Following a virtual and socially distanced graduation ceremony Oct. 14, the 16 members of the Chippewa Valley Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Summer 2020 graduating class went outside the Emergency Services Education Center and found they were not so alone after all.
O’Brien 
Holden 
Malean
Usually, family members of the graduates and representatives of the law enforcement departments attend the ceremony, but because of COVID-19, the graduates sat six feet apart, while family members followed the proceedings online.
Later, they found a group of family members and well- wishers gathered outside, holding congratulatory signs and presenting flowers to them in a show of support.
Among those being congratulated were Kelly O’Brien, a new officer with the Fall Creek Police Department, as well as Kyle Holden and Justin Malean, two friends from the 2018 Boyceville High School graduating class, who are joining the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department.
