COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Two new deputies for the Branch County Sheriff’s Department have been sworn in by Sheriff John Pollack.
Deputy Jared Kimling fills an open position at the Sheriff’s Department. He will be working road patrol and his hiring brings the number of road patrol deputies back up to eight.
Meanwhile, Terry Van Hoose will be working part-time at the Branch County Courthouse security desk.
Undersheriff Keith Eichler says they have hired people to fill the two new deputy positions that were approved by the Branch County Board of Commissioners in the 2020 budget.
He says the new hires will go to a police academy in Washtenaw County for four months of training in July and if everything works out, they will be ready for road patrol duties in November.
Pollack said during last fall’s budget negotiations the additional deputies would allow his department to expand their service hours by adding one deputy to each of the 12 hour platoons.
