Major Lutz has 25 years of law enforcement experience. 

Major Lutz was hired in December of 2000 as a Part Time Deputy with the Sheriff’s Department and graduated from SWIC Part Time Officer Academy in September of 2001. Major Lutz worked for the Valmeyer Police as a Part time Officer from 2001-2002. Major Lutz started full time with the Sheriff’s Department in February of 2002 as a Deputy assigned to patrol.

In 2007, he was assigned to the Metropolitan Enforcement Group of Southwestern Illinois (MEGSI), a three county multi-jurisdictional task force which focuses on street level narcotics and violent crime in the St. Louis Metro East area. From 2007-2012 he served MEGSI as a Special Agent working in an undercover capacity. In 2012, he continued undercover work and was also assigned to serve as a squad leader supervising undercover agents. In 2014, he was assigned and served as the Deputy Director of MEGSI.

In 2015, promoted to Sergeant with the Sheriff’s Dept where he served as a night watch supervisor. In January of 2019, he was promoted to the rank of Captain/Chief Deputy with the Sheriff’s Department where he oversaw the daily operations of the Patrol and Investigation Divisions. In March of 2020, he was promoted to the rank of Major/Undersheriff while retaining his duties overseeing the Patrol and Investigation Divisions.

Major Lutz is a lifelong Monroe County resident and a graduate from Gibault High School in 1994.