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Multiple residents urge Yavapai County to adopt written restroom policy after disputed police report

Yavapai County Board of Supervisors · February 4, 2026
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During Feb. 4 public comment, several residents told the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors that a county employee used a women’s restroom and subsequently filed an unfounded assault report; speakers asked the board to institute a written policy restricting restroom access by 'biological men.'

Several residents used the Feb. 4 Yavapai County Board of Supervisors call‑to‑the‑public to demand a written county policy limiting restroom access in county buildings.

William Searle, a downtown Prescott business owner, said a self‑identified transgender county employee entered his store during a crowded fundraising event on Dec. 12 and later filed a police report alleging an assault. "It was a fabrication," Searle told the board, and he said store surveillance footage showed no…

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