, the YCSO Communications handled the following calls:

  • 911 calls: 2,305
  • Admin calls: 8,216
  • Outgoing calls: 2,042

During this same period, the YCSO Communications dispatched a total of 9,660 computer aided dispatch (CAD) calls as follows:

  • YCSO: 9,145
  • Other agencies: 515

Yuma County Narcotics Task Force

During the month of February 2025, the Yuma County Narcotics Task Force (YCNTF) served 3 search warrants and made 3 arrests which consisted of the following:
  • Drug Related Offenses: 7 (some arrests had multiple charges)

    • Distribution/Sales Charges: 1
      • 1 Fentanyl

    • Possession Charges: 6
      • 3 Drug Paraphernalia
      • 1 Fentanyl
      • 1 Methamphetamine
      • 1 Weapon

  • Non-Drug Related Offenses: 0

Breakdown of the total number persons arrested:

  • 3 males
  • 0 females

Drug Seizures
Drugs seized by the YCNTF during this period had a street value of $424,879.50 and consisted of the following:

Type of Drugs Qty Seized Street Value
Fentanyl 20,856.2 pills $417,124.00
Fentanyl Powder 150.31 pounds $7,515.50
Methamphetamine 12 grams $240.00

Non-Drug Seizures
In addition to drug seizures, YCNTF officers also seize assets that were either instruments or proceeds of the criminal activity, as well as paraphernalia items. During this period YCNTF officers seized:

  • 14 miscellaneous drug paraphernalia items
  • 1 firearm
  • $6,500.00 in U.S. currency
 

Yuma County Sheriff’s Office League of Volunteers

During the month of February 2025, the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office League of Volunteers (SOLV) donated a total of 1,270 hours to the YCSO and the community which consisted of the following:

Volunteer Group Hours Donated YTD Hours
Civilian Volunteers 451.5 830.5
Explorers 24 62
Posse 146 192
Reserve Deputies 29 34
Search and Rescue 96 152

Events & Call-Outs

Call-Outs: Some of the call-outs that the SOLV members worked during the month of January were as follows:

  • Civilian Volunteers: 1 call out to assist with traffic control at a fatality collision; 1 call out for a train derailment; and 1 call out for traffic control at an injury collision.

Events: Some of the events that the SOLV members participated in during the month of February were as follows:

  • Posse: Silver Spur Rodeo Grand Entry - Flag bearers
  • Posse & Reserve Deputies: Silver Spur Rodeo Parade, 2/08 - Parade Lead
  • Posse: Wellton Pioneer Days Parade, 2/22- entrant

Security, Traffic or Crowd Control

In addition to the above listed events, YCSO deputies, reserve deputies and/or volunteer units provided security, traffic or crowd control for the following events:
  • Silver Spur Rodeo - February 7-9
  • Kids at Hope Concert - February 22nd
 

Follow Us...

You can now follow the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office and receive the latest information from your Twitter account.

Twitter logo
 
Back to Top