Cochise County, Arizona
Cochise County · Bisbee is the seat · Sierra Vista is the large city · Phoenix is the capital of Arizona
Bisbee is the seat. Sierra Vista is the large city — not the hall.
Cochise County, Arizona, was erected 1 February 1881 and named for the Chiricahua leader Cochise. Bisbee is the seat. It is a hillside copper town in the Mule Mountains. It is not the capital of Arizona. Phoenix is. Sierra Vista is the large city of this county. Fort Huachuca sits next to it. Sierra Vista is not the hall. Tombstone is a town. It is not the county government. Douglas sits on the Mexico line. It is not the hall. Benson and Willcox are cities in this county — they are not the hall. Tucson is Pima County. This is not Cochise as Tucson. This Sheriff is the county officer. This Sheriff is not Sierra Vista Police, not Bisbee Police, not Douglas Police, and not the Army.
Places include Bisbee, Sierra Vista, Douglas, Benson, Willcox, Tombstone, Huachuca City, Naco, Pearce, Portal, and Bowie. 2020 census: 125,447. This page is Side One for the place. The Sheriff’s job — remainder patrol and the jail at 203 North Judd Drive this badge still holds — is taught at Office of the Sheriff — Cochise County.
Three supervisors sit at 1415 Melody Lane, Building G. Tombstone is a town.
Cochise is a three-member Board of Supervisors, one supervisor per district. The board chooses a Chair. A County Administrator sits with the board. Meetings list at 1415 Melody Lane, Building G, Bisbee, AZ 85603. They fund roads, the jail, and the Sheriff’s budget. They do not hire the Sheriff. The people do. Bisbee City Council is a city body. Sierra Vista City Council is a city body. The Arizona Legislature sits in Phoenix. None of those is this Board.
The Cochise County Superior Court — Bisbee is at 100 Quality Hill Road, Bisbee, AZ 85603. Divisions also list in Sierra Vista at 100 Colonia de Salud. Confirm at cochise.az.gov and the Arizona Judicial Branch. Tucson’s courthouse is Pima. Nogales is Santa Cruz.
The Sheriff is four years, Arizona Constitution Article XII, § 3, on the presidential table. Last regular Tuesday, 5 November 2024. Next regular Tuesday, 7 November 2028. Take office 1 January 2029. 2026 is the Governor. That is a different desk in Phoenix. The Mayor of Bisbee is a city clock. The Mayor of Sierra Vista is a city clock.
Mexico is the south line. Tucson is Pima. This is not Cochise as Tucson.
A southeast rectangle. Interstate 10 crosses the north at Benson. U.S. 80 is the Bisbee–Douglas spine. State 90 serves Sierra Vista. Pima County is west — Tucson is that hall, and Tucson is not the capital. Santa Cruz is southwest — Nogales is that hall. Graham is north. Hidalgo County, New Mexico, is east. Sonora, Mexico, is south — Agua Prieta faces Douglas. Fort Huachuca is the Army. It is not this county government. Staff who paste Tucson onto Quality Hill, or treat Sierra Vista as this hall, or file Tombstone as the county government, are on the wrong county.
How a public finds Quality Hill, Melody Lane, and Judd Drive
Board of Supervisors / Administration: 1415 Melody Lane, Building G. Recorder lists Building B on the same campus. Elections list Building E. Superior Court (Bisbee): 100 Quality Hill Road. County Attorney lists 150 Quality Hill Road. Sheriff’s Office: 205 North Judd Drive, Bisbee, AZ 85603. County Jail: 203 North Judd Drive. Confirm live doors at cochise.az.gov before you drive. A student who only knows a Sierra Vista sprawl photograph, or a Tombstone tourist set, or a Tucson postcard, has not found this campus.
Douglas, Benson, Willcox — still this county, not this hall
Crime in unincorporated Cochise — Pearce, Portal, Bowie country, the remainder around Sierra Vista and Douglas that is county — is this Sheriff. Crime in Bisbee is often Bisbee Police. Crime in Sierra Vista is often Sierra Vista Police. Crime in Douglas, Benson, Willcox, Tombstone, or Huachuca City is often those municipal departments. Fort Huachuca is the Army. This Sheriff is not those badges. The county’s own jail directory lists the main jail in Bisbee at 203 North Judd Drive, with substations / temporary holding in Sierra Vista (100 Colonia de Salud) and Willcox (450 South Curtis Avenue). The Bisbee house is this badge’s shop. ADC is the state. Do not send a family looking for a county booking to Sierra Vista City Hall, to Tucson, or to Phoenix.
Civil process and court security at 100 Quality Hill are the Sheriff. Rights do not change at Mule Pass. Remedy for Sierra Vista Police is the City. Remedy for a Sheriff’s paper is the Sheriff. Relief when monsoon hits the Mule Mountains is this count first.
What the border rectangle actually watches
Court calendars at Quality Hill. A wreck on I-10 at Benson. Dust on U.S. 80 toward Douglas. A night road outside Portal. Coordination with city police, DPS, CBP, and Fort Huachuca without becoming those departments. Coordination with Pima’s Sheriff or Santa Cruz’s Sheriff is mutual aid between two offices, not a merger, and not a reason to file Tucson as this hall. A Sierra Vista photograph does not steal the seat. Phoenix remains the capital.
Bisbee snapshot (verify official sources)
- Seat: Bisbee · Large city (not the hall): Sierra Vista · Town (not the government): Tombstone
- Government: three district Supervisors · Melody Lane Building G · court 100 Quality Hill Road
- Sheriff: four years · 2028 · remainder patrol and Bisbee jail this Sheriff still holds · jail 203 North Judd Drive
- Neighbors: Pima (Tucson) · Santa Cruz (Nogales) · Graham · Hidalgo NM · Sonora, Mexico
- Not Tucson as this hall · Not Sierra Vista as this hall · Not Tombstone as this government · Not Sierra Vista PD as this Sheriff
What Cochise County is not — Sierra Vista is not the hall
- Not Sierra Vista as the county hall. Not Fort Huachuca as this Board.
- Not Tombstone as the county government. Not a tourist set as this seat.
- Not Tucson. Not Pima. Not Nogales as this hall.
- Not Bisbee Police as this Sheriff. Not DPS as this oval. Not ADC as this jailer.
- Not Phoenix as this county seat. Phoenix is the capital. Bisbee is the seat.
- Not a campaign flyer.