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.

Civil Department
During the month of January 2012, the YCSO Civil Department personnel:

• Rolled 228 fingerprints
• Received 475 new legal documents
• Served 827 legal documents
• Made 964 unsuccessful attempts to serve legal documents
• Received 100 new orders of protection
• Served 41 orders of protection

Records Department
During the month of January 2012, the YCSO Records Department personnel processed the following:

• Data entered cases: 930
• Data entered incidents: 2,168
• Validations: 69
• Victim notifications: 161
• Impound notifications: 41
• Processed reports: 3,501
• Completed Report Requests: 225
• Completed Records Checks: 112

Note: These statistics have no reflection on the total number of cases or incidents for the month.

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 January 2012, the YCSO:

• Registered 1 new sex offender
• Confirmed 3 sex offenders that moved out of the area
• Received 12 sex offender address changes
• Conducted 28 sex offender compliance checks
• Tracked a total of 316 sex offenders in Yuma County

During the month of January 2012, the YCSO Detention Bureau:

• Processed an average of 18 bookings per day
• Processed an average of 18 releases per day

During this period, the average daily inmate population was 576, of which:

• 483 were adult males
• 88 were adult females
• 5 were juvenile males
• 97 are sentenced inmates

During the month of January 2012, the YCSO received an average of 247 calls for service per day. During this period, the YCSO:

• Received 7,666 calls for service
• Responded to 51 non-injury accidents
• Responded to 14 injury accidents

Foothills Substation
The YCSO Foothills Substation received an average of 22 calls per day during the month of January 2012. During this period, Foothills Substation personnel and deputies:

• Received 692 calls, of which 209 required a deputy
• Received 586 walk in customers, of which 168 required a deputy
• Rolled 33 fingerprints
• Served 9 civil/legal documents
• Served 6 orders of protection/injunction against harassment
• Collected $4,118.21 in delinquent personal property taxes

District 4 - Martinez Lake
During the month of January 2012, the Boating Safety and Enforcement Unit deputies received a total of 55 calls for service, which included:

• 1 Trespass/Burglary
• 1 Criminal Damage
• 1 Theft
• 1 Arrest on Warrant
• 1 Injury Accident
• 1 Non-injury Accidents

During this period, the Boating Safety and Enforcement Unit deputies:

• Issued 2 traffic citations
• Issued 11 traffic warnings
• Responded to 6 traffic incidents
• Responded to 1 boating incident

Yuma County Narcotics Task Force
During the month of January 2012, the Yuma County Narcotics Task Force (YCNTF) made a total of 47 arrests for drug offenses which consisted of:

• 33 Marijuana Possession
• 1 Marijuana Distribution
• 2 Marijuana Transportation
• 1 Amphetamine/Methamphetamine Possession
• 1 Amphetamine/Methamphetamine Distribution
• 3 Hashish Possession

Of the total number persons arrested for drug offenses:

• 31 were male
• 16 were female
• 46 were first offenders
• 1 was a repeat offender

Drugs seized by the YCNTF during this period had a street value of $108,549.82 and consisted of:

• 14.06 grams of Hashish
• 238.04 pounds of Marijuana
• 184.08 grams of Amphetamine/Methamphetamine
• 5.14 grams of Psilocybin (Mushrooms)

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:

• 7 paraphernalia items
• 3 vehicles

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