Sergeant Theron Hull was born and raised in the Rogue Valley and graduated from Phoenix High School. Theron was a Police Cadet and Community Service Officer for the Phoenix Police Department from 1998-2000 before joining the U.S. Coast Guard in 2000. Theron returned to the Rogue Valley when he was hired by the Ashland Police Department in the fall of 2004. Theron worked as a Patrol Officer, Police Training Officer (PTO), Officer in Charge (OIC), Detective, and Patrol Sergeant before joining the Oregon State Police in 2018. Theron returned to the Ashland Police Department as a Patrol Sergeant in 2023. Theron has been a Drug Recognition Expert and an instructor in the areas of Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFST), Intoxilyzer, TASER, Lethality Assessment Program and the Oregon Physical Ability Test (ORPAT). Theron currently holds a supervisory, advanced, intermediate and basic police certificate through the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST). Theron married his wife Jamie in 2007 and has three wonderful boys.