What Park County Sheriff does

Park County Sheriff's Office is a county government law enforcement agency headquartered in Cody, Wyoming, with a secondary site in Meeteetse, serving residents and workers of Park County. It discharges the statutory sheriff function for the jurisdiction, providing patrol, detention, dispatch, search and rescue, and homeland security coordination through a 24-hour communications center reachable at 307-527-8700 or 307-754-8700.

Its service portfolio is anchored on two layers. The core operational layer consists of patrol services, county detention facilities, a 24-hour communications and dispatch center, search and rescue operations, and homeland security coordination. The public-facing digital layer is built on the Hyper-Reach mass emergency notification platform — selected and made fully operational in December 2023 as a replacement for the prior Code Red service. Hyper-Reach delivers alerts via telephone calls, text messages, email, and TTY/TDD for hearing-impaired residents, integrates with FEMA's Wireless Emergency Alert system for broader mobile coverage, and offers geographic household targeting. Supplementary citizen services include a weather station, sex offender registry, victim information notifications (VINE), concealed firearm permit processing, and community programs such as Blue Angel and Kidprint-ID. The Hyper-Reach Anywhere smartphone app and Alexa skill extend alert delivery to additional consumer endpoints.

The business model is non-commercial. As a county government agency, Park County Sheriff's Office is funded by county taxpayer dollars and provides services at no direct charge to residents; emergency notification services are likewise provided without cost. Hyper-Reach is delivered through inter-agency coordination with the Park County Office of Homeland Security, Cody Police Department, Powell Police Department, and Park County Public Works Department. The lead contact, Sheriff Darrell Steward, is a publicly elected official with stated focus on keeping Park County a safe place to live and raise a family. The stated headcount of 8 in source data likely reflects specific indexed team entries rather than total sworn and civilian personnel, who in practice would be larger for an agency of this scope.

Name

Park County Sheriff

Legal name

Park County Sheriff's Office

Website

https://parkcountysheriff.net

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Park County Sheriff's Office is a county government law enforcement agency in Cody, Wyoming, providing patrol, detention, dispatch, search and rescue, and mass emergency notifications via the Hyper-Reach platform to Park County residents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Safety / Law Enforcement Services

NAICS

Police Protection (922120), Security Guards and Patrol Services (561612)

SIC

Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services (7381)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Safety Administration (Fire/EMS, Emergency Management) (BPAIACAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Static Guarding (Access Control, Reception & Gatehouse) (BPAKAAAA), Evacuation Planning, Drills & Warden Programs (BPABANAE)

Keywords

• Law enforcement services
• Emergency notification
• Search and rescue
• County sheriff operations
• Public safety dispatch

Headquarters

HQ city

Cody

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Park County Sheriff's Office is a county government law enforcement and public safety agency that provides patrol, detention, search and rescue, 24-hour dispatch, and emergency management services to Park County, Wyoming. Its flagship offering is the Hyper-Reach mass emergency notification system (operational since December 2023), which sends rapid alerts about weather hazards, criminal activity, and missing persons via telephone, text, email, TTY/TDD, social media, and FEMA's Wireless Emergency Alert system. Services are delivered at no direct charge to residents and are funded by county taxpayer dollars.

