Community Events
During the month of February 2023, the Yuma County Sheriff's Office participated in the following community events:

Silver Spur Rodeo and Parade
On Saturday, February 4th, the Sheriff’s Office participated in the Silver Spur Rodeo Parade with a Patrol truck and boat, Sheriff's Mounted Posse Color Guard, and Sheriff's Mounted Posse.

Hank Days Parade
On Saturday, February 18th, the Sheriff's Office participated in the Hank Days Parade with a Patrol truck and boat, YCSO Color Guard, Sheriff's Mounted Posse Color Guard, and Sheriff's Mounted Posse.

Wellton Pioneer Day Parade
On Saturday, February 25th, the Sheriff's Office participated in the Wellton Pioneer Day Parade with a Patrol truck and boat, YCSO Color Guard, Sheriff's Mounted Posse Color Guard, and Sheriff's Mounted Posse.

Administration Bureau

Civil Department
During the month of February 2023, the YCSO Civil Department personnel provided the following services:

• Fingerprinting: 135
  
• Civil Process Service
  • Received 551 legal documents for service
  • Served 194 legal documents
    
    

Records Department
During the month of February 2023, the YCSO Records Department personnel processed the following:

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 2023, the YCSO:

• Registered 11 new sex offender
• 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 61 sex offender compliance checks

• Tracked a total of 323 sex offenders currently living in Yuma County
  • Pending Level assessment: 4
  • Level 1: 186
  • Level 2: 73
  • Level 3: 60
• Tracked 4 sex offenders incarcerated in the Yuma County Detention Center

• 357 were adult males
• 73 were adult females
• 36 are sentenced inmates

During this period, the YCSO Detention Bureau:

• Processed an average of 14 bookings per day
• Processed an average of 14 releases per day

A total of 395 inmates were admitted, of which:

• 303 were adult males
• 91 were adult females
• 1 was a juvenile male

A total of 404 inmates were released, of which:

• 306 were adult males
• 97 were adult females
• 1 was a juvenile male

Total calls for service: 9,515

Traffic Related Incidents

• 91 traffic collisions
  • 2 fatal collisions
  • 0 fatal collision alcohol related
  • 26 injury collisions
  • 1 injury collision alcohol related
  • 59 non injury collisions
  • 1 non injury collisions alcohol related
  • 18 private property collisions
• 61 traffic citations
• 0 DUI citations
• 186 traffic incidents
• 52 traffic repair orders
• 253 traffic warnings

Foothills Substation
The YCSO Foothills Substation received an average of 9 walk-in customers per day (Monday-Friday, excluding holidays) during the month of February 2023. During this period, Foothills Substation personnel processed the following:

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.

• 911 calls: 3,236
• Admin calls: 6,071
• Outgoing calls: 2,217

During this same period, the YCSO Communications dispatched a total of 15,224 computer aided dispatch (CAD) calls as follows:

• YCSO: 9,688
• Other agencies: 5,536

Yuma County Narcotics Task Force
During the month of February 2023, the Yuma County Narcotics Task Force (YCNTF) served 1 search warrant and made 4 arrests which consisted of the following:

• Drug Related Offenses: 8 arrests (some arrests had multiple charges)
  
  
  • Contraband: 0
    • None
  • Distribution/Sales Arrests: 6
    • 2 Fentanyl
    • 4 Methamphetamine
  • Possession Arrests: 13
  • 3 Drug paraphernalia
  • 2 Fentanyl
  • 4 Methamphetamine
• Transportation Arrests:0
  • None
    
    
• Non-Drug Related: 0 arrests
  • None

Breakdown of the total number persons arrested:

• 3 adult males
• 1 adult female

Drug Seizures
Drugs seized by the YCNTF during this period had a street value of $1,372.00 and consisted of the following:

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:

• $784.00 in U.S. Currency
• 34 miscellaneous drug paraphernalia items

Events & Call-Outs

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

• Volunteers: 2 call outs for traffic control at fatality collisions.

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 Parade - February 4th
• Silver Spur Rodeo - February 10-12th
• Kids At Hope Concert - February 18th
• Hank's Day Parade - February 18th
• Harvest Dinner - February 23rd
• Wellton Pioneer Day Parade - February 25th

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