DCSO History
CLICK HERE to read about the History of Law Enforcement in Douglas County, Colorado.
1862-1863

Charles F. Parkhurst
1864-1865

F.C. Johnson
1866-1867

A. Marshall
1868-1869

John Jones
1870-1872

David M. Woods
1873-1874

Bernard C. Killin [1]
1874-1874

Jacob Calvin Jones [2]
1874-1875

Christian Manhart
1876-1879

Adam Smith
1880-1881

Jose P. Adams
1882-1883

Henry M. Clay
1884-1887

Charles Anderson
1888-1891

George C. ‘Cole’ Briscoe
1892-1893

Hiram D. Benton
1894-1897

Walter M. Priest
1898-1900

Alford F. Stott
1900-1902

Edward Hoffman
1903-1904

Ruel S. Alford
1905-1906

Fred Hilburger
1907-1908

George Vossler
1909-1912

John Anderson
1913-1922

George Nickson
1923-1926

Roy McKissack
1927-1930

Lucius Cox
1931-1938

Charles H. Lowell
1939-1942

Samuel H. Buckner
1942-1946

H. Robert Campbell
1947-1970

John L. Hammond [3]
1971-1982

Royal C. McKinster
1983-2003

Stephen C. Zotos [4]
2003-2005

Michael Acree
2005-2014

David A. Weaver
2014 - 1/2023

Tony Spurlock
1/2023 - Present

Darren Weekly
[1] When Elbert County was created in 1874, Sheriff Killin became the new Elbert County Sheriff.
[2] Appointed to replace Sheriff Killan. Did not run for re-election.
[3] Sheriff Hammond was the longest-serving Douglas County Sheriff.
[4] Sheriff Zotos’ term was the second longest in the county’s century-and-a-half history.