By Jeremy Coumbes on February 25, 2021 at 9:06am
The South Jacksonville Police Department is adding to it’s ranks.
South Jacksonville PD is one of many departments across both the state and country facing issues with being understaffed and having difficulty finding new hire candidates.
Police Chief Eric Hansell updated the Village Board of Trustees during their committee of the whole meeting last night, that he has two new hires ready for Board approval.
Hansell says the two officers have previous law enforcement experience and should be ready to be out on the beat soon.
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We just hired two new guys. The first one is Andrew Fanshier, and he was hired as a full time employee. He has previous experience working for Beardstown P.D.and a little bit of experience working at Leland Grove, so he’s happy to be here. He’s doing well in his training program and should be ready to go on the road by himself in about a week or so.
By Jeremy Coumbes on February 5, 2021 at 6:55pm
The South Jacksonville Police Department is seeing some changes as a new program is set to begin.
South Jacksonville Chief of Police Eric Hansell updated the Village Board of Trustees during their regular meeting last night on changes coming to his department.
Hansell announced a candidate has been selected to fill the new chaplain’s position, something Hansell proposed and has been working on since he took over as Chief in early October.
Hansell says South Jacksonville resident Jay Cook has heard the call and agreed to step into the role of South Jacksonville Police Chaplain.