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Schererville board approves conditional police hire, accepts reserve resignation and promotes patrolman
Summary
The board unanimously approved a conditional employment offer for Joseph Thanos, accepted the resignation of reserve officer Bradley Gibson, and approved promoting Officer Brett Banstra to first-class patrolman effective Dec. 22, 2025; vacation-rollover requests for fire department employees were also approved and service awards were presented.
Schererville Town moved through several personnel actions during the meeting, approving a conditional offer to a police candidate, accepting a reserve officer’s resignation and authorizing a promotion.
The board unanimously approved a conditional offer of employment to Joseph Thanos after staff said Thanos has about five years of law-enforcement experience in Anderson, Indiana, plus…
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