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Major Nedrig l Captain Butler l Sergeant Samuelson I Deputy Horner I Deputy Hanson I Deputy Rancho

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SHERIFF NUTT AND PHELPS COUNTY SHERIFF'S

DEPARTMENT DEPUTIES/RESERVES

FRONT L/R: SGT. GENE SAMUELSON, RESERVE DEPUTY CARL JACOBSON, CAPT. BRADLEY BUTLER, SHERIFF TOM NUTT, CHIEF DEPUTY RUSS NEDRIG

REAR L/R: RESERVE DEPUTY JOHN BURKHOLDER, DEPUTY BRYAN HANSON, RESERVE DEPUTY DON MATSON, DEPUTY TRAVIS HORNER.

Chief Deputy Major Russ Nedrig Joined the Phelps County Sheriff's Department in late Summer 2000 bringing with him the experience and dedication to law enforcement gained during nearly 29 years with the Nebraska State Patrol. Russ is our chief investigator and is the acting Sheriff if the Sheriff is out of the jurisdiction.

Captain Brad Butler has been with PCSO since May of 1998. Brad's career began in 1995 at the Buffalo Co Corrections Center. In 1997 he joined the Ravenna Police Department after which he joined the Phelps Co Sheriff's Dept. Capt. Butler is a certified Field Training Officer and PPCT Instructor. Capt. Butler is also certified to use and train for qualification on the Taser and qualified to train in Pepper Spray, and is a Basic Thermographer. Since 2005 Capt. Butler has also been our K-9 handler. We greatly appreciate Brad's expertise and dedication to duty.

Sergeant Gene Samuelson has been in law enforcement since 1986 as Bertrand Village Marshall and now as Phelps Co Deputy. Gene is a certified Drug Recognition Expert and since Summer of 2001 is the Phelps Co Community Resource Deputy. As such he has set up and administers the Phelps County "Neighborhood Watch" program and still maintain duties as Sergeant and Investigator.

Deputy Travis Horner Deputy Horner has been in law enforcement since becoming a Keith County Deputy in 1999. In 2000 Deputy Horner moved to Phelps County and joined the Phelps County Sheriff's Department. Aside from being a Road Deputy Travis serves in the Army Reserves where he is a Sgt 1st Class and was deployed in Kuwait during most of 2005 and 2006. Deputy Horner has a degree from the University of Nebraska Kearney in Criminal Justice.

Deputy Bryan Hanson joined the Department July 2001. Bryan's prior law enforcement experience includes being a Reserve Deputy in Kearney County from 1998 to 1999. In January of that year Bryan joined the Minden Police Department. Finding that he enjoyed the larger territory covered by a Deputy, Bryan accepted a position as Road Deputy with our Department. Deputy Hanson's prior Law Enforcement experience, plus 3 1/2 years in the Army and his University of Ne Kearney Bachelor's degree stand to serve him and the Phelps Co Sheriff's Office well during his career with us. In July 2002 Deputy Hanson successfully completed Firearms Instructor Training at NLETC and is a qualified Firearms instructor. In August '02 Bryan went to Glock (r) Armorer school and is now qualified to maintain and repair the full line of Glock (r) service arms.

Deputy Rancho is a young Dutch Shepherd, K-9 trained dog. Rancho is a 'dual-purpose' Patrol service Dog. He and Capt. Butler completed training through the Nebraska State Patrol and Rancho has been in service since 2005. Rancho has been utilized by numerous agencies in the Phelps County Area.

Reserve Deputies (l to r)

John Burkholder, Don Matson, Carl Jacobson

Major Nedrig l Captain Butler l Sergeant Samuelson I Deputy Horner I Deputy Hanson I Deputy Rancho

Reserve Deputies l Sheriff Nutt