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Our Mounted Unit<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>

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\"PosseLogo\"<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>

About the Posse<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Posse is made up of up to 24 reserve officers and 1 full-time police officer. Each officer must supply their own horse, tack, boarding, feed, truck and trailer.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Posse Activation<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

The Sheriff’s Posse is activated by special order to support the activities of other Sheriff department units, city police departments and the University of Notre Dame police department.<\/p>\n

This includes community events, athletic events, and police operations to provide crowd control and patrol. The posse also provides search and rescue operations covering large geographical areas.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Meet The Posse<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>

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\"Sheriff<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>

William Redman
\n<\/b><\/h4>\n

Sheriff, St. Joseph County Police<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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\"Tom<\/span><\/div>

Tom Fogarty Jr
\n<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

President
\nHorse: Blake<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Becky<\/span><\/div>

Becky Heckaman
\n<\/b><\/span><\/span>Vice President<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Horse: <\/span><\/span>Sapphire<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Melissa<\/span><\/div>

Melissa Flick
\n<\/b>Secretary<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

Horse: Ginger<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Brian-Sergeant\"<\/span><\/div>

Brian Dooley
\n<\/b><\/span><\/span>Treasurer<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Horse: Sergeant<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Nicole<\/span><\/div>

Nicole Hesser
\n<\/b><\/span><\/span>Supply Officer
\n<\/b>Horse: Breezy<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n

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<\/span><\/div>

Heather Kirk
\n<\/b><\/span><\/span>Second Lieutenant<\/b><\/span><\/span> <\/b>
\n<\/span>Horse: <\/span>Diesel<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Jim<\/span><\/div>

Jim Fogarty
\n<\/b><\/span><\/span>Member<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/b>Horse: Spirit<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Liberty<\/span><\/div>

Liberty Sharp
\nMember<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/b><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Jon<\/span><\/div>

Jon Sharp
\nMember<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/b><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Dwayne<\/span><\/div>

Dwayne Hershberger
\n<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

Retired \/ Lifetime Member
\nHorse: Moose<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-59","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nMeet the Posse - St. Joseph County Sheriff's Posse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The St. Joseph County Sheriff\u2019s Posse is made up of up to 24 reserve officers and 1 full-time police officer.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sjcposse.org\/meet-the-posse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meet the Posse - St. Joseph County Sheriff's Posse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The St. Joseph County Sheriff\u2019s Posse is made up of up to 24 reserve officers and 1 full-time police officer.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sjcposse.org\/meet-the-posse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"St. Joseph County Sheriff's Posse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SJC.Sheriffs.Posse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-18T21:56:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sjcposse.org\\\/meet-the-posse\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sjcposse.org\\\/meet-the-posse\",\"name\":\"Meet the Posse - 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