John F. Betten
Director of Public Safety
City of O'Fallon


     Serves as Chairman of the ASSIST/MTU #14 Advisory Board. Chief Betten was elected to serve as Chairman by the Advisory Board in March 2007. He has been an active leader of law enforcement in Southwestern Illinois for the past 20 years. His leadership skills have helped MTU #14 fulfill its mission of providing quality in-service training to our membership agencies.

     Chief Betten has served as Police Chief since 2002 for the City of O'Fallon. Prior to his appointment in O'Fallon, Chief Betten served the Fairview Heights Police Department for 18 years. During his career in Fairview Heights, he served as a Lieutenant, an Investigator, Detective, Commander for the St. Louis Metropolitan Major Case Squad and Deputy Director for the Metro East Auto Theft Task Force. Chief Betten currently serves as an officer of the Southern Illinois Chiefs of Police.

     Chief John Betten received his Bachelor of Arts in Urban Affairs/Political Science from St. Louis University in 1981 and his Masters of Arts in Public Administration from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 1996. He is also a 1997 graduate of the School of Police Staff and Command at Northwestern University Traffic Institute in Evanston, Illinois. He is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy graduating in 2006.


ASSIST #14 Advisory Board Members

Mike Arnold
Tom Ashley
Terry Bell
Fred Bright
Jeff Brown
William Clay
Patrick Delaney
Joe Edwards
Bruce Fleshren
Brian Fletcher
Nicholas Gailius
William Gamblin
Patrick Hahn
Michael Hoelscher
David Hursey
Regina Hays
Ken Herbert
    
Robert Hertz
Horace Humphries
Dwynn Isringhausen
James Jones
Mike Jones
Daniel Kelley
Brendan Kelly
Susan Knox
Mike Kreke
John Lakin
Louis Lorton
Charles Luehmann
Delbert Marion
David Meyer
Rich Miller
Van Muschler
Charles Parker
    
Scott Penny
Mike Riley
Robert Rizzi
Pastor Hal Santos
Rich Schardan
Steven Shelby
Greg Smock
Jim Stover
Lyndon Thies
James Trantham
Eric Van Hook
Brian Vielweber
Richard Watson
Charles Whitehead
Dale Warke
Alan Winslow