{"id":14825,"date":"2024-04-16T10:13:32","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T14:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=14825"},"modified":"2024-04-16T19:23:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T23:23:50","slug":"two-new-city-police-officers-sworn-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/16\/two-new-city-police-officers-sworn-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Two new city police officers sworn in"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two new officers have been sworn in as members of the Decatur Police Department and began their field training this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joseph Collier and Luke Roby officially became members of the department during a ceremony at City Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"589\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/618BD92E62FB4381A241565C01333B02.jpg?resize=589%2C517&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/618BD92E62FB4381A241565C01333B02.jpg?w=589&amp;ssl=1 589w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/618BD92E62FB4381A241565C01333B02.jpg?resize=300%2C263&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Josh Roby has his badge pinned on by Police Chief Kevin Gerber<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Both are 21 years old and graduates of Adams Central High School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"562\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/378F36D71DD747E59CA38173D1B4E47A.jpg?resize=562%2C422&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/378F36D71DD747E59CA38173D1B4E47A.jpg?w=562&amp;ssl=1 562w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/378F36D71DD747E59CA38173D1B4E47A.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Josh Collier has his badge pinned on by Police Chief Kevin Gerber<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They will attend the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy in Plainfield at a later date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.madisoncabinets.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"76\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Madison-web-ad.jpg?resize=640%2C76&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Madison-web-ad.jpg?resize=1024%2C121&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Madison-web-ad.jpg?resize=300%2C35&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Madison-web-ad.jpg?resize=768%2C91&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Madison-web-ad.jpg?resize=1536%2C181&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Madison-web-ad.jpg?w=1938&amp;ssl=1 1938w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Madison-web-ad.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Roby is a native of Adams County, the son of Josh and Kelly Roby. Colllier is the son of Randall and Julie Collier and is engaged to wed Sage Hammond in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both men had been employed in the jail division of the sheriff&#8217;s department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BOB SHRALUKA WZBD.com Two new officers have been sworn in as members of the Decatur Police Department<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[14,15,21],"class_list":["post-14825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-decatur","tag-featured","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14825\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}