Recent Sheriff’s Office and Election News

St. Johns (Police) May Move Dispatch Services to Show Low (March 20, 2023) – Police Chief Lance Spivey–a former Apache County Sheriff’s Office Commander (who was in charge of ACSO’s dispatch center) has asked the St. John’s City Council to approve changing 911 and non-emergency dispatching services to Show Low because of serious problems with ACSO’s law enforcement dispatching services.

Apache County Sheriff, Recorder Sued over not Providing Public Records on Voting in Jails (January 28, 2021) – The Arizona Coalition to End Jail-Based Disenfranchisement and The Campaign Legal Center have sued Apache County Sheriff Joseph Dedman for failure to respond to a routine public records request, highlighting the lack of responsiveness of current Sheriff’s administration.