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James Bumpus
Chief Deputy
  Scott Wiggs
Assistant Chief Deputy
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Chief Deputy Bumpus graduated in February 1981. He worked for the Poplar Bluff Police Department from 1980 to 1995. In January 1996 he was hired as a Correction's Officer by the Sheriff's Department. In May 1997 he became Bailiff. Then in 2005 he was promoted to Chief Deputy.



  Assistant Chief Deputy Wiggs graduated with a Class C license in November 1998. He obtained his Class A in 1999. He worked as a Reserve for a few months in 1998 and was hired by the Sheriff's Department as a Road Deputy from 1998 to 2004. In 2002 he became an Instructor for the Missouri Sheriff's Association. In 2002 became a Defensive Tactics Instructor. In 2004 assumed the position of Site Coordinator for Missouri Sheriff's Association at the Poplar Bluff Training Academy. In 2004 he went to work for the Poplar Bluff Police Department.  In September 2008 he returned to the Sheriff's Department to serve as Assistant Chief Deputy.
     
   
Kelly Thompson
Evidence Technician
   
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Butler County Investigator, Kellis (Kelly) Thompson worked for the Butler County Sheriff's Department as a Reserve Officer from 1995 until he was hired on as a full-time Dispatcher. Kelly attended Southeast Missouri State University where he completed all of his Law Enforcement Training ending up with a Class B Certification in 2001. In May of 1999, Kellis was hired as a Road Deputy. He has also worked in the past as our Dare Officer. He received a Life Saving Award from the VFW of the United States. In 2007 he attended the Missouri Southern State University Law Enforcement Academy where he became a Missouri Certified Crime Scene Investigator. He was named Officer of the Year in 2008 and was promoted to Investigator and Evidence Technician in January 2009.    
     
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