A Tri-Cities native has been hired as a new officer of Coulee Dam's police department. Levi Johnson started April 18, after going through the town's Civil Service Commission recruitment and testing. Here Johnson is shown with police Chief Pat Collins, left. Johnson is a graduate of Hanford High School, and he said that he has always wanted to be a police officer. He and his wife Heidi have two children, Kaiclyn Jayo and Jett. Prior to coming to Coulee Dam, Johnson worked eight years as a jailer at Grant County Jail. - Roger S. Lucas photo