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OREGON SHERIFF Magazine News

Diana Simpson was elected to her first term as Sheriff on November 7, 2006. She has the distinction of being the first elected female sheriff in the history of the State of Oregon. Prior to her election, Simpson was the Undersheriff for nearly five years and a sergeant the previous ten years. Diana started her career as a Parole and Probation Officer in Albany, Oregon in 1981, transferring to the Corvallis office a few months later. A short time later, the State of Oregon Corvallis Parole and Probation Office merged with the Benton County Sheriff?s Office and she has been a member of the Sheriff?s Office since that time.

Simpson is dual certified as a Police Officer and a Parole and Probation Officer. She also has executive certification in both disciplines from the Department of Public Safety, Standards, and Training (DPSST). Simpson has a Bachelor?s degree in Criminal Justice Administration from Boise State University and she has completed various leadership programs including Oregon Executive Development Institute and the University of Oregon?s Pacific Program.

Simpson has served her community in a number of ways including volunteer work in the schools where her children attended, Little League coach, Boys and Girls Club Board of Directors, ABC House Board of Directors, Corvallis Uzhgorod Sister Cities Association Board of Directors, Corvallis Morning Rotary and Corvallis Zonta.

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OREGON SHERIFF Magazine News

Winter, 2009 -- The five-year old Wilberger ordeal came to an end for the family of 19-year-old Brigham Young University student Brooke Wilberger.

An agreement with Joel Courtney ended the case. On Sept. 18, Courtney admitted to murder, telling authorities where to locate Wilberger's remains. In exchange, the death penalty was removed as consideration and Courtney will spend the rest of his life in prison, with no possibility of release. Wilberger's body was found in the Coast Range west of Corvallis.

Virtually all Benton County Sheriff's Office members (detectives, search and rescue, and corrections) played some part in the investigation and conviction.

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