Kenosha Sheriff's Department
Detention Division Commander
Personal: Captain Horace J. Staples is married to Elizabeth, and they have three adult children, Jeff, Adriana, and Logan Staples.
Community: Captain Staples has served the Kenosha Community in numerous endeavors such as the first PTA President at the Edward Bain School of Language and Art, then Kenosha Unified PTA Council President, Kenosha Unified School District Awards Recognition Committee, United Way Community Investment Committee Member, former Board Member at Saint Joseph Catholic Academy, County Credit Union Board President, the President of the Spanish Center of Kenosha, Racine and Walworth Counties, Past President the Parish Pastoral Council at St. Mark Catholic Church, and a twenty-six-year volunteer, for the Torch Run for Special Olympics Wisconsin.
Professional: Captain Horace Staples, MSCJ, has twenty-seven years of service at the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department, presently serving as Director of Kenosha County Emergency Management. Capt. Staples served twenty years on the Kenosha Sheriff's Tactical Response Team (i.e., SWAT Team) as Hostage Negotiator, Assistant Commander, and retired in 2018 at the rank of Executive Officer.
Capt. Staples serves as an adjunct instructor at Gateway Technical College Criminal Justice Program and Law Enforcement Academy. He has taught several courses in the degree program, such as Criminal Investigations, Intro to Private Security, Juvenile Justice, Professional Communications, Report Writing, and Traffic Theory. He taught various classes at the Law Enforcement Academy, such as Fair and Impartial Policing, Ethics, Cultural Competency, Incident Command Systems, Tactical Response, and Physical Readiness courses to prepare future State of Wisconsin law enforcement officers.
Capt. Staples has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Lakeland University (Sheboygan, WI) and a Master of Science in Criminal Justice (Northcentral University).