Moorcroft welcomes new police officer

Eric Henshaw of Pennsylvania has joined the Moorcroft Police force for 16 weeks of field training, learning under the auspices of Chief Bill Bryant, with whom he is riding and working in the office. He anticipates attending the police academy in January.

The retirement of former Chief of Police Doug Lundborg created a vacancy into which Sergeant Bill Bryant has been advanced, leaving an opening for an officer in the department.

After leaving the military, Henshaw had applied in Pennsylvania and Alabama, where he lived for a short time before coming to Moorcroft, but “there are so many applicants for those positions” that he decided to look further afield.

A former Marine, Henshaw is part of a group of veterans, first responders and others on Facebook, where he reached out seeking any information on positions available in law enforcement in other areas of which someone might be aware. Moorcroft Police Officer Jory Tadlock, also a member, responded and Henshaw, having no spouse or children of whom to take note, applied.

“I grew up in a first responder family, my dad was fire chief and my mom was with the fire department and an EMT; one uncle is a fire chief and my grandfather was a fire chief and another uncle is a lieutenant with a police department,” Henshaw smiled as he explained that his desire to become a Moorcroft cop is based on a family tradition. “It’s in the blood.”