Staff

Chief of Police Joe Drought

Chief Joe Drought began his career in law enforcement in 1981 with the U.S. Army Military Police Corps, achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant. His primary specialty during his nine years of service was as an Explosive Detector Dog Handler. Upon separation from the Army, he served as a part-time police officer with the Rock Valley College Police Department (RVCPD) before being hired as a deputy for the Ogle County Sheriff's Office. He served Ogle County as a deputy, detective, SWAT team member, and K-9 handler for three years prior to being hired as a full-time police officer with RVCPD. In July 1996, he was appointed to the position of Chief of Police at the Rock Valley College Police Department. He continues to serve in this position.

Chief Drought holds instructor certifications in firearms, defensive tactics, self-defense, and Rapid Response to Active Shooter. He is proud to serve the RVC community, and particularly enjoys addressing the needs of and interacting with students, faculty, staff, and visitors of Rock Valley College.

Sergeant Tom Coe

Sergeant Coe has been involved in law enforcement for over 34 years.  He is a veteran of the United states Marine Corps where he was a Military Police Officer and was recruited onto Embassy Duty.  He was assigned to the Embassy in Prague Czechoslovakia for over 15 months and Brussels Belgium for 13 months with temporary duty at the Embassies at Bonn Germany, Den Hague Netherlands, Vienna Austria.  He attended college at Craven Community College in North Carolina and Rock Valley College. 

He retired from the Rockford Police Department after 28 years of service.  While with the Rockford Police he served as a Patrol Officer, Field Training Officer, Patrol Sergeant, and as a Lieutenant in charge of nearly 50 officers and supervisors.  He was a SWAT officer for eight years, served as a firearms instructor, and as a supervisor in charge of the "night cover shift" (high crime hours). He also served eight years in charge of the Police Bicycle unit as well as the K-9 unit and spent a year in charge of the Community Policing unit.  

For seven years, Sgt. Coe had the additional duty of being the Field Commander for the Regional  2  ILEAS multi jurisdictional  crowd /riot control unit.  While serving in this capacity he and his team were deployed to the RNC convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, and the G-20 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania   He has developed and taught tactics  that are presently being used by many regional crowd control teams throughout Illinois.  He is a graduate of the Northwestern School of Police Staff and Command as well as the Western Illinois Police Executive Development program.

Sgt. Coe has been with Rock valley College since 2008 and acts as a patrol supervisor.  He has been married for over 25 years and has two sons.  He enjoys spending time with his family, is an avid bicyclist, (both road and Mountain bikes), and is a certified Dive Master and Master Scuba Diver who enjoys underwater photography.

Sergeant Rick Jenks

Sergeant Rick Jenks has served with the Rock Valley College Police Department since March of 1999. He has received his Associate's degree from Rock Valley College, Bachelor's degree from Judson University, and a Master's degree in Business Administration from Cardinal Stritch University. Sgt. Jenks worked as a Sheriff's Deputy for the Boone County Sheriff's Department and with the Illinois State Police as an undercover narcotics officer. He is a certified traffic accident reconstructionist with the Northwestern Traffic Institute and has investigated over 100 serious or fatal accidents.

Sgt. Jenks is responsible for the Emergency Preparedness coordination for Rock Valley College, state and federal compliance, security systems, and crime prevention. He works closely with other agencies and organizations in the area in developing plans should an emergency occur at RVC or in the surrounding communities. He is certified through FEMA in Incident Command Systems (ICS) and National Incident Management Systems (NIMS).

In his spare time, Sgt. Jenks enjoys spending time with his family. He also enjoys spending time on his boat and is an avid fisherman.

Sergeant John Hoshaw

Sergeant Hoshaw's family moved to the Rockford area in 1965 when his father, Lloyd Hoshaw, took a teaching position with Rock Valley College. He is an RVC alumnus with an AAS Degree In Police Science, as well as a Bachelor's degree in Law Enforcement Administration from Western Illinois University.

He was hired by the Rockford Police Department in 1981 where he worked in many different areas over the next 32 years. He has been a firearms instructor and armorer, a member of the SWAT team, an accident investigator, a member of the PBPA union board, Patrol Sergeant and Field Force supervisor. Officer Hoshaw retired from the Rockford Police Department as a Sergeant in 2012 and took a position as a Patrol Officer with the Rock Valley College Police Department. He was promoted to RVC PD Sergeant in 2014.

His hobbies include outdoor sports, hunting, fishing, and target shooting. As a police Master Firearms Instructor, he has had opportunities, to study at a number of marksmanship academies including The University of Illinois PTI, Gunsite academy, Smith and Wesson Academy, and Sigarms Academy. He is an avid competition shooter, and has shot in a number of rifle, pistol, and shotgun disciplines at the local, state, and national level.

Officer Woodson Fuller

Senior Officer Woodson Fuller graduated from RVC in 1993 with honors, and began his career at Rock Valley College as a part time security officer in 1995. Woodson completed testing, moved to full time police officer in 1996, and obtained state certification as an Emergency Medical Technician- Basic (EMT-B) in 1998.

Officer Joab Irwin

Officer Irwin has served with the Rock Valley College Police Department since January of 1998. He graduated from Rock Valley College in 2009, earning an Associate of Arts degree with high honors. He was also an active member of Rock Valley College's honor society, the Omicron Eta chapter of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK). Officer Irwin's Illinois State certifications include: Emergency Medical Service – First Responder D, REID Interrogation, and Field Training Officer (FTO). He is also an instructor for training in: Segway Patrol, Stryker Evacuation Chair, and Registered Sex Offenders. In addition to his patrol duties, Officer Irwin is assigned to administrative duties, which includes: sex offender registration, Clery Act compliance, and emergency management/planning.

