A new officer will join the ranks of the Shawano Police Department on Monday.
Nicole Hoffman, currently an officer with the Bonduel Police Department and a part-time transport deputy for the Shawano County Sheriff’s Department, will go through an extensive 12-week training program after she begins her duties Monday, Police Chief Mark Kohl said.
Hoffman is a graduate of Manawa High School in 2003. After high school, she attended Fox Valley Technical College for criminal justice, graduating in 2008.
She worked as a reserve deputy for Waupaca County in 2008 and was promoted to reserve sergeant before resigning in 2013. She also worked part-time with the water patrol on the Chain O’ Lakes.
Hoffman worked special details for Shawano County while on the Bonduel police force in 2012 and was put on the road as a uniformed patrol officer in 2013.
Hoffman’s hiring comes as the department is doing some restructuring and filling vacancies created by the election of Officer Adam Bieber as sheriff and the retirement of Capt. Jeff Heffernon.
The department opted not to refill the captain’s post. Kohl said the vacancy provided an opportunity to add another patrol officer instead and add a newly created detective lieutenant position.
The department previously did not have a detective’s position. The new post will be taken by an existing patrol officer who will be promoted. The department has not announced which officer that will be.
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