Officer Demetrius Hooks is the first ever recipient of an award for law enforcement officers given by the Kiwanis Club of Wetumpka in partnership with the Concerned Citizens Organized for Police Support organization.
Wetumpka’s Kiwanis Club has been in existence for a year and has adopted the cCOPs program as the club’s outreach program.
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