Published by admin on Tue, 06/29/2021 - 4:57pm
As a small town police officer Tom Best has seen a lot in his 28-plus years in uniform, including a kangaroo skating down the main street.
Best landed at the Coal City Police Department in 1993 as a full-time patrol officer and he came into the job with the drive to make his mark on the community, and he did just that.
During his first five years with the force he patrolled the village streets—morning, noon and night, weekends and holidays—getting to know the community and the people who called it home.