About Us

The Weld County Sheriff’s Volunteers consist of Posse, Reserves, Explorers and Auxiliary. The various groups put in countless hours of volunteer time assisting the Sheriff’s Office in providing service to the Citizens of Weld County,

Activities include Patrolling, Bike Patrol, Computer data entry, filing, organizing case files, case follow-up, jail shake down team and a myriad of other activities.

Some of the major activities provided by our volunteers include Security for the Fourth of July Independence Stampede, Security for the Weld County Fair. Security for the Cattle Baron’s Ball and numerous other security events for various community projects.

Weld County Sheriff's Posse

Sheriff's Posses have existed in the United States since the 1700's.  In the West, territorial jurisdictions were vast and law enforcement was minimal.  Sheriff's and marshals often deputized citizens to capture criminals and enforce the law.  That is true today, the Sheriff's Posse is used by the Weld County Sheriff's Office to cover almost 4000 square miles of Weld County.  There has been a Sheriff's Posse in Weld County since the late 1800's.  Our current Posse was formed about 50 years ago.

The Posse's of the wild West were made up of a wide variety of citizens from all types of backgrounds and occupations.  The same is true of our current Posse, some of the members are already part of law enforcement, but many are in business, education, a few are retired.  They all have a desire to serve their community and to provide a service to the Sheriff's Office.

The current Posse is seen at many events throughout the entire year.  We provide security at the Stampede, the Weld County Fair, the Weld County Farm Show, and other large events.  The Posse serves as volunteer's at crime scenes, searches for missing persons and evidence gathering.  This is all done as volunteers, each Posse member donates their time and the use of their horse.  We also are seen at many parades throughout Weld County, which is positive image building for the Sheriff's Office.

The Posse participates in ongoing training for themselves and their horses on a monthly schedule.  The Posse practices horsemanship skills by participating in mounted law enforcement techniques, in gymkhana and rodeo type events.  This allows our Posse to prepare for our annual "State Posse Association Meet", we were honored to have Weld County be the host of this large event over the labor day weekend, 2005.  With the help of generous donations from many businesses and individuals we hosted an event that all of Weld County can be very proud of.

For further information on the Weld County Sheriff's Posse, call Investigator Vicki Harbert at 970-356-4015 extension 2853.

Weld County Sheriff’s Office
1950 O ST
Greeley, CO 80631
Tel, (970) 365-4015 ext  2803  Fax:(970)304-6467
Mmartinez@co.Weld.Co.us