About Sheriff John L. Beeman

John was born and raised in Madison County, Indiana. After high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and later graduated from Ball State before embarking on a 30-year career with the U.S. Marshals Service.

In 2007, he was promoted to Supervisory Inspector in Indianapolis to oversee the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force. His team took that task force and expanded it from two cities to every major city in Indiana.

During that time, he worked with 26 partner agencies — federal, state, and local. He had worked with chiefs of police and sheriffs across the state of Indiana even before taking office as Madison County Sheriff in Dec. 31, 2022.

John Beeman is the first Republican Sheriff of Madison County, Indiana since 1982.