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Four officers sworn in; police and city departments report hiring, training and projects
Summary
Columbia City swore in four police officers at its Jan. 28 meeting and received routine departmental updates on hiring, training, public works bids and community events.
Columbia City on Jan. 28 swore in four new police officers and heard routine department reports from police, utilities, fire and parks staff covering hiring, training and ongoing public works projects.
At the start of the relevant agenda item, the mayor and the police chief introduced the officers and swore in Jamal Smith, Jeffrey Ewing, Lewis Fuller and Austin Sternis. Police staff reported that Ewing and Smith are in field training (FTO), Fuller and Sternis have completed FTO with Fuller serving as the school resource officer and Sternis working on solo road patrol evaluations.
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