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Sunday, October 25, 2026

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Erik Bailey

Daggett County Sheriff, Daggett County

Portrait of Erik Bailey from daggettcounty.gov
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Eastern Utah

Office held

Daggett County SheriffDaggett CountySource

Background

Erik Bailey serves as Daggett County sheriff. A 2017 account of his nomination traced his law-enforcement career through several Utah agencies. He worked for the Department of Corrections from 1991 to 1999, advancing to sergeant, then served with Syracuse police as an officer, K-9 officer and detective through 2011. He subsequently spent four years with Utah Transit Authority police, including patrol supervisory assignments. Before his selection in Daggett County, he had been a Grantsville police lieutenant, a position he held through March 2017.

Source: Daggett County: Sheriff · Background checked October 22, 2026

In the news

No Utah Ledger stories name Erik Bailey yet.

Sources

  1. Daggett County Clerk - Conflict of Interest Forms page (January 2025 'Office Held' table and 2026 candidate table)
  2. Daggett County: Sheriff
  3. Basin Now: New Daggett County Sheriff Nominated (May 12, 2017)
  4. Daggett County June 2017 newsletter

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