Detentions Division Commander-Captain Steve Beranis

Captain Beranis was hired as a Deputy Sheriff in October 2002. He was primarily assigned to 2nd shift patrol until he was promoted to Sergeant in 2010. As a Sergeant, Captain Beranis supervised 2nd shift patrol.

He was again promoted to Lieutenant in 2017.  He remained on second shift patrol as commander of the shift until 2021, when he was assigned to the KCDC as the facility administrator.  Captain Beranis was also the commander of the Kenosha County Bomb Squad until 2023.

Captain Beranis stated that he is excited to be part of Sheriff Zoerner’s command staff and is looking forward to his new assignment as Captain of Detentions, which is the largest division of the sheriff’s department.

Captain Beranis is the supervisor of the following Detentions Staff: Facility Administrators Kurt Mikutis (Kenosha County Detentions Center) and Jason Schroeder (Pre-Trial Facility) as well as Lieutenant Ryan Markowski (Conveyance).