William Brueggemann

Safer Communities, Brighter Futures

Sheriff Bill Brueggemann has been in law enforcement for 34 years, 29 of those as sheriff in Cass County, Nebraska. Before becoming sheriff, he served as a corrections officer, deputy, and investigator. He has served as vice-chair for the Department of Justice’s Rural Law Enforcement Technology Committee (RULETC) and Small Rural Tribal Border Research Center (SRTBRC), chairman on the Small/Rural Sheriffs’ Committee for the National Sheriffs’ Association, member of the Nebraska Crime Commission, which oversees all law enforcement in the state, and past president of the Nebraska Sheriffs’ Association. Brueggemann has dedicated much of his career to helping young people, serving as a member of Fight Crime: Invest in Kids since 2008. He is also a DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) instructor, a GREAT (Gang Resistance Education and Training) instructor, a school resource officer, an Explorer Post leader, a high school business mentor, a TeamMates mentor for children, and a church youth leader.