About Jane

Jane Boudreau is a life long resident of Oakland County, Michigan. Jane was born in Pontiac to Henry and Mary Felice. Jane was raised in a hard working Italian-Irish family whose family owned and operated a grocery business. "My father and uncles were proud of the Felice name and always strove to work hard for our customers, providing the best customer service and exceptional products." Jane grew up in and around the Pontiac area, attending Our Lady of Refuge School and then going on to Pontiac Catholic. Jane Boudreau is a mother of three children ages 19, 14 and 10.

After graduation Jane was hired with the Pontiac Police Department as a police cadet. It was at this time that Jane embarked on her life-long dream of becoming a police officer. While still a cadet, Jane attended Oakland Community College and then went to the Oakland Police Academy where she graduated in May of 1986. Jane began her career at the Oakland County Sheriff's Office in 1987, where she began as a part-time Marine Deputy. Jane then went on to be hired full time and has worked Corrections (Annex and main jail), Patrol Services, Traffic, Satellite Services, Emergency Preparedness, Communications and Training Division. Jane was the first female field training officer at the Sheriff's Office, which is assigned to train and orientate new officers to the road patrol.

While working for the Sheriff's Office in the Patrol Services Division, Jane Boudreau was given the wonderful opportunity to make a difference in thousands of children's lives by becoming a Drug Abuse Resistance Education Officer (D.A.R.E.). She worked with the Walled Lake and Huron Valley Consolidated School Districts as well as St. Patrick's Catholic School providing education to children in grades Kindergarten to eighth grade. Jane Boudreau's commitment to the D.A.R.E. Program went well beyond the children of Oakland County; she was elected to become a member of the D.A.R.E. Officer's Association of Michigan (D.O.A.M.) and went on to become elected to the position of President of that same association. Jane and the D.O.A.M. board were instrumental in keeping the D.A.R.E program and over 300 officers from around the state current in their training certification by organizing and facilitating the yearly in-service conferences which were held in various areas around the state of Michigan.

While President, Jane and the D.O.A.M. board worked very closely with the Michigan State Police to transition the training center to Michigan State University. As President, Jane sat on the training board of the Mid West Regional D.A.R.E. training center. Jane met quarterly along with State Presidents from Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa & Kentucky. She was an attending member of the D.A.R.E Executive Board which was chaired by Raymond Beach, Executive Director of the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards. Their objective was to promote the D.A.R.E. program, create training and work with all law enforcement agencies to find ways to fund their programs, as well as maintaining mandatory national training standards.

Deputy Boudreau was then promoted to Sergeant by Sheriff John F. Nichols and was given the opportunity to make history with the Sheriff's Department by becoming the first female Sub Station Commander in the history of the Patrol Services Division. Sergeant Boudreau was also a Command Officer in the Commerce Sub Station, Court Services Division as well as a Training Sergeant. Each of these positions had never been held by a female before.

Jane has spent her entire adult life working for and protecting the communities of Oakland County, Michigan. Jane will continue to make that a priority as your elected Sheriff. Jane Boudreau is not a politician, but a career law enforcement officer whose mission is to continue to work hard for those tax paying citizens of Oakland County. Jane will be a hands-on Sheriff who will demand that professionalism is a standard that will be met each and every day.