The longtime undersheriff of the Kane County Sheriff’s Office is retiring and for the first time, a woman is set to be appointed to fill the post.
Pat Gengler has served in the sheriff’s office since 1996 and is retiring from his role as undersheriff on Jan. 1, 2023, Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain said in a news release Thursday.
Hain’s Chief of Staff Amy Johnson is set to be appointed as undersheriff when Gengler retires and would serve as the first female undersheriff in Kane County, according to the release.
Gengler started in the Patrol Division with the Kane County Sheriff’s Office and moved to be a field training officer and detective in the Special Operations Unit. In 2003, he was promoted to sergeant and in 2006 he was promoted to lieutenant.
He was appointed to undersheriff by then Sheriff Pat Perez in July 2014. He was later appointed as director of administration by Sheriff Don Kramer, who made Gengler his undersheriff in 2018.
Gengler has also served as the sheriff’s office public information officer, making his name well known in the community as the voice of the office, officials said.
Johnson has served her entire career at the Kane County Sheriff’s Office since becoming a deputy in 2004, officials said. She has held roles as a patrol deputy, recruitment officer, detective, crime scene evidence technician, grant writer, field training officer and juvenile officer.
She is also an active member of the Kane County Major Crimes Task Force as a lead crime scene investigator, according to officials.
She currently teaches law enforcement courses at Elgin Community College and forensic science courses at Aurora University.
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