Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf introduced the three newest members of the sheriff’s office at Tuesday’s Board of Commissioners meeting. “We’re catching up on our people,” Leaf said. “Here are three good ones.”

Corrections Officer Daniel Waddell grew up near Gun Lake, graduating from Thornapple Kellogg Schoos. A Kellogg Community College Police Academy graduate, he was a corrections officer at Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office. “He left Calhoun to work at his dream department in his hometown,” Leaf said.

Deputy Jack Sidney, also a KCC Police Academy graduate, grew up in the Battle Creek area. He has three years experience in law enforcement, two with the Village of Nashville Police Department.

Deputy Rose O’Grady, a Barry County Christian School alumna, grew up in Barry County and graduated from the KCC Police Academy Summa Cum Laude. She was a Sheriff’s Office Cadet with the Marine Patrol.

Photo: Newest Barry County Sheriff’s Office employees, from left, Corrections Officer Daniel Waddell, Deputy Jack Sidney and Deputy Rose O’Grady, standing with Sheriff Dar Leaf.