BENT COUNTY SHERIFF
JAKE R. SIX
Jake Six was raised in Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado. He graduated the Las Animas High School in 2010 and graduated from Otero Junior College in 2012 with an Associate Degree.
From 2010 to 2012 Six served as a Park Ranger for the United States Army Corps of Engineers and a volunteer ambulance driver for the Bent County Ambulance Service.
In 2012 Six graduated from the Otero Junior College Law Enforcement Training Academy in La Junta Colorado. After graduation, Six was hired as a patrol deputy for the Kiowa County Sheriff’s Office under Sheriff Forrest Frazee. In 2013, Six was made a supervisor of the Reserve Division and soon thereafter promoted to Sergeant. In 2015, Sheriff Casey Sheridan appointed Six to Undersheriff of Kiowa County. On January 6, 2019, Six was elected Bent County Sheriff becoming the youngest Sheriff in the State of Colorado.
Six has served two terms as Bent County Sheriff. Six has been the Lead Driving Instructor for Otero College Law Enforcement Training Academy since 2016. In 2022, Six became a Subject Matter Expert for the State of Colorado in Law Enforcement Driving.
HONORABLE SERVICE
Sheriff Casey Sheridan of Kiowa County, awarded Undersheriff Jake R. Six the Honorable Service Citation for modernizing the Kiowa County Sheriff's Office.
EXCEPTIONAL DUTY
Multi Jurisdictional Thief case
DRUG BUSTER
2014- 1200 Marijuana Bust
2015 - 300 Pound Marijuana Bust
GOOD CONDUCT
2012-2019
TOP COP
2014
TRAINING
2013
2014
2015
EDUCATIONAL
Associates Degree
FIELD TRAINING OFFICER
2013-Present
INSTRUCTOR
