Junior Deputy work helps teens learn police work
By William Kincaid
CELINA - In 1988, at the recommendation of Coldwater High School Principal Larry Fair, a 16-year-old sophomore enlisted in the Mercer County Sheriff's Office Explorer Program.
The enthusiastic teen soaked it all in, riding shotgun with deputies on patrol shifts, tackling parking duty at the Mercer County Fair and Celina Lake Festival, conducting house checks, sitting behind a 911 dispatch console, and upon turning 18, cutting his teeth in the jail. [
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