News, Announcements and Sheriff Sales
Sheriff's Sales
Jul 24, 2010 -
Completed Sheriff Sales as of 070810
Jul 8, 2010 -
Sheriff's Department Job Opening
May 24, 2010 - FULL TIME COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER JOB AVAILABLE
Sheriff's Sales Terms
Jan 27, 2010 -
Sheriff John W. Dennis
 |
|
Hello, I am John W. Dennis. I was born in Auburn and am a lifelong resident. My wife Ellen and I have been married for 37 years (she is my Jail Matron). We have two daughters and three grandchildren.
This is my 32nd year in law enforcement - all of them with the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office. I am now serving my second term as your Sheriff.
|
I have served under five different Sheriff's and have learned something from all of them. I have worked in every position in the Department. This gives me insight on what it takes to get the job done right the first time. I have been a supervisor for 21 of my 32 year carrier, (8 years as Patrol Sergeant, 8 years as Chief Deputy, and five years as Sheriff). I care about keeping my family and yours safe.
I graduated from DeKalb High School in 1968, I enlisted in the US Army for three years, I joined the Auburn Fire Department as a volunteer in 1973, and joined the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office as a reserve in 1975. I was hired full time by then Sheriff John Graham in 1977. I am so very proud to be a member of the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office as we work to protect and serve the residents of DeKalb County.
Chief Deputy Jay Oberholtzer
Chief Deputy Jay A. Oberholtzer joined the DeKalb County Sheriffs Department in August of 1977 as a reserve deputy sheriff under Sheriff John Graham. In January of 1978 he accepted a position as a Sheriffs Department police dispatcher and in 1979 attended the basic training course at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy in Plainfield, Indiana.
In October of 1979 Oberholtzer was promoted to merit deputy sheriff by the Sheriffs merit board and assigned as a road patrol officer. During the past 24 years Oberholtzer has patrolled over 600,000 miles of Dekalb County's state and county roadways, performed hundreds of misdemeanor and felony criminal investigations and became the departments firearms and moving radar instructor.
In 1989 Oberholtzer graduated from the Argenbright International Institute of polygraph and for the following five years assisted numerous county and city police departments, state police, FBI and secret service in their criminal investigations as a polygraph examiner, having performed over 400 examinations. During 1992 and 1993 Oberholtzer worked with the United States National Security Agency in polygraph research. Chief Deputy Oberholtzer is also a graduate of the Department of Justice's National Sheriffs Institute. Oberholtzer was elected Sheriff of Dekalb County in 1994 and served in that position until December of 2002.
In January 2003 Oberholtzer was appointed as Chief Deputy by Sheriff John W. Dennis. Oberholtzer and Dennis have worked together as a team in law enforcement since 1977 and were friends prior to that time. The citizens of Dekalb County have a experienced, involved and hard working team leading their Dekalb County Sheriff’s Department.
|
