Administration Bureau

Civil Department
During the month of December 2020, the YCSO Civil Department personnel provided the following services:

• Fingerprinting: 0 (service has been suspended due to COVID)
  
• Civil Process Service
  • Received 263 legal documents for service
  • Served 183 legal documents
    
    

Records Department
During the month of December 2020, 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 December 2020, the YCSO:

• Registered 0 new sex offenders
• Confirmed 1 sex offender moved out of Yuma County
• Received 7 sex offender updates (includes address changes, employment changes, phone numbers, etc.)
• Issued 0 community notifications
• Conducted 12 sex offender compliance checks

• Tracked a total of 271 sex offenders currently living in Yuma County
  • Level 1: 159
  • Level 2: 55
  • Level 3: 57
• Tracked 8 sex offenders incarcerated in the Yuma County Detention Center

• 359 were adult males
• 76 were adult females
• 1 was a juvenile male
• 61 are sentenced inmates

During this period, the YCSO Detention Bureau:

• Processed an average of 12 bookings per day
• Processed an average of 12 releases per day

A total of 369 inmates were admitted, of which:

• 296 were adult males
• 72 were adult females
• 1 was a juvenile male

A total of 375 inmates were released, of which:

• 284 were adult males
• 90 were adult females
• 1 was a juvenile male

Total calls for service: 9,258 (2020 Total: 115,970)

Traffic Related Incidents

• 102 traffic collisions (2020 Total: 975)
• 3 fatal collision (2020 Total: 12)
• 26 injury collisions (2020 Total: 234)
• 2 injury collisions alcohol related (2020 Total: 9)
• 52 non injury collisions (2020 Total: 543)
• 2 non injury collision alcohol related (2020 Total: 21)
• 17 private property collisions (2020 Total: 156)
• 64 traffic citations
• 2 DUI citations
• 174 traffic incidents
• 64 traffic repair orders
• 166 traffic warnings

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.

Phone Calls: 11,190

• Admin: 6,622
• 911: 2,741
• Outgoing: 1,827

During the month of December 2020, the YCSO Communications dispatched a total of 10,735 computer aided dispatch (CAD) calls, some of which consisted of the following:

CAD Calls:  10,735

• Fire/EMS: 145
• MVC: 101
• Alarm Calls: 97
• Animal Control: 151
• DV: 49
• Disturbance Calls: 22
• Assaults: 12
• Boating Calls: 1
• Court Assists: 234
• Shooting Disturbances: 22
• Field Investigations: 20
• Littering: 7
• Missing Persons/RAJs: 8
• Noise Disturbance: 147
• Offense Against Public Order: 21
• Public Assist: 95
• Public Assist Medical/Suicide Attempts: 29
• Traffic Stops/Incidents: 494 
• Welfare Checks: 156

Yuma County Narcotics Task Force
During the month of December 2020, the Yuma County Narcotics Task Force (YCNTF) served 1 search warrant and made 9 arrests which consisted of the following:

• Drug Related Offenses: 8 arrests
  
  
  • Transportation Arrests: 8
    • 3 Fentanyl
    • 5 Methamphetamine
      
      
• Non-Drug Related Arrests
• 1 traffic related arrest
  

Breakdown of the total number persons arrested:

• 6 adult males
• 3 adult females

Drug Seizures
Drugs seized by the YCNTF during this period had a street value of $741,891.80 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:

• 24 miscellaneous drug paraphernalia items

Some of the call-outs that the SOLV members worked during the month of December 2020 were as follows:

• Posse: 1 call-out for assistance with a livestock investigation
• Civilian volunteers: 3 call-outs for traffic control at a fatality collisions; 2 call-outs for crime scene security; and 1 call-out for traffic control at a collision with downed power lines
• Reserve Deputies: 2 call-outs to assist with traffic control at 2 vehicle collisions
• Search and Rescue: 1 call-out for a body recovery in the desert; 1 call-out for an injured hiker; and 1 call-out for crime scene security

Security, Traffic or Crowd Control
In addition to the above listed events, YCSO reserve deputies and/or volunteer units provided security, traffic or crowd control for the following events:

• Foothills Light Parade

NOTE: Normal SOLV activities have been suspended due to COVID-19

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