(11-6-25) Last night Mercer County Sheriff Doug Timmerman held a graduation ceremony for the 2025 Citizen’s Academy.

According to the Sheriff the graduating class was impressive. Not one of the members missed a class throughout the entire 4 week course. Outside of the 25 hours of class time, they logged an impressive 152 hours of job shadowing, shadowed Corrections and Dispatch for 44 hours each and 64 hours in Patrol.

Sheriff Timmerman thanked all of the Citizen’s Academy graduates for taking the time to learn what the Sheriff’s Office does for Mercer County.