The Grand Traverse Sheriff’s Office awarded, two instructors and five alumni from NMC’s Police Academy at their annual award ceremony last week. Congratulations to all the winners, including:

NMC instructors:

    • Nathan Ritter: Law Enforcement Employee of the Year for his work over the course of his career, which started in 1999. He is currently a member of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

    • Detective Sarah Metdepenningen: Award of merit.

NMC alumni:

    • Deputies Mariah Eberhardt and John Leach: Lifesaving awards for saving a Kingsley man from suicide.

    • Deputies Mitchell Hoffman and Hayden Talbot: Mothers Against Drunk Driving awards, with 29 and 30 OWI arrests, respectively. 

    • Deputy Jonathan King: Top shot award.

Thank you for your service to our community!


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