On the Job: John Shilts
John Shilts, 48, chief deputy the last two years with the St. Croix County Sheriff’s Department, says he’ll run for sheriff this fall. Dennis Hillstead, current sheriff, will retire at year’s end when his term expires. The sheriff’s election is Nov. 2.
John Shilts, 48, chief deputy the last two years with the St. Croix County Sheriff’s Department, says he’ll run for sheriff this fall. Dennis Hillstead, current sheriff, will retire at year’s end when his term expires. The sheriff’s election is Nov. 2.
Shilts began his law enforcement career in 1979 as a New Richmond Police Department reserve officer. In the sheriff’s department, he’s been a jailor, patrol deputy, Emergency Response Unit member, and a narcotics investigator. In 2006 he graduated from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va., studying everything from budgeting to labor law.
He called the FBI training “the opportunity of a lifetime.”
Shilts said his priorities as St. Croix County sheriff would be zero-based budget planning, expanding technological use for greater efficiencies, and “insuring that deputies perform their duties in a fair and professional manner.”
For more, visit www.shiltsforsheriff.com.
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