Product overview

Park County Sheriff's Office is a public safety agency providing law enforcement services to Park County, Wyoming. The agency's primary offerings include emergency notification services via the Hyper-Reach mass notification system (including the Hyper-Reach Anywhere smartphone app), 24-hour communications and dispatch, patrol services, detention, search and rescue, and homeland security coordination. The Hyper-Reach system enables rapid mass emergency alerts via phone, text, and email with geographic targeting and accessibility features for hearing-impaired residents. Additional public-facing services include a weather station, sex offender registry, victim information notifications (VINE), concealed firearm permits processing, and community programs such as Blue Angel and Kidprint-ID.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hyper-Reach Emergency Notification System Mass emergency notification service that delivers rapid alerts about weather hazards, environmental hazards, criminal activity, and missing persons through telephone calls, text messages, and email to geographically targeted households in Park County. Targeted at residents and workers of Park County, Wyoming.
• Patrol Services Law enforcement patrol services maintaining public safety and order throughout Park County, Wyoming. Provided free of charge to residents and workers.
• Detention Services County jail and detention facilities management for individuals in custody. Serves the criminal justice system within Park County, Wyoming.
• Search and Rescue Emergency search and rescue operations for missing persons and disaster response within Park County, Wyoming. Available to residents and visitors.
• 24-Hour Communications Center (Dispatch) Round-the-clock emergency communications dispatch service reachable at 307-527-8700 or 307-754-8700, handling emergency calls and coordinating response across patrol, detention, and search and rescue operations. Serves Park County residents and visitors.
• Sheriff's Weather Station Weather monitoring and station information service providing local weather data and forecasts to the Park County community.
• Sex Offender Registry Public access registry for tracking and viewing registered sex offenders in Park County. Available to community members and the general public.
• VINE (Victim Information and Notification Everyday) Victim information and notification service providing updates on offender custody status changes. Available to victims and their families in Park County.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Hyper-ReachcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 December 2023Hyper-Reach is a state-of-the-art mass emergency notification system designed specifically for public safety agencies. Park County selected Hyper-Reach to provide life-saving emergency notification capability to the area. The service is fully operational beginning December 2023. The system provides rapid notification of hazardous and urgent situations using telephone calls, text and email messages, and TTY/TDD service for hearing impaired. The system also integrates with FEMA's Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system.
• Cody Police DepartmentcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 December 2023Cody Police Department is a partner agency utilizing the Hyper-Reach emergency notification system to keep the public informed during times requiring emergency notifications in coordination with Park County Sheriff's Office.
• Powell Police DepartmentcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 December 2023Powell Police Department is a partner agency utilizing the Hyper-Reach emergency notification system to keep the public informed during times requiring emergency notifications in coordination with Park County Sheriff's Office.
• Park County Office of Homeland SecuritycoreTechnology or Integration · 1 December 2023Park County Office of Homeland Security is a partner agency utilizing the Hyper-Reach emergency notification system to coordinate emergency communications across the county.
• Park County Public Works DepartmentcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 December 2023Park County Public Works Department utilizes the Hyper-Reach emergency notification system to keep the public informed during times requiring emergency notifications.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Rave Mobile Safety (Motorola Solutions): Mass notification and 9-1-1 communication platform serving public safety agencies. Functionally comparable to Hyper-Reach as a competing technology that sheriffs' offices nationwide use for citizen alerting.
• Everbridge: Leading commercial mass notification and critical event management platform widely used by public safety agencies. Comparable as an alternative vendor whose capabilities overlap with the Hyper-Reach system Park County now operates.
• Hyper-Reach: Vendor of the mass emergency notification system adopted by Park County in December 2023. Comparable in the sense that its platform capabilities (multi-channel alerting, WEA integration, geographic targeting) directly enable the Sheriff's communication service.
• OnSolve: Provider of mass notification, risk intelligence, and emergency communication solutions used by government and public safety organizations. Directly comparable technology category to Hyper-Reach.

Regional players

• Cody Police Department: Municipal law enforcement agency within Park County that shares the Hyper-Reach platform and coordinates closely with the Sheriff's Office. Overlapping public safety responsibilities within Cody city limits.
• Powell Police Department: Municipal law enforcement agency within Park County that partners with the Sheriff's Office on Hyper-Reach emergency notifications. Direct regional coordination partner with overlapping jurisdiction in Powell.

Direct peers

• Park County Office of Homeland Security: County-level public safety partner that shares the Hyper-Reach platform and coordinates emergency management responsibilities with the Sheriff's Office. Functionally overlapping in emergency preparedness and citizen alerting duties.
• Laramie County Sheriff's Office: Wyoming county sheriff's office with overlapping patrol, detention, and dispatch functions. Comparable operating model and county-government funding structure.
• Teton County Sheriff's Office: Another Wyoming county sheriff's office providing identical patrol, detention, dispatch, search & rescue, and emergency management functions. Highly comparable in statutory scope, service mix, and rural-county operating context.
• Natrona County Sheriff's Office: Wyoming county sheriff's office with comparable statutory law enforcement and detention responsibilities. Similar service portfolio and funding model, serving a similarly rural/small-city population.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ParkCountySheriffCodyWY
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/park-county-sheriff

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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