OFFICE BEING SOUGHT: RANDOLPH COUNTY SHERIFF

OCCUPATION: RANDOLPH COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF

SPOUSE'S NAME: DEBORAH (PATTERSON) HOELSCHER

CHILDREN/GRANDCHILDREN: FIVE CHILDREN; CLINT HOELSCHER, SHANTEL HOELSCHER, KRISTIAN BRIGNAC, TIMOTHY HEINE, KENNETH HEINE. ELEVEN GRANDCHILDREN TAYLOR, DILLON, JENNA, TRENTON, ELIZABETH, AIDEN, PAYTON, BRETT, ERIN, AYDEN JAMES, KIMBERLY.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: ST.MARY'S GRADE SCHOOL CHESTER, IL; CHESTER COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL CHESTER, IL; SWIC POLICE ACADEMY; ILLINOIS STATE POLICE D.A.R.E. ACADEMY

LAW ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUND: 7 YEARS PATROLMAN/DARE OFFICER CHESTER POLICE DEPARTMENT, 19 YEARS DEPUTY SHERIFF /20 YEARS DARE OFFICER RANDOLPH CO SCHOOLS

VETERAN: AIR POLICE/ LAWENFORCEMENT SECURITY SAC ELITE GUARD OFFUTT AIRFORCE BASE OMAHA NEBRASKA, VIETNAM VET 1967-1968

REASONS FOR SEEKING OFFICE: TO BRING BACK THE INTEGRITY AND MATURE EXPERIENCE THAT THE CITIZENS OF RANDOLPH COUNTY PAY FOR AND DESERVE. FOR THE LAST 19 YEARS I HAVE SEEN THIS DEPARTMENT AND THE PEOPLE I WORK FOR BE CONCERNED WITH THEIR OWN PERSONAL NEEDS, AND IN DOING SO NOT KEEP PACE WITH THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE. ELECTED OFFICIALS AND ESPECIALLY POLICE OFFICERS SHOULD LEAD BY EXAMPLE I HAVE SPENT MY WHOLE CAREER DOING JUST THAT AND INTEND TO MAKE THE PEOPLE OF RANDOLPH COUNTY PROUD OF THEIR SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT