"Since law enforcement agencies began partnering with citizens through community policing, we've seen significant drops in crime rates."
- John Ashcroft

Lt. William (Bill) Rule
Collier County Sheriff's Office

Lt. Bill Rule began his career with the Collier County Sheriff's Office in 1987. In 1996 Bill transferred to the Domestic Violence Unit, was promoted to Sergeant of the Victim/Witness Assistance Section in 1999 and in 2001 was promoted to Lieutenant of the Victim Services Bureau, which includes the Domestic Violence Unit, Victim/Witness Assistance Section, Senior Services Unit and the Human Trafficking Unit .

Bill is a certified Florida Victim Services Practitioner, Nationally Certified Traumatic Stress Specialist, Small Town-Rural Instructor on Domestic Violence for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center , and a Police Suicide Awareness Trainer. Bill is active in the community as the President of the Board of Directors for the Shelter for Abused Women and Children of Collier County, a member of the Florida State University , Center for Advancement of Human Rights Human Trafficking Workgroup, the Collier County Refugee Task Force and the Hungry and Homeless Coalition of Collier County.

In 2004 Bill received the Inaugural Collier County Public Service Award and the 2004 Criminal Justice Officer of the Year for Florida in recognition for Outstanding Service on behalf of Crime Victims. Bill helped design the Human Trafficking Curriculum for the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and has trained law enforcement and victim service providers utilizing this curriculum through the U.S. Attorney's OfficeMost recently Bill was part of a delegation that traveled to the Dominican Republic on the issue of Human Trafficking.