During his time at RVC, Officer Irwin has served as staff advisor to several student clubs including: Japanese Multimedia Club (JMC), College Republicans, and Geocacher's Club. He currently serves as the staff advisor to the Table Top Gaming Club.

In his spare time, Officer Irwin enjoys spending time with his family. He is also an avid runner.

Officer Marc Rubert

Officer Rubert has worked at Rock Valley College since 2008 and has worked in law enforcement since 1998. Officer Rubert is a Field Training Officer (FTO), Fraternal Order Police (FOP) Labor Council Negotiations Team member (2012-2016) CBA, C-Cert instructor, and a First Responder D.

Officer Rubert grew up in Rockford and attended Rock Valley College (1989-1991) and graduated in 1991.

Officer Michael Schoening 

Sr. Officer Michael Schoening graduated from Loras College in 2006 with a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice. Michael began his career in Law Enforcement as a police officer for the Rock Valley College Police Department in 2009. Michael is the Rock Valley College Police Department's Quartermaster, and is a Certified Glock Armorer.

Officer Sarah Smith

Officer Smith graduated from Rock Valley College in 2001 with an associate degree in applied science in Criminal Justice. She started her career in law enforcement in 2003 and has been with the Rock Valley College Police Department since 2005. During that time she became certified in Field Sobriety Testing, Critical Incident Management, and as a Basic Youth Officer/Juvenile Officer. Officer Smith has additional training on Current Trends in Drug Abuse, Serving & Protecting a Multi-Cultural Community, Rapid Response, Officer Survival and Communication Spanish, Practical Lie Detection & Field Interviewing, Electronic Recording of Homicide Interrogations, Search and Seizure, and Law Review/Updates.

In her spare time, she enjoys spending it with her two children and family.

Officer Kurt Stahl

Officer Stahl is a former student at Rock Valley College and later attended Western Illinois University where he majored in Law Enforcement. He previously worked for the Belvidere Police Department (2008-2009) and the Park District Police Department (2009-2010) before joining the Rock Valley College Police Department in 2010.

Officer William Watson

Officer Watson is a U.S. Army Veteran, and former Military Police/Mine and Tunnel Dog Handler & Trainer (1970-1973), and Police Officer/Detective Sergeant (1973-2000) for the Northbrook Illinois Police Department where he also served as Union President and Trustee of the Police Pension Fund. He has coordinated Federal and State Asset Forfeitures for PD and Federal Bureau of Investigation Organized Crime and Drug Task Force. 

He served as a Police Officer for Rock Valley College (part-time 2001-2005) and was recruited as an airport task force security advisor by Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration after 9-11-2001 (2002-2003) and then later returned to the RVC PD (full time 2005-present).

Officer Watson also serves as a member of the Winnebago County Integrity Task Force (State Certified Lead Homicide Investigator) and is an American Heart Association Heartsaver First Aid/CPR/AED instructor. He is a nationally registered Emergency Medical Technician (NREMT-B). He also has in excess of 2800 hours of advanced police training including: Investigations (Criminal, Internal Affairs, and Employee Backgrounds); Supervision of Police Personnel; Police Staff and Command; Executive Management for Police; Advanced Criminal Law; Interviews and Interrogations; Arrest, Search and Seizure; Field Training Officer; Firearms and Firearms Instructor; Chemical Agents and Administration; and Police Driving Instructor.

He currently serves as the Steward for the Rock Valley College Fraternal Order of Police and is a certified pension Trustee for the Village of Northbrook Illinois Police Pension Fund.

His hobbies included being a licensed pilot, restoring WWII and later military fighter aircraft, and volunteering at the world's largest aviation gathering (EAA AirVenture), assisting with the ground handling and safety of "Warbird" aircraft, their crews, and the public.

Officer Breanne Frye

Officer Frye has over 15 years military experience serving in the United States Army Reserves with one deployment to Afghanistan as a Unit Supply Sergeant. She is currently serving as a drill sergeant. Officer Frye graduated from Ball State University with a major in Social Studies Education and earned a Master’s degree from Ashford University.  Officer Frye has served as a police officer for Rock Valley College since 2014. Officer Frye says that “After years of teaching in the classroom, switching careers to becoming a police officer is the best choice I have made. I definitely feel at home with the Rock Valley College Police Department. You couldn’t ask to work with a better group of people.”

Julie Boggie: Lead Telecommunicator

Julie Boggie began her career at Rock Valley College in 1997, joining the Police Department in 1999. Julie is proud to supervise and assist a professional telecommunications staff who are trained in Law Enforcement Dispatch, the Illinois Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS), Emergency Medical Dispatch (including First Aid/CPR/AED), Active Shooter Response for Telecommunicators, and National Incident Management Systems/Emergency Preparedness. She acts as the  Agency Coordinator for multiple systems including LEADS, IWIN, and ARMS. In addition to her daily duties and special projects, she performs audits and prepares reports for state and federal reporting agencies and maintains the department's records room. Julie also assists with campus security access by processing IDs and programming building access and alarms. She also provides administrative support to the entire department.

During her personal time, Julie enjoys spending time with her family and in the kitchen. She is active in community theatre and runs her own DJ business.

Marcia Houston: Telecommunicator

Marcia Houston received her associate's degree from Rock Valley College in 1994 before being hired by the Adult Education Department in 1999. Marcia moved to the Rock Valley College Police Department in 2000. As a telecommunicator, Marcia is certified in CPR, First Aid, emergency medical dispatching procedures, and the Illinois law Enforcement Data System. In her spare time, (not that any mother of five children has any free time), she enjoys reading and spending time with her family and friends.