HANCOCK — Officers Quinn Donnelly, Bryce Vander West and Brandon Peterson are on the case and serving in the City of Hancock’s Police Department after graduating from the NMU Police Academy in mid August. The three new recruits are all from the area.

Donnelly was hired as a full time patrolman while West and Peterson have been brought in part time. The three recruits were sent to the academy with state grant funds. Hancock Police Chief Tami Sleeman said it was great to put the three officers through the academy. “The governor has put this money out there for law enforcement and it’s just hard to get police officers right now,” Sleeman said. “So the grant’s been been a big help. They’ve never heard of anything like this before where something they would pay to put somebody through.”

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