COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Although an official release is expected from the City of Coldwater later today, reports say the city’s Director of Police and Fire Safety Joe Scheid died suddenly Monday evening after collapsing at the Public Safety Building on Division Street.
After graduating from Grand Valley State University and the GVSU law enforcement academy, Scheid started with the Coldwater Police Department in December 1996. He was later promoted to Corporal and Road Patrol Sergeant in 2001, was named the Deputy Director of Public Safety in 2012, and then took over as Director of Public Safety in 2019.
Scheid also taught as an Adjunct Professor at Kellogg Community College.
Coldwater City Manager Keith Baker said with Scheid’s death, ” Our community lost a wonderful person, leader, advocate and friend to all in the Coldwater and Branch County community.”
He is survived by his wife Jodie and two daughters.
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