Injured Officer Gets Police Reserve Program Back On Track

Reserve PD2A Huron police officer, injured on the job in January is being credited with reviving the stalled out Reserve Officer program. Police Chief Denny Meyer says exactly four months ago Jeff Van Gerpen suffered a broken leg responding to a fire call on January 18th…

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Meyer says the Reserve program was lost in the shuffle as transition and change moved through the department…

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Meyer says some members of the five-man Reserve Officer Corp have been on patrol with Field Training Officers this month. Van Gerpen returned to regular duty Monday night.