Detective Division Commander

A native Oregonian, Ty Rupert joined the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office In 2005. During his tenure at the agency, Ty has served as: Detective Lieutenant; Patrol Lieutenant; Special Services, Search and Rescue and Emergency Management Unit Lieutenant; Patrol Sergeant; Criminal Detective; Street Crimes Detective; Patrol Deputy Sheriff and Reserve Deputy Sheriff.

In addition, Ty has served as: a Field Training Officer; a DCSEA E-Board representative (2 terms); a CPR/First Aid Instructor; a Crisis Intervention Team Officer, an EVOC Instructor (graduating top in his EVOC instructor course in 2008 and winning the Donny Smith Outstanding Driver Award); a part time EVOC Instructor at the DPSST Academy and an Instructor for Central Oregon Reserve Academy.

Prior to his law enforcement career, Ty spent 15 years in the private sector culminating in his role as Vice President at Fuel Safe Systems where he grew sales from $1.7M to just under $7M while managing company operations including manufacturing, sales, finance, marketing and new product research and development.

From 1987 to 1991, Ty served on active duty in the United States Marine Corps where he graduated from Boot Camp top in his platoon as Platoon Honorman. During his service, Ty earned a Good Conduct Medal, a Meritorious Unit Commendation, The National Defense Service Medal and received three Meritorious Mast awards. He left the Marine Corps with an Honorable Discharge in 1991.

Ty has been married for 29 years to his wife Jaclyn.  They have lived in Bend for over 25 years and have two sons, Brandon and Cole, as well as a daughter-in-law Bailey and a granddaughter Paisley. Ty enjoys the outdoors and likes to spend his off-duty time hunting, golfing and most importantly quality time with his wife and family.

Ty is excited to continue serving his community, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and its employees as Captain of the Detective and Special Services Divisions.