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.