Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Cochise County sheriff reports border-crime bookings, pursuit counts and $1.9 million state interdiction grant
Summary
Sheriff Mark Dannels told KWCD listeners that Cochise County recorded 1,286 bookings for border crimes in 2024, larger multi-year incarceration costs exceeding $14.4 million since 2022 and that the county was awarded $1.9 million from the governor's office to fund interdiction teams.
Sheriff Mark Dannels told listeners on the First Watch radio program that Cochise County booked 1,286 people on border-related crimes in 2024 and that the county has seen 4,170 total bookings for border crimes since 2022.
"We booked 1,286 people in jail," Sheriff Mark Dannels said, adding that the county recorded 564 drivers booked in pursuit-related arrests and that the county's incarceration costs for border crimes were about $4,100,000 for 2024. "The total cost last 3 years is a little bit of 14,400,000 plus in incarceration costs for…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
