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WELCOME TO THE SCHUYLER COUNTY CORRECTION FACILITY ~ RUSHVILLE, IL

SHERIFF DON L SCHIEFERDECKER

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I am Sheriff Don L. Schieferdecker. I want to welcome you to the Schuyler County Sheriff’s Office web site. I hope you enjoy our web site full of information about the Schuyler County Sheriff’s Department and all of its duties.

I have been with the Schuyler County Sheriff’s Department since October 14, 1980. I started out working part time as a radio dispatcher and part time deputy for the honorable sheriff Robert Lashbrook. I also worked part time for the Rushville City Police under Chief of Police Wayne Diseron. In 1981 I began my duties as a deputy sheriff and attended the Police Training Academy at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois. Upon completion of the police academy I became a certified State of Illinois Juvenile Officer. I worked for three sheriffs and was appointed sheriff on March 15, 1996 at 1000 a.m. I ran for my first election November 5^th, 1996 and have been re-elected again to the office of sheriff in 1998 and 2002. I continue to keep myself fully trained as sheriff by attending numerous hours of training yearly along with three yearly sheriff’s training academy’s sponsored by the Illinois Sheriff’s Association and the Illinois State Training and Standards Board. I proudly sit on the board of directors of the West Central Illinois Training Unit which is responsible for training of all officers in several counties in West central Illinois. I am a member of the Illinois Sheriff’s Association, the National Sheriff’s Association, the Rushville Fire Department and many other organizations. I am certified in many fields of law enforcement enabling me to better serve the citizens of Schuyler County. I am very proud of the Schuyler County Sheriff’s Department. I am very proud of the employees of which make it all happen and of the department for what it stands for and represents daily. I am honored to be the top law enforcement officer in Schuyler County, your sheriff.

I am a member of the Illinois Sheriff's Association

The Schuyler County Sheriff’s Office is located in the City of Rushville, the county seat of Schuyler County. We are located in West Central Illinois. Our county is bordered by the Illinois River on the south and east side. The population of Rushville is approximately 3,300 people. The population of the county is approximately 7, 700 and is 474 square miles in size.

The office of sheriff was founded in 1825 for the citizens of Schuyler County. The sheriff of each county in the State of Illinois is the chief law enforcement officer for each county per Illinois Revised Statute. The sheriff of Schuyler County conducts all department business from his office located in the Schuyler County Jail which joins the Schuyler County courthouse on the west side. The county jail and the sheriff’s office are combined in the jail building. Our dispatch and corrections officers provide a professional service to all of the citizens in Schuyler County in many ways. The county jail can house 32 inmates and has it’s own kitchen and laundry for all inmates there. The county jail books and houses an average of 1100 prisoners a year.

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