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Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, Utah
| Appointee | Rosie Rivera |
|---|---|
| Role | Sheriff |
| Organisation | Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, Utah |
| Domain | Law Enforcement |
| Start | 15 August 2017 |
| End | Currently in role |
| Notes | First woman elected sheriff in Utah history; also first Latina to hold the office in the state |
Rosie Rivera was sworn in as sheriff of Salt Lake County, Utah on 15 August 2017, becoming the first woman elected sheriff in the history of Utah — and the first Latina to hold the office in the state. Salt Lake County is Utah's largest jurisdiction; Rivera came to the office after a 24-year career in Unified Police of Greater Salt Lake. She has been re-elected to subsequent terms and is still serving.
Multiple Utah press accounts emphasise that Rivera was the first woman elected statewide in this position — in roughly 130 years of Utah county sheriff offices. The next Utah first-woman event noted by the dataset is Kacey Bates's October 2025 swearing-in as Summit County sheriff.
Sources
- Salt Lake County — Sheriff Rosie Rivera official page
- Deseret News — Rosie Rivera becomes first woman elected as Salt Lake County sheriff (2017-08-12)
- Salt Lake Tribune — She was a teen mother, a high school dropout and an onion-field worker — now she's Utah's first female sheriff (2017-12-17)
- KSLTV — Summit County swears in first-ever female sheriff (Bates background)
