Wyoming County Sheriff Gregory Rudolph (pictured) recently announced he will retire. His last day in office is July 31.

Undersheriff David P. Linder will assume the duties of Sheriff on August 1.

Rudolph has served as Sheriff since Jan. 1, 2014; he was Acting Sheriff during the last five months of 2013. He joined the Sheriff’s Office in 2001 after serving with the Attica Police Department beginning in 1997 and for two years with Immigration and Naturalization Services as a detention enforcement officer.

He was recognized in 2007 as Deputy of the Year by both the National Sheriffs’ Association and the New York State Sheriffs’ Association following a March 2006 ambush in Attica where he and another officer were wounded. Rudolph was also awarded the National Sheriffs’ Association Medal of Valor. He received the Law Enforcement Purple Heart in 2006 from former Wyoming County Sheriff Farris Heimann.