JD has been a police officer/deputy for almost 30 years beginning with New Hampton as a police officer in 1987 and leaving there to go to the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office in 1995.  At Hardin County JD started as a deputy and then to Sgt. and currently serves as the Chief Deputy.  JD became certified as a Dare Officer on March 2, 1990 and will be starting his 27^th year as an instructor this fall.  He currently teach 5^th grade Dare in the Iowa Falls, Alden, Radcliffe, Roland Story, BCLUW, and Eldora schools.  He also teaches the Jr. High curriculum in Roland Story and South Hardin and  the k-3^rd in Iowa Falls, Alden, Eldora, and Radcliffe.