By Jeremy Coumbes on
February 25, 2021 at 9:06am
The South Jacksonville Police Department is adding to it’s ranks.
South Jacksonville PD is one of many departments across both the state and country facing issues with being understaffed and having difficulty finding new hire candidates.
Police Chief Eric Hansell updated the Village Board of Trustees during their committee of the whole meeting last night, that he has two new hires ready for Board approval.
Hansell says the two officers have previous law enforcement experience and should be ready to be out on the beat soon.
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We just hired two new guys. The first one is Andrew Fanshier, and he was hired as a full time employee. He has previous experience working for Beardstown P.D.and a little bit of experience working at Leland Grove, so he’s happy to be here. He’s doing well in his training program and should be ready to go on the road by himself in about a week or so.