Rochelle police officer Brian Van Vickle plans to announce today that he is a candidate for Ogle County sheriff during the March primary election in 2014.
Van Vickle, a graduate from RTHS, has been with the Rochelle police department for the past 5 years.
He is 1 of the 2 officers who is part of the department's K-9 Unit.
Van Vickle is also a member of the RTHS Board of Education.
Prior to being a police officer, he worked for 13 years as a manager in his family business at Krahenbuhl Chrysler Jeep.