{"id":1654,"date":"2023-05-01T17:01:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T21:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=1654"},"modified":"2023-05-01T17:01:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T21:01:05","slug":"hess-joins-dpd-from-geneva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/01\/hess-joins-dpd-from-geneva\/","title":{"rendered":"Hess joins DPD from Geneva"},"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>Decatur native Zach Hess, until recently the town marshal of Geneva, is returning home to become a member of the Decatur Police Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police Chief Kevin Gerber said he will be sworn in on May 8, bringing the city department back to full staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hess (see photo) began his career in law enforcement as a reserve deputy marshal with the Geneva PD in December of 2016, then left in 20190 to pursue other employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He rejoined the Geneva department in December of 2020, was appointed interim town marshal in February of 2022, then had the interim the tag removed the following April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2013 graduate of Bellmont High School&nbsp;graduated from the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy in September of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hess earned the rank of Eagle Scout in May of 2013, a distinction attained only 4% of scouts since 1911.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"181\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/98.158.76.108\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/zach-hess.jpg?resize=181%2C251\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1655\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Hess<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In December of 2017, he graduated with a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Criminal Justice and Legal Studies and a Minor in Public Affairs from Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since he is a \u201clateral movement\u201d addition, Hess will receive a $5,000 sign-on bonus and one week of vacation at the outset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe brings a wealth of knowledge for us,\u201d Deputy Chief Chris Brite told the city board of works and safety on April 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BOB SHRALUKA WZBD.com Decatur native Zach Hess, until recently the town marshal of Geneva, is returning home<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[14,21],"class_list":["post-1654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-decatur","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/zach-hess.jpg?fit=181%2C251&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1654","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=1654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}