{"id":3749,"date":"2018-03-01T18:17:36","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T23:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=3749"},"modified":"2018-03-01T18:17:36","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T23:17:36","slug":"genesee-county-a-few-words-from-sgt-seppala-after-21-years-of-service-at-sheriffs-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/03\/01\/genesee-county-a-few-words-from-sgt-seppala-after-21-years-of-service-at-sheriffs-office\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/A few words from Sgt. Seppala after 21 years of service at Sheriff&#8217;s Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nbRA-dIbsC8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Press release<\/p>\n<p>Sergeant Eric K. Seppala, a 21-year veteran of the Sheriff\u2019s Office, retired at the end of his shift today. Seppala started his career with the Genesee County Sheriff\u2019s Office on August 17, 1996, as a Correction Officer in the Genesee County Jail. On May 15, 1999, he was appointed a Deputy Sheriff and then promoted to Sergeant on January 18, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>During his tenure, Eric earned six Commendation; was assigned to the Crash Management Team; was a Field Training Officer; and was instrumental in the research of acquiring rifles for the patrol vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSergeant Seppala has always been a very dedicated, professional officer,\u201d stated Sheriff Sheron. \u201cEveryone here at the Sheriff\u2019s Office will truly miss Eric and wish him all the best in his future endeavors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Seppala will start a new job on Monday as an Operations Manager at Gander Outdoors in North Tonawanda. &#8220;They wanted me to start as soon as possible,&#8221; says Seppala.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a completely different thing and I get to make my own hours working straight days, no more getting called in at 3a.m.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Any word of advice for those getting in to law enforcement?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a calling, you&#8217;re not going to get rich doing this job. You are gonna be away from your family, nights, weekends and holidays, so it is truly a calling , but if you are called to this, there is no better career.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Seppala and his family will continue to live in the Oakfield area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release Sergeant Eric K. Seppala, a 21-year veteran of the Sheriff\u2019s Office, retired at the end of his shift today. Seppala started his career with the Genesee County Sheriff\u2019s Office on August 17, 1996, as a Correction Officer in the Genesee County Jail. On May 15, 1999, he was \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/03\/01\/genesee-county-a-few-words-from-sgt-seppala-after-21-years-of-service-at-sheriffs-office\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[837],"class_list":["post-3749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genesee-county","tag-sgt-eric-seppala-retirement"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-Yt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":146,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2016\/12\/16\/genesee-county-sheriffs-office-announces-2016-departmental-awards\/","url_meta":{"origin":3749,"position":0},"title":"Genesee County Sheriff\u2019s Office Announces 2016 Departmental Awards","author":"aka","date":"December 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"GENESEE COUNTY Genesee County Sheriff\u2019s Office Announces 2016 Departmental Awards Press release OFFICER OF THE YEAR \u2013 DEPUTY SHERIFF PATRICK J. 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