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Three newly hired Millsboro Police officers were greeted with applause when they were introduced at the Millsboro Town Council meeting this week. The council approved increasing the police force above the current complement until retirements are complete and also approved sending the officers to the police academy for training, beginning on Monday, April 12. The officers are Travis Shockley of Seaford and Bryan Jones and Cole Revel of Millsboro. Jones and Revel are both former students of Mayor Michelle Truitt, who is Millsboro Middle School teacher. Police Chief Brian Calloway said two of the officers will replace Sgt. Barry Wheatley, who will retire in October and pursue a career in public safety, and another officer who plans to retire but hasnât officially announced it yet. ....
Retiring officer recalls life on the beat in Delaware Follow Us Question of the Day By GLENN ROLFE and Delaware State News - Associated Press - Sunday, January 17, 2021 MILLSBORO, Del. (AP) - Sometime this summer, Sgt. Barry Wheatley will close the book on his career as a member of the Millsboro Police Department – a 20-year tenure that began with connections through the restaurant industry. “I had a friend of mine who got hired by another agency, somebody who I met in my teens. He was about eight years older than I am,” said Sgt. Wheatley. His older friend was with another agency but went through the process with officers from Millsboro PD. ....
Sgt. Barry Wheatley has been named the Millsboro Police Department s Officer of the Year for 2020.Coastal Point ⢠Submitted Millsboro Police Department Sgt. Barry Wheatley â who in October was named Officer of the Year and also honored for 20 years of service â will retire this summer and begin a third career, this time in public safety, although he said he wasnât ready to reveal where, until details are finalized. The 46-year-old Seaford native, who worked in the restaurant industry 13 years before being sworn in as a police officer in March of 2001, when he was 26, was hired by former MPD Chief John Murphy and trained by current Chief Brian Calloway, who was on the force when Wheatley was hired. Over the years, Wheatley was promoted to patrolman first class, corporal and, finally, to sergeant in 2011. ....