YPD swears in 3 new police officers

YOUNGSTOWN — The three new police officers sworn in today are not exactly strangers to the job.

Sworn in by Mayor John A. McNally during a ceremony in city council chambers were Josh Rivers, 25, of Youngstown, who worked for the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office; Greg Tackett, 26, of Niles, who worked for the Vienna Police Department; and Mike Manis, 27, of Boardman, who worked for the Coitsville and Columbiana police departments.

The three are expected to begin work Monday with their respective training officers, and will go through four to six months of training before they are assigned their own beat.

Police Chief Robin Lees said the three were hired to offset a wave of retirements in the patrol division over the last couple of years. He said the new hires also will help the department in staffing the Community Police Unit, which began operations last summer, because the unit is made up of patrol officers, and the new hires take their place on the road.

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