Brown Enters Sheriff's Race
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Louis W. "Bill" Brown, 48, a 26-year veteran of the Indiana State Police, has announced his candidacy for sheriff of Kosciusko County.
Brown will join two other Republican candidates on the May 2 primary ballot, Rocky Goshert and Sam Whitaker.
Brown said his appearance in the race gives people an option.
"I've known both men for years," he said. "I've been a state policeman for 26 years and I want to give back to the community. I feel there's a need. Aaron's done a great job with grants and upgrades to the department.
"Because of my years of experience as a supervisor with the state police, I can come in and lead the sheriff's department. I can bring the department to the next level of professionalism with things I learned at the ISP. I have the integrity to take them to the next level."
He said there are great deputies here and he would like to hire more.
"The county's population is growing. The department needs specialty officers, someone who just collects evidence at crime scenes, for example.
"We're now in an age where you have to have people to have specific jobs."
Currently the squad sergeant for 28 troopers in Kosciusko County, Brown started his career with the ISP in May 1979. In 1989, he was promoted to corporal and assigned to the Bremen Post as district duty officer. He was promoted to sergeant in 1995 and assigned as squad leader for Kosciusko County.
As the ISP supervisor, Brown splits his time between administration and working the road.
If elected to the sheriff's office, Brown said he will seek more training for the detectives.
He will maintain the computer system and perhaps implement a program to cut down the time an officer spends writing reports by hiring transcribers.
"In my years of experience I've dealt with a lot of police agencies, especially during the last 15 years at Bremen. That's led to an insight about other departments and how they could be improved.
"The jailers have a thankless job," Brown said. "I'd like them to get a pay raise to make the job worthwhile. They are dedicated people who do a good job."
Brown's training with the ISP includes graduation from the Northwestern University Traffic Institute School of Police Staff and Command, Gallagher/Westfall Supervision and Leadership School, Northwestern University Traffic Institute Accident Reconstruction School.
He also is a field training officer coordinator, defensive tactics instructor, tactical intervention platoon leader and director of the Optimist/Indiana State Police Respect for Law Camp at Notre Dame.
He has been involved in coordinating and providing security for presidential and foreign dignitary visits, coordinating with county and city agencies for Notre Dame home football game traffic details, and was coordinator for the Bremen Post Special Traffic Safety Programs.
Brown also participated in Operation Hoosier Relief, traveling to Biloxi, Miss., after Hurricane Katrina destroyed the area, and worked with several different law enforcement agencies.
Brown is a Kosciusko County native who graduated from Warsaw Community High School in 1975. He graduated from Indiana University with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice in 1993.
He also is an Indiana High School Athletic Association official and secretary of the Northern Indiana Officials Association.
Brown and his wife Vicki live near Pierceton. They have four grown children and one grandchild.
Brown followed his father's footsteps in law enforcement. Gene Brown, who recently retired, was a Warsaw policeman for 21 years and served the county probation department for 15 years. [[In-content Ad]]
Louis W. "Bill" Brown, 48, a 26-year veteran of the Indiana State Police, has announced his candidacy for sheriff of Kosciusko County.
Brown will join two other Republican candidates on the May 2 primary ballot, Rocky Goshert and Sam Whitaker.
Brown said his appearance in the race gives people an option.
"I've known both men for years," he said. "I've been a state policeman for 26 years and I want to give back to the community. I feel there's a need. Aaron's done a great job with grants and upgrades to the department.
"Because of my years of experience as a supervisor with the state police, I can come in and lead the sheriff's department. I can bring the department to the next level of professionalism with things I learned at the ISP. I have the integrity to take them to the next level."
He said there are great deputies here and he would like to hire more.
"The county's population is growing. The department needs specialty officers, someone who just collects evidence at crime scenes, for example.
"We're now in an age where you have to have people to have specific jobs."
Currently the squad sergeant for 28 troopers in Kosciusko County, Brown started his career with the ISP in May 1979. In 1989, he was promoted to corporal and assigned to the Bremen Post as district duty officer. He was promoted to sergeant in 1995 and assigned as squad leader for Kosciusko County.
As the ISP supervisor, Brown splits his time between administration and working the road.
If elected to the sheriff's office, Brown said he will seek more training for the detectives.
He will maintain the computer system and perhaps implement a program to cut down the time an officer spends writing reports by hiring transcribers.
"In my years of experience I've dealt with a lot of police agencies, especially during the last 15 years at Bremen. That's led to an insight about other departments and how they could be improved.
"The jailers have a thankless job," Brown said. "I'd like them to get a pay raise to make the job worthwhile. They are dedicated people who do a good job."
Brown's training with the ISP includes graduation from the Northwestern University Traffic Institute School of Police Staff and Command, Gallagher/Westfall Supervision and Leadership School, Northwestern University Traffic Institute Accident Reconstruction School.
He also is a field training officer coordinator, defensive tactics instructor, tactical intervention platoon leader and director of the Optimist/Indiana State Police Respect for Law Camp at Notre Dame.
He has been involved in coordinating and providing security for presidential and foreign dignitary visits, coordinating with county and city agencies for Notre Dame home football game traffic details, and was coordinator for the Bremen Post Special Traffic Safety Programs.
Brown also participated in Operation Hoosier Relief, traveling to Biloxi, Miss., after Hurricane Katrina destroyed the area, and worked with several different law enforcement agencies.
Brown is a Kosciusko County native who graduated from Warsaw Community High School in 1975. He graduated from Indiana University with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice in 1993.
He also is an Indiana High School Athletic Association official and secretary of the Northern Indiana Officials Association.
Brown and his wife Vicki live near Pierceton. They have four grown children and one grandchild.
Brown followed his father's footsteps in law enforcement. Gene Brown, who recently retired, was a Warsaw policeman for 21 years and served the county probation department for 15 years. [[In-content Ad]]